Championship record
4
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
2
8
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
Kimi Räikkönen
Championships
4
1
Wins
51
21
Poles
33
18
Podiums
106
103
Fastest laps
0
42
Career points
798.5
1,873
Starts
202
352
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Kimi Räikkönen
Win rate
25.2%
6%
Podium rate
52.5%
29.3%
Pole rate
16.3%
5.1%
Points / start
4.0
5.3
Avg grid
P4.2
P7.6
Avg finish
P7.5
P8.5
Finish rate
73.8%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alain Prost
Kimi Räikkönen
Overtakes
0
2,703
Overtakes / race
0.0
8.0
Places lost
0
2,441
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
Kimi Räikkönen
Mechanical retirements
34
45
Crash retirements
17
21
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
2001
1981 · aged 26
First win
2003 · aged 23
1981
First pole
2003
1985 · aged 30
First title
2007 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Kimi Räikkönen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Kimi Räikkönen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 9 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
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).