Alain Prost

French · 1980–1993
VS

Phil Hill

American · 1958–1964
Championship record
4
World titles
1
4
Runner-up
0
8
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost Phil Hill
Championships
4
1
Wins
51
3
Poles
33
6
Podiums
106
16
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
98
Starts
202
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost Phil Hill
Win rate
25.2%
5.9%
Podium rate
52.5%
31.4%
Pole rate
16.3%
11.8%
Points / start
4.0
1.9
Avg grid
P4.2
P9.0
Avg finish
P7.5
P9.1
Finish rate
73.8%
70.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost Phil Hill
Mechanical retirements
34
11
Crash retirements
17
3
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
1958
1981 · aged 26
First win
1960 · aged 33
1981
First pole
1960
1985 · aged 30
First title
1961 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993
Alain Prost Phil Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alain Prost Phil Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 5 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 5 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Monaco 4 · 6 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 7 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P8
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Alain Prost
MCL
McLaren 1980Renault 1981–1983McLaren 1984–1989Ferrari 1990–1991Williams 1993
Phil Hill
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
19581993
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).