Piercarlo Ghinzani
Italian · 1981–1989
VS

René Arnoux
French · 1978–1989
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
7
8
Qualifyingahead
1
13
Piercarlo Ghinzani · René Arnoux
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
17 — 44
61 shared
Qualifying H2H
4 — 55
59 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
1
P19
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
1984 P6
Teammate battle by season
7
8
1987
Career totals
Piercarlo Ghinzani René Arnoux
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
7
Poles
0
18
Podiums
0
22
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
2
181
Starts
79
151
Rate-adjusted · per start
Piercarlo Ghinzani René Arnoux
Win rate
0%
4.6%
Podium rate
0%
14.6%
Pole rate
0%
11.9%
Points / start
0.0
1.2
Avg grid
P22.0
P10.6
Avg finish
P18.4
P12.5
Finish rate
31.6%
55.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Piercarlo Ghinzani René Arnoux
Mechanical retirements
44
44
Crash retirements
8
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: 2 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1981
Debut season
1978
—
First win
1980 · aged 31
—
First pole
1979
—
First title
—
P5
Best finish
P1
+3.9
Avg places gained
-1.7
Season points trajectory
1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988
Piercarlo Ghinzani René Arnoux
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Piercarlo Ghinzani René Arnoux
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P14 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P14 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P15 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Zolder 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P3
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3
Fair Park 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P2
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P7
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P15 0 · 0 · P14
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · —
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P17
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Team history
Piercarlo Ghinzani
OSE
Osella 1981Osella 1983–1985Toleman 1985Osella 1986Ligier 1987Zakspeed 1988Osella 1989
René Arnoux
REN
FER
LIG
Surtees 1978Martini 1978Renault 1979–1982Ferrari 1983–1985Ligier 1986–1989
19781989
Piercarlo Ghinzani → René Arnoux → 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).