Alain Prost

French · 1980–1993
VS

Eddie Cheever

American · 1978–1989
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
12
3
Qualifyingahead
13
2
Alain Prost · Eddie Cheever
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
99 31
130 shared
Qualifying H2H
123 6
129 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
0
4
Runner-up
0
8
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings: 7 · 0
1981 P5 1982 P4 1983 P2 1984 P2 1987 P4 1988 P2 1989 P1
Teammate battle by season
12
3
1983
Career totals
Alain Prost Eddie Cheever
Championships
4
0
Wins
51
0
Poles
33
0
Podiums
106
9
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
70
Starts
202
132
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost Eddie Cheever
Win rate
25.2%
0%
Podium rate
52.5%
6.8%
Pole rate
16.3%
0%
Points / start
4.0
0.5
Avg grid
P4.2
P14.6
Avg finish
P7.5
P14.0
Finish rate
73.8%
41.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost Eddie Cheever
Mechanical retirements
34
64
Crash retirements
17
10
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
1978
1981 · aged 26
First win
1981
First pole
1985 · aged 30
First title
P1
Best finish
P2
-3.3
Avg places gained
+0.6
Season points trajectory
1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992
Alain Prost Eddie Cheever
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alain Prost Eddie Cheever
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Silverstone Circuit 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit Paul Ricard 4 · 8 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Monaco 4 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Autódromo do Estoril 3 · 7 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Red Bull Ring 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 7 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Hockenheimring 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuito de Jerez 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Kyalami 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Adelaide Street Circuit 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P13
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Phoenix street circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Dijon-Prenois 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P13
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Hungaroring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Las Vegas Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Zolder 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Long Beach 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Jarama 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Fair Park 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Alain Prost
REN
MCL
FER
McLaren 1980Renault 1981–1983McLaren 1984–1989Ferrari 1990–1991Williams 1993
Eddie Cheever
ALF
ARR
Hesketh 1978Osella 1980Tyrrell 1981Ligier 1982Renault 1983Alfa Romeo 1984–1985Lola 1986Arrows 1987–1989
19781993
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).