As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
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
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
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).