Alain Prost vs Ayrton Senna, 1988

Teammates at McLaren — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1988 season, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna were teammates at McLaren, competing in 16 races together. Senna outqualified Prost 14 times and finished ahead of him in 7 races, while Prost finished ahead in 5 races. Senna won 8 Grands Prix compared to Prost's 7, and Prost earned 105 championship points, while Senna scored 94 points.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
214Qualifyingof 16 compared
57Race finishesof 12 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

1988 season
16
Races together
16
105
Points
94
7
Wins
8
14
Podiums
11
P1
Best finish
P1
2.5
Average grid
1.3
1.5
Average finish
2.4
2
Did not finish
2
Other seasons together:19931991199019891987198619851984