Race H2H
7
—
5
12 shared
Qualifying H2H
6
—
5
11 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
1
8
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
1980
P16
Career totals
Alain Prost
Jody Scheckter
Championships
4
1
Wins
51
10
Poles
33
3
Podiums
106
33
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
255
Starts
202
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Jody Scheckter
Win rate
25.2%
8.9%
Podium rate
52.5%
29.5%
Pole rate
16.3%
2.7%
Points / start
4.0
2.3
Avg grid
P4.2
P8.0
Avg finish
P7.5
P9.1
Finish rate
73.8%
68.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
Jody Scheckter
Mechanical retirements
34
21
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1972
1981 · aged 26
First win
1974 · aged 24
1981
First pole
1976
1985 · aged 30
First title
1979 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Jody Scheckter
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Jody Scheckter |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
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).