Gerhard Berger
Austrian · 1984–1997
VS

Jean Alesi
French · 1989–2001
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
39
38
Qualifyingahead
35
42
Gerhard Berger · Jean Alesi
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.019s
Jean Alesi faster by the median gap over 43 sessions
1994 +0.015s 13
1995 −0.262s 16
1996 +0.224s 7
1997 +0.183s 7
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
74 — 59
133 shared
Qualifying H2H
84 — 49
133 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P3
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 5 · 4
1989 P7 1990 P4 1991 P4 1992 P5 1993 P6 1994 P3 1995 P5 1996 P4 1997 P4
Teammate battle by season
8
8
1993
8
6
1994
9
8
1995
5
11
1996
9
5
1997
Career totals
Gerhard Berger Jean Alesi
Championships
0
0
Wins
10
1
Poles
12
2
Podiums
48
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
385
241
Starts
210
202
Rate-adjusted · per start
Gerhard Berger Jean Alesi
Win rate
4.8%
0.5%
Podium rate
22.9%
15.8%
Pole rate
5.7%
1%
Points / start
1.8
1.2
Avg grid
P6.4
P9.0
Avg finish
P10.9
P11.3
Finish rate
59%
59.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Gerhard Berger Jean Alesi
Overtakes
235
719
Overtakes / race
7.8
7.6
Places lost
161
523
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
Gerhard Berger Jean Alesi
Mechanical retirements
63
52
Crash retirements
23
30
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1989
1986 · aged 27
First win
1995 · aged 31
1987
First pole
1994
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.5
Avg places gained
-2.2
Season points trajectory
1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999
Gerhard Berger Jean Alesi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Gerhard Berger Jean Alesi
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hockenheimring 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 5 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Adelaide Street Circuit 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Autódromo do Estoril 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 5 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Hungaroring 0 · 3 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 2 · P2
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Phoenix street circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Okayama International Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P10
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · —
Donington Park 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Gerhard Berger
FER
MCL
FER
ATS 1984Arrows 1985Benetton 1986Ferrari 1987–1989McLaren 1990–1992Ferrari 1993–1995Benetton 1996–1997
Jean Alesi
FER
Tyrrell 1989–1990Ferrari 1991–1995Benetton 1996–1997Sauber 1998–1999Prost 2000Jordan 2001Prost 2001
19842001
Gerhard Berger → Jean Alesi → 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).