Fernando Alonso
Spanish · 2001–2026
VS

Valtteri Bottas
Finnish · 2013–2026
Race H2H
105 — 111
216 shared
Qualifying H2H
98 — 117
215 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
0
3
Runner-up
2
6
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 6
2024 P9 2013 P2 2014 P4 2015 P5 2016 P8 2017 P3 2018 P5 2021 P3 2022 P9 2023 P4 2026 P18
Career totals
Fernando Alonso Valtteri Bottas
Championships
2
0
Wins
32
10
Poles
22
20
Podiums
106
67
Fastest laps
25
19
Career points
2,381
1,788
Starts
438
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Fernando Alonso Valtteri Bottas
Win rate
7.3%
3.9%
Podium rate
24.2%
26.1%
Pole rate
5%
7.8%
Points / start
5.4
7.0
Avg grid
P9.0
P8.5
Avg finish
P8.9
P9.3
Finish rate
82.6%
88.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Fernando Alonso Valtteri Bottas
Overtakes
3,478
1,883
Overtakes / race
8.1
7.4
Places lost
3,192
1,734
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 Valtteri Bottas
Mechanical retirements
45
11
Crash retirements
18
8
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 · 11
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
2013
2003 · aged 22
First win
2017 · aged 27
2003
First pole
2017
2005 · aged 24
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Fernando Alonso Valtteri Bottas
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Fernando Alonso Valtteri Bottas
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Bahrain International Circuit 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Hockenheimring 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Sepang International Circuit 3 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 6 · P1 0 · 5 · P2
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 2 · 7 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 6 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 1 · 6 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 7 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Suzuka Circuit 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Marina Bay Street Circuit 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P6 2 · 5 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P16
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Hungaroring 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Istanbul Park 0 · 4 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Baku City Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Korean International Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 9 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Jeddah Corniche Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P16
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P2
Miami International Autodrome 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Losail International Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P8
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2
Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P17
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
Valtteri Bottas
WIL
MER
Williams 2013–2016Mercedes 2017–2021Alfa Romeo 2022–2023Sauber 2024Cadillac F1 Team 2026
20012026
Fernando Alonso → Valtteri Bottas → 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).