Championship record
4
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
1
8
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
Jenson Button
Championships
4
1
Wins
51
15
Poles
33
8
Podiums
106
50
Fastest laps
0
8
Career points
798.5
1,235
Starts
202
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Jenson Button
Win rate
25.2%
4.9%
Podium rate
52.5%
16.2%
Pole rate
16.3%
2.6%
Points / start
4.0
4.0
Avg grid
P4.2
P10.0
Avg finish
P7.5
P9.7
Finish rate
73.8%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alain Prost
Jenson Button
Overtakes
0
2,746
Overtakes / race
0.0
9.2
Places lost
0
2,334
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
Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
34
37
Crash retirements
17
22
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 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
2000
1981 · aged 26
First win
2006 · aged 26
1981
First pole
2004
1985 · aged 30
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Jenson Button |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
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).