Race H2H
27
—
22
49 shared
Qualifying H2H
29
—
19
48 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
0
8
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 2
1980
P1
1981
P3
1986
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
Alan Jones
Championships
4
1
Wins
51
12
Poles
33
6
Podiums
106
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
206
Starts
202
117
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Alan Jones
Win rate
25.2%
10.3%
Podium rate
52.5%
20.5%
Pole rate
16.3%
5.1%
Points / start
4.0
1.8
Avg grid
P4.2
P11.5
Avg finish
P7.5
P11.4
Finish rate
73.8%
59%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
Alan Jones
Mechanical retirements
34
31
Crash retirements
17
14
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 2 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1975
1981 · aged 26
First win
1977 · aged 30
1981
First pole
1979
1985 · aged 30
First title
1980 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Alan Jones
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Alan Jones |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 3 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Las Vegas Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P7 |
Team history
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).