Érik Comas

French · 1991–1994
VS

Thierry Boutsen

Belgian · 1983–1993
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
18
11
Qualifyingahead
9
19
Érik Comas · Thierry Boutsen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
24 15
39 shared
Qualifying H2H
19 19
38 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P11
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 0
1992 P11
Teammate battle by season
7
6
1991
11
5
1992
Career totals
Érik Comas Thierry Boutsen
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
3
Poles
0
1
Podiums
0
15
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
7
132
Starts
60
163
Rate-adjusted · per start
Érik Comas Thierry Boutsen
Win rate
0%
1.8%
Podium rate
0%
9.2%
Pole rate
0%
0.6%
Points / start
0.1
0.8
Avg grid
P18.1
P12.5
Avg finish
P14.1
P11.9
Finish rate
56.7%
60.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Érik Comas Thierry Boutsen
Mechanical retirements
23
50
Crash retirements
3
13
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: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1991
Debut season
1983
First win
1989 · aged 31
First pole
1990
First title
P5
Best finish
P1
+4.3
Avg places gained
+0.7
Season points trajectory
1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993
Érik Comas Thierry Boutsen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Érik Comas Thierry Boutsen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 2 · P1
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 1 · 2 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P3
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P11
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Donington Park 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Érik Comas
LIG
LAR
Ligier 1991–1992Larrousse 1993–1994
Thierry Boutsen
ARR
BEN
WIL
LIG
Arrows 1983–1986Benetton 1987–1988Williams 1989–1990Ligier 1991–1992Jordan 1993
19831994
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).