Alain Prost

French · 1980–1993
VS

Denny Hulme

New Zealander · 1965–1974
Championship record
4
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
0
8
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost Denny Hulme
Championships
4
1
Wins
51
8
Poles
33
1
Podiums
106
33
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
248
Starts
202
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost Denny Hulme
Win rate
25.2%
7.1%
Podium rate
52.5%
29.5%
Pole rate
16.3%
0.9%
Points / start
4.0
2.2
Avg grid
P4.2
P7.3
Avg finish
P7.5
P8.2
Finish rate
73.8%
69.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost Denny Hulme
Mechanical retirements
34
29
Crash retirements
17
5
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1965
1981 · aged 26
First win
1967 · aged 30
1981
First pole
1973
1985 · aged 30
First title
1967 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-1.0
Season points trajectory
1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993
Alain Prost Denny Hulme
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alain Prost Denny Hulme
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 4 · 6 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 5 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 4 · 8 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Kyalami 2 · 4 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Red Bull Ring 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 7 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Hockenheimring 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Dijon-Prenois 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P3
Jarama 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Zolder 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
Alain Prost
MCL
McLaren 1980Renault 1981–1983McLaren 1984–1989Ferrari 1990–1991Williams 1993
Denny Hulme
MCL
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
19651993
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).