Christian Danner
German · 1985–1989
VS

Thierry Boutsen
Belgian · 1983–1993
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
5
5
Qualifyingahead
4
6
Christian Danner · Thierry Boutsen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
10 — 27
37 shared
Qualifying H2H
4 — 32
36 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P18
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
1989 P5
Teammate battle by season
5
5
1986
Career totals
Christian Danner Thierry Boutsen
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
3
Poles
0
1
Podiums
0
15
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
4
132
Starts
37
163
Rate-adjusted · per start
Christian Danner Thierry Boutsen
Win rate
0%
1.8%
Podium rate
0%
9.2%
Pole rate
0%
0.6%
Points / start
0.1
0.8
Avg grid
P20.6
P12.5
Avg finish
P15.3
P11.9
Finish rate
43.2%
60.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Christian Danner Thierry Boutsen
Mechanical retirements
18
50
Crash retirements
3
13
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: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1985
Debut season
1983
—
First win
1989 · aged 31
—
First pole
1990
—
First title
—
P4
Best finish
P1
+5.6
Avg places gained
+0.7
Season points trajectory
1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993
Christian Danner Thierry Boutsen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Christian Danner Thierry Boutsen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 2 · P1
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 2 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P3
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3
Phoenix street circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P5
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P9
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Team history
Christian Danner
Zakspeed 1985Arrows 1986Osella 1986Zakspeed 1987Rial 1989
Thierry Boutsen
ARR
BEN
WIL
LIG
Arrows 1983–1986Benetton 1987–1988Williams 1989–1990Ligier 1991–1992Jordan 1993
19831993
Christian Danner → Thierry Boutsen → Compare others
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).