Alain Prost

French · 1980–1993
VS

René Arnoux

French · 1978–1989
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
20
10
Qualifyingahead
17
13
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
1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992
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
Alain Prost
REN
MCL
FER
McLaren 1980Renault 1981–1983McLaren 1984–1989Ferrari 1990–1991Williams 1993
René Arnoux
REN
FER
LIG
Surtees 1978Martini 1978Renault 1979–1982Ferrari 1983–1985Ligier 1986–1989
19781993
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).