René Arnoux
French · 1978–1989
VS

Michele Alboreto
Italian · 1981–1994
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
8
9
Qualifyingahead
4
13
René Arnoux · Michele Alboreto
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
51 — 58
109 shared
Qualifying H2H
57 — 51
108 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
1
P3
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 5
1982 P6 1983 P3 1984 P4 1985 P2 1986 P9 1987 P7 1989 P13
Teammate battle by season
8
8
1984
0
1
1985
Career totals
René Arnoux Michele Alboreto
Championships
0
0
Wins
7
5
Poles
18
2
Podiums
22
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
181
186.5
Starts
151
194
Rate-adjusted · per start
René Arnoux Michele Alboreto
Win rate
4.6%
2.6%
Podium rate
14.6%
11.9%
Pole rate
11.9%
1%
Points / start
1.2
1.0
Avg grid
P10.6
P13.3
Avg finish
P12.5
P13.0
Finish rate
55.6%
52.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
René Arnoux Michele Alboreto
Mechanical retirements
44
74
Crash retirements
22
18
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: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1981
1980 · aged 31
First win
1982 · aged 25
1979
First pole
1984
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.7
Avg places gained
+0.4
Season points trajectory
1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994
René Arnoux Michele Alboreto
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit René Arnoux Michele Alboreto
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
René Arnoux 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1 Michele Alboreto
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
René Arnoux 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2 Michele Alboreto
Hockenheimring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
René Arnoux 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4 Michele Alboreto
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
René Arnoux 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Michele Alboreto
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 2 · P1
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 2 · P1 Michele Alboreto
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
René Arnoux 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4 Michele Alboreto
Kyalami 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
René Arnoux 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P7 Michele Alboreto
Zolder 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
René Arnoux 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1 Michele Alboreto
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1 Michele Alboreto
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
René Arnoux 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6 Michele Alboreto
Las Vegas Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 Michele Alboreto
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
René Arnoux 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 3 · P2 Michele Alboreto
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 3 · P2
René Arnoux 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 3 · P2 Michele Alboreto
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P3
René Arnoux 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P3 Michele Alboreto
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
René Arnoux 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2 Michele Alboreto
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2 Michele Alboreto
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2 Michele Alboreto
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 1 · P3
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 1 · P3 Michele Alboreto
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2 Michele Alboreto
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
René Arnoux 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7 Michele Alboreto
Long Beach 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
René Arnoux 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4 Michele Alboreto
Fair Park 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
René Arnoux 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — Michele Alboreto
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P4 Michele Alboreto
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7 Michele Alboreto
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5 Michele Alboreto
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10 Michele Alboreto
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P4
René Arnoux 0 · 0 · P17 0 · 0 · P4 Michele Alboreto
Team history
René Arnoux
REN
FER
LIG
Surtees 1978Martini 1978Renault 1979–1982Ferrari 1983–1985Ligier 1986–1989
Michele Alboreto
TYR
FER
Tyrrell 1981–1983Ferrari 1984–1988Tyrrell 1989Larrousse 1989Arrows 1990Footwork 1991–1992Lola 1993Minardi 1994
19781994
René Arnoux → Michele Alboreto → 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).