As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Nelson Piquet Jr. · Fernando Alonso
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.464s
Fernando Alonso faster by the median gap over 28 sessions
2008
+0.434s
18
2009
+0.568s
10
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
5
—
23
28 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
27
28 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
3
0
Top-3 finishes
6
P12
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 2
2008
P5
2009
P9
Teammate battle by season
3
15
2008
2
8
2009
Career totals
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Fernando Alonso
Championships
0
2
Wins
0
32
Poles
0
22
Podiums
1
106
Fastest laps
0
25
Career points
19
2,383
Starts
28
440
Rate-adjusted · per start
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Fernando Alonso
Win rate
0%
7.3%
Podium rate
3.6%
24.1%
Pole rate
0%
5%
Points / start
0.7
5.4
Avg grid
P13.7
P9.0
Avg finish
P13.4
P8.9
Finish rate
60.7%
82.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Fernando Alonso
Overtakes
245
3,504
Overtakes / race
9.1
8.1
Places lost
210
3,211
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
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Fernando Alonso
Mechanical retirements
3
45
Crash retirements
8
18
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 · 13
Milestones & racecraft
2008
Debut season
2001
—
First win
2003 · aged 22
—
First pole
2003
—
First title
2005 · aged 24
P2
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Fernando Alonso
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Fernando Alonso |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P11 3 · 5 · P1 ALO | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 4 · P1 ALO | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P10 3 · 4 · P1 ALO | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P12 | 2 · 7 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P12 2 · 7 · P1 ALO | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P12 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P12 2 · 6 · P1 ALO | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P10 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P10 2 · 6 · P1 ALO | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · — 2 · 5 · P1 ALO | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P8 2 · 5 · P1 ALO | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · — 2 · 5 · P1 ALO | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P13 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P13 2 · 4 · P1 ALO | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 6 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · — 1 · 6 · P1 ALO | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 5 · P1 ALO | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · — 1 · 4 · P1 ALO | ||
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P7 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 3 · P1 ALO | ||
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 2 · P1 ALO | ||
| Fuji Speedway | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1 ALO | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 9 · P2 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · — 0 · 9 · P2 ALO | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P15 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 4 · P2 ALO | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| PIQ 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2 ALO | ||
Team history
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault 2008–2009
Fernando Alonso
Minardi 2001Renault 2003–2006McLaren 2007Renault 2008–2009Ferrari 2010–2014McLaren 2015–2018Alpine F1 Team 2021–2022Aston Martin 2023–2026
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).