F1 Pole Positions  F1 Victories

Race by Race: 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

A summary of Ayrton's career

1973 First Karting Race 1st
1977 Karting - South American Championship Champion
1978 Karting - Brazilian Championship Champion
Karting - South American Championship Champion
1979 Karting - Brazilian Championship Champion
Karting - World Karts, Le Mans 2nd
1980 Karting - Brazilian Championship Champion
Karting - World Karts, Nivelles 2nd
1981       British Formula Ford 1600   Champion
Karting - Brazilian Championship Champion
Karting - World Karts, Parma 4th
1982 British and European Formula Ford 2000        Champion
Karting - World Karts, Kalmar 14th
1983 British F3 Champion       
1984 F1 Toleman Hart 9th Place 13 Points
1985 F1 Lotus Renault 4th Place 38 Points
1986 F1 Lotus Renault 4th Place 55 Points
1987 F1 Lotus Honda 3rd Place 57 Points
1988 F1 Marlboro McLaren Honda Champion 94 Points
1989 F1 Marlboro McLaren Honda Runner Up 60 Points
1990 F1 Marlboro McLaren Honda Champion 78 Points
1991 F1 Marlboro McLaren Honda Champion 96 Points
1992 F1 Marlboro McLaren Honda 4th Place 50 Points
1993 F1 Marlboro McLaren Ford Runner Up 73 Points
1994 F1 Rothmans Williams Renault

Formula One record

Races Entered 162
Race Starts                   161
DNQ 1
Victories 41
Podium Finishes 80
Pole Positions 65
Fastest Laps 19
Laps Lead 2987

Records (as at 1 May 1994)

Most Points: 798.5 Prost
614 Senna
485.5 Piquet
Most Poles: 65 Senna
33 Clark
33 Prost
Most Poles In A Season: 14 Mansell
13 Senna
13 Prost
Most Successive Poles: 8 Senna
7 Senna
7 Prost
Most Wins: 51 Prost
41 Senna
30 Mansell
Most Wins In A Season: 9 Mansell
8 Senna
7 Prost, Clark, Senna