Damon Hill

British · 1992–1999
VS

Fernando Alonso

Spanish · 2001–2026
Championship record
1
World titles
2
2
Runner-up
3
4
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill Fernando Alonso
Championships
1
2
Wins
22
32
Poles
20
22
Podiums
42
106
Fastest laps
0
25
Career points
360
2,381
Starts
116
438
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill Fernando Alonso
Win rate
19%
7.3%
Podium rate
36.2%
24.2%
Pole rate
17.2%
5%
Points / start
3.1
5.4
Avg grid
P6.1
P9.0
Avg finish
P8.9
P8.9
Finish rate
68.1%
82.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill Fernando Alonso
Overtakes
342
3,478
Overtakes / race
5.6
8.1
Places lost
287
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
Damon Hill Fernando Alonso
Mechanical retirements
18
45
Crash retirements
18
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: 1 · 13
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
2001
1993 · aged 32
First win
2003 · aged 22
1993
First pole
2003
1996 · aged 36
First title
2005 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022
Damon Hill Fernando Alonso
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Damon Hill Fernando Alonso
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 6 · P1
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 3 · 4 · P1
Hungaroring 2 · 5 · P1 1 · 5 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 7 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · — 3 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 5 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 4 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 9 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5
Team history
Damon Hill
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
Fernando Alonso
FER
Minardi 2001Renault 2003–2006McLaren 2007Renault 2008–2009Ferrari 2010–2014McLaren 2015–2018Alpine F1 Team 2021–2022Aston Martin 2023–2026
19922026
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).