Championship record
4
World titles
3
4
Runner-up
1
8
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
Jack Brabham
Championships
4
3
Wins
51
14
Poles
33
13
Podiums
106
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
261
Starts
202
128
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Jack Brabham
Win rate
25.2%
10.9%
Podium rate
52.5%
24.2%
Pole rate
16.3%
10.2%
Points / start
4.0
2.0
Avg grid
P4.2
P7.4
Avg finish
P7.5
P9.2
Finish rate
73.8%
58.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
Jack Brabham
Mechanical retirements
34
44
Crash retirements
17
8
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1955
1981 · aged 26
First win
1959 · aged 33
1981
First pole
1959
1985 · aged 30
First title
1959 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Jack Brabham
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Jack Brabham |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Alain Prost
Jack Brabham
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
19551993
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).