Driver · 1978–1989

René Arnoux

🇫🇷 French · 1948-07-04 (age 78) · Wikipedia ↗

Starts

151

Grands Prix entered

Wins

Podiums

Poles

Pole Position

Fastest Laps

Fastest Lap

Points

181

Career points

Titles

World Championship

Win Rate

4.6%

Win rate

Season	Team	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Points	Final position
1989	Ligier	9	0	0	2	24
1988	Ligier	14	0	0	0	-
1987	Ligier	15	0	0	1	20
1986	Ligier	16	0	0	14	10
1985	Ferrari	1	0	0	3	19
1984	Ferrari	16	0	4	27	6
1983	Ferrari	15	3	7	49	3
1982	Renault	16	2	4	28	6
1981	Renault	14	0	1	11	9
1980	Renault	14	2	3	29	6
1979	Renault	15	0	3	17	8
1978	Surtees · Martini	6	0	0	0	-

Team	Period	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Points
Martini	1978	5	0	0	0
Surtees	1978	1	0	0	0
Renault	1979–1982	59	4	11	85
Ferrari	1983–1985	32	3	11	79
Ligier	1986–1989	54	0	0	17

Grand Prix	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Best	Points
German Grand Prix	10	1	2	P1	19
French Grand Prix	10	1	2	P1	23
Italian Grand Prix	10	1	2	P1	15
Canadian Grand Prix	10	1	1	P1	14
Brazilian Grand Prix	9	1	1	P1	15
Dutch Grand Prix	7	1	2	P1	15
South African Grand Prix	5	1	2	P1	13
Belgian Grand Prix	10	0	1	P3	8
Monaco Grand Prix	10	0	1	P3	4
British Grand Prix	9	0	1	P2	12
Austrian Grand Prix	9	0	2	P2	13
San Marino Grand Prix	6	0	2	P2	10
Detroit Grand Prix	6	0	0	P10	0
United States Grand Prix West	5	0	1	P3	4
Spanish Grand Prix	5	0	0	P9	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	5	0	0	P7	0
Mexican Grand Prix	4	0	0	P14	0
Australian Grand Prix	4	0	0	P7	0
Argentine Grand Prix	3	0	0	P5	2
Hungarian Grand Prix	3	0	0	P11	0
United States Grand Prix	3	0	1	P2	6
Japanese Grand Prix	2	0	0	P16	0
European Grand Prix	2	0	0	P5	2
Caesars Palace Grand Prix	2	0	0	P21	0
Dallas Grand Prix	1	0	1	P2	6
Swiss Grand Prix	1	0	0	P16	0

First / Last

Debut	1978 Belgian Grand Prix
First win	1980 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last win	1983 Dutch Grand Prix
First pole	1979 Austrian Grand Prix
Most wins in a season	3 (1983)

Streaks · Longest streaks

Win streak	2
Podium streak	4
Points streak	6
Pole streak	3

Age Records

Debut age	29y 321d
Age at first win	31y 207d
youngest winner ever	P82

All-Time Rankings · All-time rank

Wins

P43

7 Wins

Podiums

P53

22 Podiums

Pole Position

P18

18 Pole Position

Points

P63

181 Points

Starts

P50

151 Starts

Titles

—

0 Titles

Pit Stops & Laps · Data range: pit stops 2012+, lap times 1996+

Pit Stops

Recorded pit stops

Best Stop

—

Best pit-lane transit (not stationary)

Laps Recorded

Laps on record

Penalties

No penalties in the collected range (2023+ race control).

FIA Documents

No documents for this driver in the collected range (2019+).

Tyres

OpenF1 No race stints in the collected range (2023+).

Teammate	Period	Races together	ahead	behind	H2H rate
Alain Prost	1981–1982	30	10	20	33%
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1979–1980	28	18	10	64%
Michele Alboreto	1984–1985	17	8	9	47%
Piercarlo Ghinzani	1987	15	8	7	53%
Patrick Tambay	1983	15	8	7	53%
Stefan Johansson	1988	10	5	5	50%
Jacques Laffite	1986	9	5	4	56%
Olivier Grouillard	1989	7	3	4	43%
Philippe Alliot	1986	7	5	2	71%

Head-to-head by final classification (position order incl. DNFs).

Circuit	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Best	Points
Hockenheimring · Germany	10	1	2	P1	19
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada	10	1	1	P1	14
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Italy	9	1	2	P1	15
Circuit Park Zandvoort · Netherlands	7	1	2	P1	15
Circuit Paul Ricard · France	7	1	1	P1	13
Kyalami · South Africa	5	1	2	P1	13
Autódromo José Carlos Pace · Brazil	2	1	1	P1	9
Circuit de Monaco · Monaco	10	0	1	P3	4
Red Bull Ring · Austria	9	0	2	P2	13
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari · Italy	7	0	2	P2	10
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil	7	0	0	P4	6
Detroit Street Circuit · USA	6	0	0	P10	0
Long Beach · USA	5	0	1	P3	4
Zolder · Belgium	5	0	1	P3	7
Brands Hatch · UK	5	0	0	P4	4
Silverstone Circuit · UK	5	0	1	P2	8
Autódromo do Estoril · Portugal	5	0	0	P7	0
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium	5	0	0	P6	1
Dijon-Prenois · France	4	0	1	P3	10
Adelaide Street Circuit · Australia	4	0	0	P7	0
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico	4	0	0	P14	0
Circuito de Jerez · Spain	3	0	0	P15	0
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina	3	0	0	P5	2
Hungaroring · Hungary	3	0	0	P11	0
Watkins Glen · USA	3	0	1	P2	6
Las Vegas Street Circuit · USA	2	0	0	P21	0
Suzuka Circuit · Japan	2	0	0	P16	0
Jarama · Spain	2	0	0	P9	0
Fair Park · USA	1	0	1	P2	6
Nürburgring · Germany	1	0	0	P5	2

Record Basis · Calculation basis

Scope: World Championship races(1950–, Indianapolis 500 1950–1960 included) · Pole Position = based on grid P1 (qualifying session data 2003+) · fastest-lap counts 2004+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · ongoing season excluded from title counts · shared drives follow source data(Jolpica) notation
Source: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast-compatible API) · last fetch: 2026-07-21 14:15