Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1960
1981 · aged 26
Primera victoria
1962 · aged 26
1981
Primera pole
1962
1985 · aged 30
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-3.5
Career totals
Alain Prost
Jim Clark
Championships
4
2
Victorias
51
25
Poles
33
33
Podios
106
32
Fastest vueltas
0
0
Puntos totales
798.5
274
Salidas
202
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Jim Clark
Porcentaje de victorias
25.2%
34.7%
Porcentaje de podios
52.5%
44.4%
Pole rate
16.3%
45.8%
Puntos / start
4.0
3.8
Avg grid
P4.2
P3.6
Avg finish
P7.5
P7.1
Porcentaje de llegadas
73.8%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
4
World titles
2
4
Runner-up
1
8
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Temporada points trajectory
Alain Prost
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuito | Alain Prost | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuito | 5 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuito de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 4 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuito Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuito de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
Team history
Alain Prost
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19601993
Basis
Head-to-head counts carreras where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Compañero section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).