As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Patrick Tambay · René Arnoux
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
36
—
50
86 shared
Qualifying H2H
32
—
53
85 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
1
P4
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 5
1981
P9
1982
P6
1983
P3
1984
P6
1985
P12
1986
P10
Teammate battle by season
7
8
1983
Career totals
Patrick Tambay
René Arnoux
Championships
0
0
Wins
2
7
Poles
5
18
Podiums
11
22
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
103
181
Starts
117
151
Rate-adjusted · per start
Patrick Tambay
René Arnoux
Win rate
1.7%
4.6%
Podium rate
9.4%
14.6%
Pole rate
4.3%
11.9%
Points / start
0.9
1.2
Avg grid
P10.9
P10.6
Avg finish
P12.7
P12.5
Finish rate
49.6%
55.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Patrick Tambay
René Arnoux
Mechanical retirements
30
44
Crash retirements
26
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: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1977
Debut season
1978
1982 · aged 33
First win
1980 · aged 31
1983
First pole
1979
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.8
Avg places gained
-1.7
Season points trajectory
Patrick Tambay
René Arnoux
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Patrick Tambay | René Arnoux |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P10 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Fair Park | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Detroit Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Las Vegas Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
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).