Championship record
4
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
0
8
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
James Hunt
Championships
4
1
Wins
51
10
Poles
33
14
Podiums
106
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
179
Starts
202
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
James Hunt
Win rate
25.2%
10.8%
Podium rate
52.5%
24.7%
Pole rate
16.3%
15.1%
Points / start
4.0
1.9
Avg grid
P4.2
P7.0
Avg finish
P7.5
P11.5
Finish rate
73.8%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
34
25
Crash retirements
17
18
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
1973
1981 · aged 26
First win
1975 · aged 27
1981
First pole
1976
1985 · aged 30
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | James Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Dijon-Prenois | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
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).