Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Nigel Mansell

British · 1980–1995
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Nigel Mansell
Championships
2
1
Wins
13
31
Poles
13
32
Podiums
15
59
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
482
Starts
32
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Nigel Mansell
Win rate
40.6%
16.3%
Podium rate
46.9%
31.1%
Pole rate
40.6%
16.8%
Points / start
4.2
2.5
Avg grid
P3.9
P6.4
Avg finish
P8.5
P11.1
Finish rate
59.4%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
10
54
Crash retirements
3
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: 0 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1980
1951 · aged 33
First win
1985 · aged 32
1951
First pole
1984
1952 · aged 34
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
1950 1956 1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992
Alberto Ascari Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Nigel Mansell
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 3 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Team history
Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
19501995
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).