Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Fernando Alonso

Spanish · 2001–2026
Championship record
2
World titles
2
1
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Fernando Alonso
Championships
2
2
Wins
13
32
Poles
13
22
Podiums
15
106
Fastest laps
0
25
Career points
134.14
2,381
Starts
32
438
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Fernando Alonso
Win rate
40.6%
7.3%
Podium rate
46.9%
24.2%
Pole rate
40.6%
5%
Points / start
4.2
5.4
Avg grid
P3.9
P9.0
Avg finish
P8.5
P8.9
Finish rate
59.4%
82.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alberto Ascari Fernando Alonso
Overtakes
0
3,478
Overtakes / race
0.0
8.1
Places lost
0
3,192
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari Fernando Alonso
Mechanical retirements
10
45
Crash retirements
3
18
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: 0 · 13
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
2001
1951 · aged 33
First win
2003 · aged 22
1951
First pole
2003
1952 · aged 34
First title
2005 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Alberto Ascari Fernando Alonso
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Fernando Alonso
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 6 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 6 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Fernando Alonso
Minardi 2001Renault 2003–2006McLaren 2007Renault 2008–2009Ferrari 2010–2014McLaren 2015–2018Alpine F1 Team 2021–2022Aston Martin 2023–2026
19502026
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).