Alan Jones

Australian · 1975–1986
VS

Patrick Tambay

French · 1977–1986
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
6
9
Qualifyingahead
4
11
Alan Jones · Patrick Tambay
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
41 27
68 shared
Qualifying H2H
41 27
68 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 4 · 0
1977 P7 1978 P11 1981 P3 1986 P12
Teammate battle by season
6
9
1986
Career totals
Alan Jones Patrick Tambay
Championships
1
0
Wins
12
2
Poles
6
5
Podiums
24
11
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
103
Starts
117
117
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones Patrick Tambay
Win rate
10.3%
1.7%
Podium rate
20.5%
9.4%
Pole rate
5.1%
4.3%
Points / start
1.8
0.9
Avg grid
P11.5
P10.9
Avg finish
P11.4
P12.7
Finish rate
59%
49.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alan Jones Patrick Tambay
Mechanical retirements
31
30
Crash retirements
14
26
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 3 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1977
1977 · aged 30
First win
1982 · aged 33
1979
First pole
1983
1980 · aged 33
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985
Alan Jones Patrick Tambay
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alan Jones Patrick Tambay
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Hockenheimring 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Brands Hatch 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Long Beach 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Watkins Glen 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Las Vegas Street Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Zolder 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P10
Jarama 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P13
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P4
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · —
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Mosport International Raceway 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5
Fuji Speedway 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
Team history
Alan Jones
WIL
LOL
Hesketh 1975Embassy Hill 1975Surtees 1976Shadow 1977Williams 1978–1981Arrows 1983Lola 1985–1986
Patrick Tambay
MCL
FER
REN
Ensign 1977McLaren 1978–1979Ligier 1981Theodore 1981Ferrari 1982–1983Renault 1984–1985Lola 1986
19751986
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).