Race H2H
37
—
33
70 shared
Qualifying H2H
31
—
39
70 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 2
1979
P3
1980
P1
1981
P1
1986
P3
Career totals
Alan Jones
Nelson Piquet
Championships
1
3
Wins
12
23
Poles
6
24
Podiums
24
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
485.5
Starts
117
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
10.3%
11.2%
Podium rate
20.5%
29.3%
Pole rate
5.1%
11.7%
Points / start
1.8
2.4
Avg grid
P11.5
P6.7
Avg finish
P11.4
P9.8
Finish rate
59%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alan Jones
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
31
51
Crash retirements
14
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1978
1977 · aged 30
First win
1980 · aged 27
1979
First pole
1980
1980 · aged 33
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Alan Jones
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alan Jones | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Long Beach | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Las Vegas Street Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Zolder | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Alan Jones
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19751991
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).