Alain Prost

French · 1980–1993
VS

Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
Championship record
4
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
0
8
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost Mike Hawthorn
Championships
4
1
Wins
51
3
Poles
33
4
Podiums
106
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
124.64
Starts
202
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
25.2%
6.5%
Podium rate
52.5%
37%
Pole rate
16.3%
8.7%
Points / start
4.0
2.7
Avg grid
P4.2
P5.8
Avg finish
P7.5
P7.1
Finish rate
73.8%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
34
10
Crash retirements
17
1
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
1952
1981 · aged 26
First win
1953 · aged 24
1981
First pole
1958
1985 · aged 30
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988
Alain Prost Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alain Prost Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 4 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 7 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P3
Team history
Alain Prost
MCL
McLaren 1980Renault 1981–1983McLaren 1984–1989Ferrari 1990–1991Williams 1993
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521993
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).