Fernando Alonso

Spanish · 2001–2026
VS

George Russell

British · 2019–2026
Race H2H
39 85
124 shared
Qualifying H2H
39 84
123 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
0
3
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 4
2024 P6 2025 P4 2021 P10 2022 P4 2023 P4 2026 P2
Career totals
Fernando Alonso George Russell
Championships
2
0
Wins
32
7
Poles
22
12
Podiums
106
29
Fastest laps
25
11
Career points
2,381
1,081
Starts
438
162
Rate-adjusted · per start
Fernando Alonso George Russell
Win rate
7.3%
4.3%
Podium rate
24.2%
17.9%
Pole rate
5%
7.4%
Points / start
5.4
6.7
Avg grid
P9.0
P8.8
Avg finish
P8.9
P9.4
Finish rate
82.6%
88.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Fernando Alonso George Russell
Overtakes
3,478
1,169
Overtakes / race
8.1
7.3
Places lost
3,192
1,067
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
Fernando Alonso George Russell
Mechanical retirements
45
5
Crash retirements
18
7
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: 13 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
2019
2003 · aged 22
First win
2022 · aged 24
2003
First pole
2022
2005 · aged 24
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Fernando Alonso George Russell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Fernando Alonso George Russell
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Marina Bay Street Circuit 2 · 5 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Hockenheimring 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 2 · 7 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 6 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 6 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 6 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Shanghai International Circuit 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 2 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 9 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Hungaroring 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Suzuka Circuit 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Istanbul Park 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P15
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Losail International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P10
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P14
Team history
Fernando Alonso
REN
FER
MCL
AST
Minardi 2001Renault 2003–2006McLaren 2007Renault 2008–2009Ferrari 2010–2014McLaren 2015–2018Alpine F1 Team 2021–2022Aston Martin 2023–2026
George Russell
MER
Williams 2019Mercedes 2020Williams 2020–2021Mercedes 2022–2026
20012026
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).