Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 11 June 1964
Drivers championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 1
Races started: 201
Pole positions: 2
Teams:
Prost 2000 - 2001,
Sauber 1998 - 1999,
Benetton 1996 - 1997,
Ferrari 1991 - 1995,
Tyrrell 1989 - 1990
Jean Alesi career
Jean Alesi was a French driver in F1 during the 1990's, who during his 10 year career won only one grand prix in Canada in 1995 for Ferrari.
Previous seasons
2001
Team: Prost / Jordan
Position: 15
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 The 2001 Prost was a better car than the previous year and Jean Alesi scored points in most race. Towards the end of the season he moved to Jordan when Heinz-Harald Frentzen moved to Prost.
2000
Team: Prost
Position: 22
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 For this season Jean Alesi moved to the Prost team but the car was comparatively slow and unreliable.
1999
Team: Sauber
Position: 15
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 With a slow and unreliable car he struggled to score points.
1998
Team: Sauber
Position: 9
Points: 11
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 For this season he moved to Sauber and managed a few good results from a car that was not the quickest in the field.
1997
Team: Benetton
Position: 4
Points: 36
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1 This was a difficult year for Jean Alesi with on track incidents and a falling out with Flavio Briatore at Benetton. Although he finished 4th in the drivers championship his contract was not renewed.
1996
Team: Benetton
Position: 4
Points: 47
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This season he moved to Benetton, swapping with Michael Schumacher who moved to Ferrari. This was his best season in F1, finishing 4th in the drivers championship with 8 podium finishes.
1995
Team: Ferrari
Position: 4
Points: 36
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was another season with a quick car that was also unreliable. He won his only grand prix this year in Canada and had a strong race in the wet in Japan.
1994
Team: Ferrari
Position: 5
Points: 24
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1 Whilst the 1994 Ferrari was more competitive with Jean Alesi taking his first pole position in Monza, it still had reliability problems.
1993
Team: Ferrari
Position: 6
Points: 36
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His car this was both unreliable and not very fast with a another season of many retirements.
1992
Team: Ferrari
Position: 7
Points: 18
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 The 1992 Ferrari was also unreliable with 10 retirements and 2 podiums.
1991
Team: Ferrari
Position: 7
Points: 21
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Jean Alesi moved to Ferrari for the 1991 season which was mixed for him with 3 podium finishes and 8 retirements in an unreliable car.
1990
Team: Tyrrell
Position: 9
Points: 13
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 In his first full season in F1 Jean Alesi was on the podium twice.
1991
Team: Tyrrell
Position: 9
Points: 9
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Jean Alesi raced for just part of his first season having signing for the Tyrrell team.