Championship record
2
World titles
3
3
Runner-up
1
6
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Fernando Alonso
Nelson Piquet
Championships
2
3
Wins
32
23
Poles
22
24
Podiums
106
60
Fastest laps
25
0
Career points
2,381
485.5
Starts
438
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Fernando Alonso
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
7.3%
11.2%
Podium rate
24.2%
29.3%
Pole rate
5%
11.7%
Points / start
5.4
2.4
Avg grid
P9.0
P6.7
Avg finish
P8.9
P9.8
Finish rate
82.6%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Fernando Alonso
Nelson Piquet
Overtakes
3,478
0
Overtakes / race
8.1
0.0
Places lost
3,192
0
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
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
45
51
Crash retirements
18
28
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
1978
2003 · aged 22
First win
1980 · aged 27
2003
First pole
1980
2005 · aged 24
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Fernando Alonso
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Fernando Alonso | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 1 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 2 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 9 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
Fernando Alonso
Minardi 2001Renault 2003–2006McLaren 2007Renault 2008–2009Ferrari 2010–2014McLaren 2015–2018Alpine F1 Team 2021–2022Aston Martin 2023–2026
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19782026
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).