Alan Jones

Australian · 1975–1986
VS

Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
Championship record
1
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones Alberto Ascari
Championships
1
2
Wins
12
13
Poles
6
13
Podiums
24
15
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
134.14
Starts
117
32
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones Alberto Ascari
Win rate
10.3%
40.6%
Podium rate
20.5%
46.9%
Pole rate
5.1%
40.6%
Points / start
1.8
4.2
Avg grid
P11.5
P3.9
Avg finish
P11.4
P8.5
Finish rate
59%
59.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alan Jones Alberto Ascari
Mechanical retirements
31
10
Crash retirements
14
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: 3 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1950
1977 · aged 30
First win
1951 · aged 33
1979
First pole
1951
1980 · aged 33
First title
1952 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-4.6
Season points trajectory
1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985
Alan Jones Alberto Ascari
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alan Jones Alberto Ascari
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P11 2 · 3 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Alan Jones
Hesketh 1975Embassy Hill 1975Surtees 1976Shadow 1977Williams 1978–1981Arrows 1983Lola 1985–1986
Alberto Ascari
FER
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
19501986
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).