As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
François Hesnault · Patrick Tambay
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4
—
14
18 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
18
18 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
—
Best championship
P4
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1985
Career totals
François Hesnault
Patrick Tambay
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
2
Poles
0
5
Podiums
0
11
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
103
Starts
19
117
Rate-adjusted · per start
François Hesnault
Patrick Tambay
Win rate
0%
1.7%
Podium rate
0%
9.4%
Pole rate
0%
4.3%
Points / start
0.0
0.9
Avg grid
P18.8
P10.9
Avg finish
P18.3
P12.7
Finish rate
26.3%
49.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
François Hesnault
Patrick Tambay
Mechanical retirements
9
30
Crash retirements
5
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: 0 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1984
Debut season
1977
—
First win
1982 · aged 33
—
First pole
1983
—
First title
—
P7
Best finish
P1
+0.5
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
François Hesnault
Patrick Tambay
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | François Hesnault | Patrick Tambay |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 1 · P1 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P10 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · — |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · — Patrick Tambay | ||
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Patrick Tambay | ||
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7 Patrick Tambay | ||
| Fair Park | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| François Hesnault 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Patrick Tambay | ||
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).