As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Patrick Tambay · François Hesnault
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
14
—
4
18 shared
Qualifying H2H
18
—
0
18 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P4
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1985
Career totals
Patrick Tambay
François Hesnault
Championships
0
0
Wins
2
0
Poles
5
0
Podiums
11
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
103
0
Starts
117
19
Rate-adjusted · per start
Patrick Tambay
François Hesnault
Win rate
1.7%
0%
Podium rate
9.4%
0%
Pole rate
4.3%
0%
Points / start
0.9
0.0
Avg grid
P10.9
P18.8
Avg finish
P12.7
P18.3
Finish rate
49.6%
26.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Patrick Tambay
François Hesnault
Mechanical retirements
30
9
Crash retirements
26
5
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1977
Debut season
1984
1982 · aged 33
First win
—
1983
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P7
-1.8
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
Patrick Tambay
François Hesnault
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Patrick Tambay | François Hesnault |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Patrick Tambay 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P8 François Hesnault | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7 François Hesnault | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P8 François Hesnault | ||
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P10 François Hesnault | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10 François Hesnault | ||
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
| Fair Park | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Patrick Tambay 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — François Hesnault | ||
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).