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Head to head · 2002–2008

Jenson Button vs Takuma Sato

44

Finished ahead92 shared races

5

Finished aheadboth classified

Button	In shared races	Sato
44	Finished ahead	5
74	Qualified ahead	17
206	Points	44
1	Wins	0
15	Podiums	1

Teammates · BAR

Teammate battle

Button	36 events	Sato
26	Qualifying H2H	9
27	Race H2H	3
0	Sprint H2H	0
127	Points	38
0	Wins	0
12	Podiums	1
2	Poles	0
7	DNFs	11
0	Fastest laps	0
4.714	Avg finish	9.217
5.806	Avg grid	9.543
1.036	Avg positions gained	0.261
0	Q3 appearances	0

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Button	10 events	Sato
9	Qualifying H2H	1
10	Race H2H	0
0	Sprint H2H	0
37	Points	1
0	Wins	0
2	Podiums	0
0	Poles	0
0	DNFs	3
0	Fastest laps	0
5.3	Avg finish	11.714
5.3	Avg grid	10.4
0	Avg positions gained	-1.429
0	Q3 appearances	0

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Button	5 events	Sato
5	Qualifying H2H	0
5	Race H2H	0
0	Sprint H2H	0
14	Points	0
0	Wins	0
1	Podiums	0
0	Poles	0
0	DNFs	3
0	Fastest laps	0
6.2	Avg finish	13
4.2	Avg grid	11
-2	Avg positions gained	-1.5
0	Q3 appearances	0

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Button	17 events	Sato
15	Qualifying H2H	1
12	Race H2H	0
0	Sprint H2H	0
37	Points	1
0	Wins	0
2	Podiums	0
1	Poles	0
4	DNFs	6
0	Fastest laps	0
6.167	Avg finish	12
5.941	Avg grid	10.813
0	Avg positions gained	0
0	Q3 appearances	0

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Button	18 events	Sato
10	Qualifying H2H	8
14	Race H2H	3
0	Sprint H2H	0
85	Points	34
0	Wins	0
10	Podiums	1
1	Poles	0
3	DNFs	5
0	Fastest laps	0
3.6	Avg finish	7.538
5.5	Avg grid	8.222
1.6	Avg positions gained	-0.077
0	Q3 appearances	0

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Button	1 events	Sato
1	Qualifying H2H	0
1	Race H2H	0
0	Sprint H2H	0
5	Points	3
0	Wins	0
0	Podiums	0
0	Poles	0
0	DNFs	0
0	Fastest laps	0
4	Avg finish	6
9	Avg grid	13
5	Avg positions gained	7
0	Q3 appearances	0

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Driver DNA

Profile comparison

Button career, all eras	Dimension	Sato career, all eras
54	Qualifying Pace	48
78	Race Result vs Teammate	40
52	Positions Gained	4
76	Finishing	72
46	Consistency	—
88	Team Points Share	43
48	Street Circuits	—
66	High-Speed Circuits	—
25	Low-Speed Circuits	—

Percentiles; each driver vs their own window population. Teammate-relative dimensions compare each driver to their own teammates.

Recent shared races

Event	Button	Sato
2008 Spanish Grand Prix	6	13
2008 Bahrain Grand Prix	retired	17
2008 Malaysian Grand Prix	10	16
2008 Australian Grand Prix	retired	retired
2007 Brazilian Grand Prix	retired	12
2007 Chinese Grand Prix	5	14
2007 Japanese Grand Prix	11	15
2007 Belgian Grand Prix	retired	15
2007 Italian Grand Prix	8	16
2007 Turkish Grand Prix	13	18