Jean-Pierre Jabouille

French · 1975–1981
VS

René Arnoux

French · 1978–1989
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
10
18
Qualifyingahead
18
9
Jean-Pierre Jabouille · René Arnoux
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
12 24
36 shared
Qualifying H2H
22 13
35 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
1
P8
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 2
1979 P8 1980 P6
Teammate battle by season
7
8
1979
3
10
1980
Career totals
Jean-Pierre Jabouille René Arnoux
Championships
0
0
Wins
2
7
Poles
6
18
Podiums
2
22
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
21
181
Starts
50
151
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jean-Pierre Jabouille René Arnoux
Win rate
4%
4.6%
Podium rate
4%
14.6%
Pole rate
12%
11.9%
Points / start
0.4
1.2
Avg grid
P9.5
P10.6
Avg finish
P16.3
P12.5
Finish rate
22%
55.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jean-Pierre Jabouille René Arnoux
Mechanical retirements
33
44
Crash retirements
2
22
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: 4 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1978
1979 · aged 36
First win
1980 · aged 31
1979
First pole
1979
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
-6.7
Avg places gained
-1.7
Season points trajectory
1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989
Jean-Pierre Jabouille René Arnoux
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jean-Pierre Jabouille René Arnoux
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Red Bull Ring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P14 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Dijon-Prenois 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Zolder 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Long Beach 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Jarama 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
REN
Tyrrell 1975Renault 1977–1980Ligier 1981
René Arnoux
REN
FER
LIG
Surtees 1978Martini 1978Renault 1979–1982Ferrari 1983–1985Ligier 1986–1989
19751989
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).