Alan Jones

Australian · 1975–1986
VS

Nigel Mansell

British · 1980–1995
Race H2H
16 21
37 shared
Qualifying H2H
15 21
36 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 1
1981 P3 1986 P2
Career totals
Alan Jones Nigel Mansell
Championships
1
1
Wins
12
31
Poles
6
32
Podiums
24
59
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
482
Starts
117
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones Nigel Mansell
Win rate
10.3%
16.3%
Podium rate
20.5%
31.1%
Pole rate
5.1%
16.8%
Points / start
1.8
2.5
Avg grid
P11.5
P6.4
Avg finish
P11.4
P11.1
Finish rate
59%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alan Jones Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
31
54
Crash retirements
14
25
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1980
1977 · aged 30
First win
1985 · aged 32
1979
First pole
1984
1980 · aged 33
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
1975 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993
Alan Jones Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alan Jones Nigel Mansell
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hockenheimring 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 3 · 5 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Red Bull Ring 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Brands Hatch 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · — 3 · 3 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · — 2 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 4 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 4 · P1
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · — 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 1 · 3 · P1
Long Beach 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Las Vegas Street Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Zolder 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Jarama 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P6
Team history
Alan Jones
WIL
Hesketh 1975Embassy Hill 1975Surtees 1976Shadow 1977Williams 1978–1981Arrows 1983Lola 1985–1986
Nigel Mansell
TEA
WIL
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
19751995
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).