Alain Prost vs Ayrton Senna, 1989

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

In the 1989 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 7 times, while Prost managed to finish ahead only once. Prost earned 81 championship points and won 4 races, compared to Senna's 60 points and 6 wins, with both drivers achieving a best finish of 1.

Written automatically from the figures below.
214Qualifyingof 16 compared
17Race finishesof 8 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.

1989 season
16
Races together
16
81
Points
60
4
Wins
6
11
Podiums
7
P1
Best finish
P1
2.6
Average grid
1.2
2.2
Average finish
2.9
3
Did not finish
7
Other seasons together:19931991199019881987198619851984