Marc Surer
Swiss · 1979–1986
VS

Thierry Boutsen
Belgian · 1983–1993
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
10
20
Qualifyingahead
10
20
Marc Surer · Thierry Boutsen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
17 — 25
42 shared
Qualifying H2H
18 — 24
42 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P13
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 2
1984 P15 1985 P11
Teammate battle by season
5
5
1983
4
11
1984
1
4
1986
Career totals
Marc Surer Thierry Boutsen
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
3
Poles
0
1
Podiums
0
15
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
17
132
Starts
83
163
Rate-adjusted · per start
Marc Surer Thierry Boutsen
Win rate
0%
1.8%
Podium rate
0%
9.2%
Pole rate
0%
0.6%
Points / start
0.2
0.8
Avg grid
P17.4
P12.5
Avg finish
P12.4
P11.9
Finish rate
62.7%
60.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Marc Surer Thierry Boutsen
Mechanical retirements
25
50
Crash retirements
6
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
1979
Debut season
1983
—
First win
1989 · aged 31
—
First pole
1990
—
First title
—
P4
Best finish
P1
+5.1
Avg places gained
+0.7
Season points trajectory
1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993
Marc Surer Thierry Boutsen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Marc Surer Thierry Boutsen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P9
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P14
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P6
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Zolder 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · —
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P11
Fair Park 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Marc Surer
ARR
Ensign 1979ATS 1980Ensign 1981Theodore 1981Arrows 1982–1984Brabham 1985Arrows 1986
Thierry Boutsen
ARR
BEN
WIL
LIG
Arrows 1983–1986Benetton 1987–1988Williams 1989–1990Ligier 1991–1992Jordan 1993
19791993
Marc Surer → 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).