As teammates — same car
Course finishesahead
Qualificationsahead
Alain Prost · Niki Lauda
Course H2H
38
—
20
58 shared
Qualifications H2H
0
—
0
0 shared
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Débuts season
1971
1981 · aged 26
Première victoire
1974 · aged 25
1981
Première pole
1974
1985 · aged 30
First title
1975 · aged 26
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-2.3
Career totals
Alain Prost
Niki Lauda
Championships
4
3
Victoires
51
25
Poles
33
24
Podiums
106
54
Fastest tours
0
0
Points en carrière
798.5
420.5
Départs
202
173
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Niki Lauda
Taux de victoires
25.2%
14.5%
Taux de podiums
52.5%
31.2%
Pole rate
16.3%
13.9%
Points / start
4.0
2.4
Avg grid
P4.2
P8.4
Avg finish
P7.5
P10.8
Taux d'arrivées
73.8%
56.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Championship record
4
World titles
3
4
Runner-up
1
8
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
3 · 1
1982
P4
1983
P2
1984
P1
1985
P1
Équipier battle by season
8
8
1984
10
4
1985
Saison points trajectory
Alain Prost
Niki Lauda
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Niki Lauda |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 4 · 8 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 3 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Dijon-Prenois | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P11 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Las Vegas Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Fair Park | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Alain Prost
Niki Lauda
March-Ford 1971March 1972BRM 1973Ferrari 1974–1977Brabham 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979McLaren 1982–1985
19711993
Basis
Head-to-head counts courses where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Équipier section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).