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Alain Prost

🇫🇷 French1980–1993

Four-time World Champion (1985, 1986, 1989, 1993). Won 51 of 198 starts across 13 seasons, and outscored René Arnoux over 30 races together.

Titles
4
=3rd all-time
Wins
51
5th all-time · 25.8% of starts
Podiums
106
=5th all-time · 53.5% of starts
Career points
798.5
19th all-time · 768.5 counted
Starts
198
13 seasons, 4 teams

Ranks are all-time since 1958.

Championship finish by season

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P1P3P5P10P1516'805'814'822'832'841'851'864'872'881'892'905'911'93
McLarenRenaultFerrariWilliamsWorld Champion

Against Prost's teammates

Points in races together
René Arnoux 77 – 39 1981–82 · 30 races · ahead on the results sheet 20–10
Niki Lauda 140.5 – 83 1984–85 · 29 races · ahead on the results sheet 18–11
Ayrton Senna 177 – 154 1988–89 · 29 races · ahead on the results sheet 12–17
Stefan Johansson 46 – 30 1987 · 16 races · ahead on the results sheet 11–5
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Nigel Mansell 73 – 37 1990 · 16 races · ahead on the results sheet 9–7
Damon Hill 99 – 69 1993 · 16 races · ahead on the results sheet 10–6
Eddie Cheever 57 – 22 1983 · 15 races · ahead on the results sheet 12–3
Keke Rosberg 74 – 19 1986 · 15 races · ahead on the results sheet 13–2
Jean Alesi 34 – 21 1991 · 15 races · ahead on the results sheet 7–8
John Watson 8 – 3 1980–85 · 12 races · ahead on the results sheet 8–4

Best circuits

By wins
5 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 9 starts · avg finish 4.9 Won 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 5 Silverstone Circuit 9 starts · avg finish 6.3 Won 1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993 4 Circuit Paul Ricard 9 starts · avg finish 3.9 Won 1983, 1988–1990 4 Circuit de Monaco 13 starts · avg finish 6.2 Won 1984–1986, 1988 3 Autódromo do Estoril 9 starts · avg finish 5.1 Won 1984, 1987, 1988

Milestones

Debut
1980 Argentine GP McLaren · 3rd · also first points and podium
First win
1981 French GP 20th career start
Best run
4 wins in a row 1993
Best season
7 wins 1984
Last win
1993 German GP Williams
Final start
1993 Australian GP Williams

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
798.5 2,350.5 +1,552

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1993: 99 → 271. Replay 1993 in the calculator →

  • 1984: would have been champion (was 2nd)

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1993 Williams 1 99 7 12 Damon Hill
1991 Ferrari 5 34 0 5 Jean Alesi
1990 Ferrari 2 71 (73 scored) 5 9 Nigel Mansell
1989 McLaren 1 76 (81 scored) 4 11 Ayrton Senna
1988 McLaren 2 87 (105 scored) 7 14 Ayrton Senna
1987 McLaren 4 46 3 7 Stefan Johansson
1986 McLaren 1 72 (74 scored) 4 11 Keke Rosberg
1985 McLaren 1 73 (76 scored) 5 11 Niki Lauda, John Watson
1984 McLaren 2 71.5 7 9 Niki Lauda
1983 Renault 2 57 4 7 Eddie Cheever
1982 Renault 4 34 2 4 René Arnoux
1981 Renault 5 43 3 6 René Arnoux
1980 McLaren 16 5 0 0 John Watson

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.