Today I will continue the series by comparing Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso.
I will start with the 2009 world champion Jenson Button. First the year, the teammate and how it went.
2000 - Ralf Schumacher. His first teammate was hard to beat because Ralf was at his best at the time. He was also the younger brother of the seven time world champion Michael Schumacher. Ralf got twice the amount of points than Jenson (24-12).
2001 - Giancarlo Fisichella. 8-2! That was the score between Fisi and Jenson at Benetton. It looked like Jenson's career was going backwards.
2002 - Jarno Trulli. This year Benetton became Renault and Button became a better driver! He won his more experienced teammate by 5 points. Button was 7th in the championship which was his best yet. Trulli was 8th that year.
2003 - Jaques Villeneuve and Takuma Sato. At BAR Honda Jenson had to fight against a former world champion. So how did it go? He got more points than his two teammates combined. Sato drove for only one race but still got a 6th place which was also Villeneuve's best result that year.
2004 - Takuma Sato. Button was clearly the better driver and got the number one driver treatment from his team. This was Button's best season yet when he was 3rd in the championship. The only ones in front of him were the unstoppable Ferrari's driven by Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello.
2005 - Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson. This year the BAR Honda was illegal and was excluded from 2 races and disqualified from 1. Sato was also disqualified from one more race but Button wasn't. If we look at the points that they managed to get then Button won them both again. He got 37 points when his teammates got only 1 single point combined (Davidson didn't get a single point).
2006 - Rubens Barrichello. This year the team became Honda and Barrichello joined them from Ferrari. Button took his first ever victory in Hungary and was 6th in the championship. Barrichello was right behind in 7th place but had over 20points less than Button.
2007 - Rubens Barrichello. This year the car was just awful! Button was 15th in the standings and Barrichello didn't score one single point and was 20th.
2008 - Rubens Barrichello. This time Barrichello got 11 points and Button only 3. Well.. at least he got 3 points instead of no points. Barrichello was 14th in the standings and Button was 18th.
2009 - Rubens Barrichello. This year Button won the world championship with Brawn GP which had been Honda and BAR Honda earlier. The score was 95-77 between him and his teammate.
2010 - Lewis Hamilton. The 2009 world champion joined McLaren as the 2008 world champion's teammate. People were sure that Jenson had no chance against Lewis but made everybody shut up by winning a race before him. In the end the score was 240-214 between the two of them which ment that Lewis was better (as the press had predicted).
2011 - Lewis Hamilton. This time Jenson was hungry to beat his teammate and did just that with a score of 270-227. Button was runner up in the championship and Hamilton was 5th.
2012 - Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton's last year with McLaren and also the deciding year; who was better Hamilton or Button? Hamilton won 4 races and Button 3. If we look at the points it was 190-188 between them. Very close but Hamilton won with two points.
2013 - Sergio Perez. This teammate couldn't really fight against Button. He had his moments but usually he was just overdoing everything. He crashed into people and he missed braking points. At the end of the season the score was 73-49 with Button on the 9th place and Perez on the 11th. McLaren didn't wanna continue his contract and signed Magnussen for 2014.
2014 - Kevin Magnussen. Even though Kevin Magnussen started the season by taking a 2nd place for McLaren, Button won his younger teammate in points (126-55). Magnussen made a lot of mistakes (mostly front wing related) but still got to stay at McLaren as a reserve driver. He will drive in the first race instead of Alonso because of the Spaniard's crash in testing.
Now let's continue by comparing Alonso's teammates.
2001 - Tarso Marques/Alex Yoong. Fernando lost to Tarso Marques but won Alex Yoong. None of the drivers got any points though. Back then only the first 6 got points.
2002 - DID NOT RACE
2003 - Jarno Trulli. Fernando won his more experienced teammate by 22 points. Trulli felt like Renault's team boss Flavio Briatore wanted him to be the number 2 driver.
2004 - Jarno Trulli/Jaques Villeneuve. Fernando got 13 points more than his teammates combined.
2005 - Giancarlo Fisichella. Fernando won his teammate with 75 points which is very much! He also won the championship. For some reason Fisichella had a lot of problems the whole year with the car and retired 6 times when Alonso only twice.
2006 - Giancarlo Fisichella. Fernando won Fisichella with 62 points. Again a big amount of points more than his teammate who retired this time only twice.
2007 - Lewis Hamilton. They got exactly the same amount of points, and won races equally but Hamilton had more 2nd positions which made him the "better" driver that year. Fernando left McLaren right away after the season came to an end. Some say that he didn't like the situation where he wasn't the clear number one driver. Some others say that McLaren favored the rookie Hamilton over the two time world champion. This year Alonso is returning to that same team. Alonso says that he has matured a lot after that season and thinks this is going to be different.
2008 - Nelson Piquet Jr. Fernando won the young newcommer with 42 points and was the clear number one in the team again. The team also asked Piquet to crash on purpose so that the Spaniard would win in Singapore.
2009 - Nelson Piquet Jr./Romain Grosjean. This year Fernando only got 26 points but his teammates got none.
2010 - Felipe Massa. Fernando won his teammate by 108 points with the new scoring system and was 2nd in the championship. He lost the championship in the last race when he got stuck behind Petrov.
2011 - Felipe Massa. Fernando's victory over his teammate was even greater. 139 points!
2012 - Felipe Massa. Even more! 156 points, but Ferrari gave Felipe Massa one last chance to prove himself to the team.
2013 - Felipe Massa. Fernando won his teammate again very clearly which forced Ferrari to sign Kimi Räikkönen instead of Massa.
2014 - Kimi Räikkönen. The 2014 car was awful but Fernando won the Finn clearly. Some say that the car was designed for Alonso and was too different for Kimi. Some others say that Kimi has lost his touch even though he drove a very good season the year before.
Now let's continue by comparing Alonso's teammates.
2001 - Tarso Marques/Alex Yoong. Fernando lost to Tarso Marques but won Alex Yoong. None of the drivers got any points though. Back then only the first 6 got points.
2002 - DID NOT RACE
2003 - Jarno Trulli. Fernando won his more experienced teammate by 22 points. Trulli felt like Renault's team boss Flavio Briatore wanted him to be the number 2 driver.
2004 - Jarno Trulli/Jaques Villeneuve. Fernando got 13 points more than his teammates combined.
2005 - Giancarlo Fisichella. Fernando won his teammate with 75 points which is very much! He also won the championship. For some reason Fisichella had a lot of problems the whole year with the car and retired 6 times when Alonso only twice.
2006 - Giancarlo Fisichella. Fernando won Fisichella with 62 points. Again a big amount of points more than his teammate who retired this time only twice.
2007 - Lewis Hamilton. They got exactly the same amount of points, and won races equally but Hamilton had more 2nd positions which made him the "better" driver that year. Fernando left McLaren right away after the season came to an end. Some say that he didn't like the situation where he wasn't the clear number one driver. Some others say that McLaren favored the rookie Hamilton over the two time world champion. This year Alonso is returning to that same team. Alonso says that he has matured a lot after that season and thinks this is going to be different.
2008 - Nelson Piquet Jr. Fernando won the young newcommer with 42 points and was the clear number one in the team again. The team also asked Piquet to crash on purpose so that the Spaniard would win in Singapore.
2009 - Nelson Piquet Jr./Romain Grosjean. This year Fernando only got 26 points but his teammates got none.
2010 - Felipe Massa. Fernando won his teammate by 108 points with the new scoring system and was 2nd in the championship. He lost the championship in the last race when he got stuck behind Petrov.
2011 - Felipe Massa. Fernando's victory over his teammate was even greater. 139 points!
2012 - Felipe Massa. Even more! 156 points, but Ferrari gave Felipe Massa one last chance to prove himself to the team.
2013 - Felipe Massa. Fernando won his teammate again very clearly which forced Ferrari to sign Kimi Räikkönen instead of Massa.
2014 - Kimi Räikkönen. The 2014 car was awful but Fernando won the Finn clearly. Some say that the car was designed for Alonso and was too different for Kimi. Some others say that Kimi has lost his touch even though he drove a very good season the year before.
