Championship record
2
World titles
2
2
Runner-up
3
4
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fernando Alonso
Championships
2
2
Wins
14
32
Poles
6
22
Podiums
35
106
Fastest laps
0
25
Career points
281
2,381
Starts
146
438
Rate-adjusted · per start
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fernando Alonso
Win rate
9.6%
7.3%
Podium rate
24%
24.2%
Pole rate
4.1%
5%
Points / start
1.9
5.4
Avg grid
P11.9
P9.0
Avg finish
P10.8
P8.9
Finish rate
66.4%
82.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Emerson Fittipaldi
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
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fernando Alonso
Mechanical retirements
39
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: 5 · 13
Milestones & racecraft
1970
Debut season
2001
1970 · aged 23
First win
2003 · aged 22
1972
First pole
2003
1972 · aged 25
First title
2005 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fernando Alonso
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fernando Alonso |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 9 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
Team history
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
Fernando Alonso
Minardi 2001Renault 2003–2006McLaren 2007Renault 2008–2009Ferrari 2010–2014McLaren 2015–2018Alpine F1 Team 2021–2022Aston Martin 2023–2026
19702026
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).