Championship record
4
World titles
7
4
Runner-up
3
8
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
4
7
Wins
51
106
Poles
33
104
Podiums
106
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
798.5
5,096.5
Starts
202
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
25.2%
27.2%
Podium rate
52.5%
53.1%
Pole rate
16.3%
26.7%
Points / start
4.0
13.1
Avg grid
P4.2
P4.7
Avg finish
P7.5
P5.2
Finish rate
73.8%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alain Prost
Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
0
2,424
Overtakes / race
0.0
6.3
Places lost
0
2,145
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
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
34
10
Crash retirements
17
14
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 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
2007
1981 · aged 26
First win
2007 · aged 22
1981
First pole
2007
1985 · aged 30
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 7 · 13 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 8 · 12 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 5 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 2 · P1 | 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).