Patrick Tambay

French · 1977–1986
VS

René Arnoux

French · 1978–1989
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
7
8
Qualifyingahead
8
7
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
1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989
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
Patrick Tambay
MCL
FER
REN
Ensign 1977McLaren 1978–1979Ligier 1981Theodore 1981Ferrari 1982–1983Renault 1984–1985Lola 1986
René Arnoux
REN
FER
LIG
Surtees 1978Martini 1978Renault 1979–1982Ferrari 1983–1985Ligier 1986–1989
19771989
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).