Championship record
4
World titles
4
4
Runner-up
1
8
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
Max Verstappen
Championships
4
4
Wins
51
71
Poles
33
48
Podiums
106
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
798.5
3,383.5
Starts
202
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Max Verstappen
Win rate
25.2%
29.2%
Podium rate
52.5%
53.5%
Pole rate
16.3%
19.8%
Points / start
4.0
13.9
Avg grid
P4.2
P4.9
Avg finish
P7.5
P5.6
Finish rate
73.8%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alain Prost
Max Verstappen
Overtakes
0
1,358
Overtakes / race
0.0
5.8
Places lost
0
1,135
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
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
34
14
Crash retirements
17
15
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
2015
1981 · aged 26
First win
2016 · aged 18
1981
First pole
2019
1985 · aged 30
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Alain Prost
Max Verstappen
19802026
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).