As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Alain Prost · René Arnoux
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
91
—
38
129 shared
Qualifying H2H
91
—
36
127 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
0
4
Runner-up
0
8
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings:
8 · 1
1980
P6
1981
P5
1982
P4
1983
P2
1984
P2
1985
P1
1986
P1
1987
P4
1989
P1
Teammate battle by season
9
5
1981
11
5
1982
Career totals
Alain Prost
René Arnoux
Championships
4
0
Wins
51
7
Poles
33
18
Podiums
106
22
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
798.5
181
Starts
202
151
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
René Arnoux
Win rate
25.2%
4.6%
Podium rate
52.5%
14.6%
Pole rate
16.3%
11.9%
Points / start
4.0
1.2
Avg grid
P4.2
P10.6
Avg finish
P7.5
P12.5
Finish rate
73.8%
55.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
René Arnoux
Mechanical retirements
34
44
Crash retirements
17
22
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
1978
1981 · aged 26
First win
1980 · aged 31
1981
First pole
1979
1985 · aged 30
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-1.7
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
René Arnoux
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | René Arnoux |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 3 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Las Vegas Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Fair Park | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
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).