Alain Prost

French · 1980–1993
VS

Graham Hill

British · 1958–1975
Championship record
4
World titles
2
4
Runner-up
3
8
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost Graham Hill
Championships
4
2
Wins
51
14
Poles
33
13
Podiums
106
36
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
289
Starts
202
177
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost Graham Hill
Win rate
25.2%
7.9%
Podium rate
52.5%
20.3%
Pole rate
16.3%
7.3%
Points / start
4.0
1.6
Avg grid
P4.2
P10.3
Avg finish
P7.5
P10.0
Finish rate
73.8%
58.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost Graham Hill
Mechanical retirements
34
58
Crash retirements
17
13
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
1958
1981 · aged 26
First win
1962 · aged 33
1981
First pole
1962
1985 · aged 30
First title
1962 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
+0.4
Season points trajectory
1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993
Alain Prost Graham Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alain Prost Graham Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 4 · 6 · P1 5 · 7 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 4 · 8 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 5 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 3 · 6 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 7 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Kyalami 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Hockenheimring 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Dijon-Prenois 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P13
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Jarama 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P10
Zolder 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
Alain Prost
MCL
McLaren 1980Renault 1981–1983McLaren 1984–1989Ferrari 1990–1991Williams 1993
Graham Hill
BRM
Team Lotus 1958–1959BRM 1960–1966Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1969Team Lotus 1970Brabham 1971–1972Shadow 1973Lola 1974–1975
19581993
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).