Jean Alesi
French · 1989–2001
VS

Satoru Nakajima
Japanese · 1987–1991
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
11
5
Qualifyingahead
15
0
Jean Alesi · Satoru Nakajima
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
26 — 14
40 shared
Qualifying H2H
37 — 2
39 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P4
Best championship
P12
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 0
1989 P9 1990 P9 1991 P7
Teammate battle by season
11
5
1990
Career totals
Jean Alesi Satoru Nakajima
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
0
Poles
2
0
Podiums
32
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
241
16
Starts
202
75
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jean Alesi Satoru Nakajima
Win rate
0.5%
0%
Podium rate
15.8%
0%
Pole rate
1%
0%
Points / start
1.2
0.2
Avg grid
P9.0
P15.0
Avg finish
P11.3
P15.0
Finish rate
59.4%
48%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jean Alesi Satoru Nakajima
Overtakes
719
0
Overtakes / race
7.6
0.0
Places lost
523
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
Jean Alesi Satoru Nakajima
Mechanical retirements
52
17
Crash retirements
30
20
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: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1989
Debut season
1987
1995 · aged 31
First win
—
1994
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P4
-2.2
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001
Jean Alesi Satoru Nakajima
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jean Alesi Satoru Nakajima
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P17
Hockenheimring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P9
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Hungaroring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Phoenix street circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P12
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P9
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P13
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
Jean Alesi
TYR
FER
BEN
SAU
Tyrrell 1989–1990Ferrari 1991–1995Benetton 1996–1997Sauber 1998–1999Prost 2000Jordan 2001Prost 2001
Satoru Nakajima
TEA
TYR
Team Lotus 1987–1989Tyrrell 1990–1991
19872001
Jean Alesi → Satoru Nakajima → 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).