- Starts194215 entries
- Wins53% of starts
- Podiums2312% of starts
- Pole positions22× started from P1
- Fastest laps4
- Titles0best finish P2
Career numbers
- Avg grid position13.4
- Avg finish7.5
- Retirement rate48%
- Pole-to-win conversion50%
- Positions gained+507
- Points scored186.5
- Longest winning streak1
- Longest podium streak3
- Longest points-scoring streak5
- TeamsTyrrell (1981–1983, 1989) · Ferrari (1984–1988) · Lola (1989, 1993) · Arrows (1990) · Footwork (1991–1992) · Minardi (1994)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
215 entries, 194 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entrySan Marino Grand Prix 1981DNF · Tyrrell
- First winCaesars Palace Grand Prix 1982P1 · Tyrrell
- Last winGerman Grand Prix 1985P1 · Ferrari
- Last startAustralian Grand Prix 1994DNF · Minardi
All 215 races, season by season
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerhard Berger | 1987–1988 | 2:11 | 4:28 | +0.93% | 41 : 77 | Compare |
| Stefan Johansson | 1985–1991 | 6:3 | 26:6 | −0.75% | 61 : 49 | Compare |
| René Arnoux | 1984–1985 | 6:1 | 13:4 | −0.98% | 36.5 : 30 | Compare |
| Aguri Suzuki | 1992 | 5:2 | 11:3 | −0.56% | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Pierluigi Martini | 1994 | 1:3 | 3:13 | +0.64% | 1 : 4 | Compare |
| Brian Henton | 1982 | 4:1 | 13:0 | −1.65% | 19 : 0 | Compare |
| Danny Sullivan | 1983 | 1:2 | 13:2 | −0.87% | 10 : 2 | Compare |
| Alex Caffi | 1990–1991 | 2:3 | 5:6 | +0.04% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Eddie Cheever | 1981 | 1:2 | 3:6 | +0.82% | 0 : 6 | Compare |
| Luca Badoer | 1993 | 1:1 | 4:3 | +0.18% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jonathan Palmer | 1989 | 1:1 | 3:2 | −0.36% | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Slim Borgudd | 1982 | 3:0 | 3:0 | −3.19% | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Philippe Alliot | 1989 | 0:1 | 0:4 | +0.94% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bernd Schneider | 1990 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Michele Alboreto came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Villeneuve | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7.7 |
| Detroit | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Zolder | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 |
| Caesars Palace | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Nürburgring | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Monaco | 13 | 3 | 5.3 | |
| Monza | 13 | 2 | 6.8 | |
| Hockenheimring | 11 | 8.3 | ||
| Estoril | 11 | 1 | 7.8 | |
| Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 10 | 2 | 7.3 | |
| Spa-Francorchamps | 10 | 10.8 | ||
| Silverstone | 9 | 1 | 9.8 | |
| Nelson Piquet | 8 | 1 | 5.8 | |
| Hungaroring | 8 | 8.7 | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 7 | 3 | 2.7 | |
| Paul Ricard | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Adelaide | 7 | 1 | 7.5 | |
| Hermanos Rodríguez | 7 | 1 | 9.3 | |
| Kyalami | 6 | 9.7 | ||
| Zandvoort | 5 | 6.5 | ||
| Brands Hatch | 5 | 5 | ||
| Jerez | 5 | 13 | ||
| Suzuka | 5 | 10 | ||
| José Carlos Pace | 4 | 8.5 | ||
| Dijon-Prenois | 3 | 11.5 | ||
| Phoenix | 3 | 10 | ||
| Magny-Cours | 3 | 7 | ||
| Catalunya | 3 | 5 | ||
| Long Beach | 2 | 6.5 |