Championship record
4
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
1
8
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
Jacques Villeneuve
Championships
4
1
Wins
51
11
Poles
33
13
Podiums
106
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
235
Starts
202
165
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Jacques Villeneuve
Win rate
25.2%
6.7%
Podium rate
52.5%
13.9%
Pole rate
16.3%
7.9%
Points / start
4.0
1.4
Avg grid
P4.2
P9.1
Avg finish
P7.5
P10.3
Finish rate
73.8%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alain Prost
Jacques Villeneuve
Overtakes
0
1,120
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.0
Places lost
0
870
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
Jacques Villeneuve
Mechanical retirements
34
38
Crash retirements
17
17
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
1996
1981 · aged 26
First win
1996 · aged 25
1981
First pole
1996
1985 · aged 30
First title
1997 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Jacques Villeneuve
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Jacques Villeneuve |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 3 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
Team history
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).