Race H2H
9
—
4
13 shared
Qualifying H2H
10
—
2
12 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
2
4
Runner-up
2
8
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
1980
P15
Career totals
Alain Prost
Emerson Fittipaldi
Championships
4
2
Wins
51
14
Poles
33
6
Podiums
106
35
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
281
Starts
202
146
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Emerson Fittipaldi
Win rate
25.2%
9.6%
Podium rate
52.5%
24%
Pole rate
16.3%
4.1%
Points / start
4.0
1.9
Avg grid
P4.2
P11.9
Avg finish
P7.5
P10.8
Finish rate
73.8%
66.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
Emerson Fittipaldi
Mechanical retirements
34
39
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 · 5
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1970
1981 · aged 26
First win
1970 · aged 23
1981
First pole
1972
1985 · aged 30
First title
1972 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
+1.2
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Emerson Fittipaldi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Emerson Fittipaldi |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Alain Prost
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
19701993
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).