As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Alain Prost · John Watson
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
32
—
25
57 shared
Qualifying H2H
49
—
7
56 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
0
4
Runner-up
0
8
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 2
1980
P11
1981
P5
1982
P3
1983
P2
Teammate battle by season
7
5
1980
1
0
1985
Career totals
Alain Prost
John Watson
Championships
4
0
Wins
51
5
Poles
33
2
Podiums
106
20
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
169
Starts
202
152
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
John Watson
Win rate
25.2%
3.3%
Podium rate
52.5%
13.2%
Pole rate
16.3%
1.3%
Points / start
4.0
1.1
Avg grid
P4.2
P11.9
Avg finish
P7.5
P11.5
Finish rate
73.8%
61.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
John Watson
Mechanical retirements
34
43
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1973
1981 · aged 26
First win
1976 · aged 30
1981
First pole
1977
1985 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
+0.4
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
John Watson
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | John Watson |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Las Vegas Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
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).