Denny Hulme
New Zealander · 1965–1974
VS

Fernando Alonso
Spanish · 2001–2026
Championship record
1
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Denny Hulme Fernando Alonso
Championships
1
2
Wins
8
32
Poles
1
22
Podiums
33
106
Fastest laps
0
25
Career points
248
2,381
Starts
112
438
Rate-adjusted · per start
Denny Hulme Fernando Alonso
Win rate
7.1%
7.3%
Podium rate
29.5%
24.2%
Pole rate
0.9%
5%
Points / start
2.2
5.4
Avg grid
P7.3
P9.0
Avg finish
P8.2
P8.9
Finish rate
69.6%
82.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Denny Hulme 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
Denny Hulme Fernando Alonso
Mechanical retirements
29
45
Crash retirements
5
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
1965
Debut season
2001
1967 · aged 30
First win
2003 · aged 22
1973
First pole
2003
1967 · aged 31
First title
2005 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
1965 1973 1981 1989 1997 2005 2013 2021
Denny Hulme Fernando Alonso
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Denny Hulme Fernando Alonso
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 3 · P1 2 · 6 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 5 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P3 3 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 6 · P1
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 9 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P6
Team history
Denny Hulme
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
Fernando Alonso
Minardi 2001Renault 2003–2006McLaren 2007Renault 2008–2009Ferrari 2010–2014McLaren 2015–2018Alpine F1 Team 2021–2022Aston Martin 2023–2026
19652026
Denny Hulme → Fernando Alonso → Compare others
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).