Driver · France · born
Rene Arnoux
His 1979 Dijon duel with Villeneuve is among the most replayed pieces of footage in the sport.
- Seasons
- 1978–198912 with an entry
- Entries
- 164
- Starts
- 14915 did not start
- Wins
- 7
- Podiums
- 22
- Poles
- 18
- Fastest laps
- 12
- Best finish
- P1
Where each championship finished
Final championship position by season, ringed for a title. No dot: not in the final standings, or excluded. The dots are not in team colours: no season on this record has one.
Season by season
| Season | Constructor | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Poles | FL | Best | Championship | Points scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Ligier | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | 23 | 2 |
| 1988 | Ligier | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | — | 0 |
| 1987 | Ligier | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | 19 | 1 |
| 1986 | Ligier | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 10 | 14 |
| 1985 | Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 17 | 3 |
| 1984 | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | P2 | 6 | 27 |
| 1983 | Ferrari | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | P1 | 3 | 49 |
| 1982 | Renault | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | P1 | 6 | 28 |
| 1981 | Renault | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | P2 | 9 | 11 |
| 1980 | Renault | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | P1 | 6 | 29 |
| 1979 | Renault | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | P2 | 8 | 17 |
| 1978 | Martini,Surtees | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | — | 0 |
Team-mates
| Season | Team-mate | Constructor | Races | Qualifying | Race | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 16 | 4–12 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 1988 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 16 | 12–4 | none | 0–0 |
| 1987 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 15 | 14–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 1986 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 9 | 8–1 | 3–1 | 11–14 |
| 1986 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier | 7 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 1985 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–6 |
| 1984 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 16 | 4–12 | 1–5 | 27–30.5 |
| 1983 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 15 | 7–8 | 3–4 | 49–40 |
| 1982 | Alain Prost | Renault | 16 | 8–8 | 1–2 | 28–34 |
| 1981 | Alain Prost | Renault | 15 | 5–10 | 0–3 | 11–43 |
| 1980 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 13 | 5–8 | 1–1 | 29–9 |
| 1979 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 15 | 4–11 | 0–1 | 17–9 |
| 1978 | Beppe Gabbiani | Surtees | 2 | 2–0 | none | 0–0 |
Every entry 164 entries
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Where this comes from
- Born
- Nationality
- France
- Status
- retired
- Wins
- 7 derived · 7 published
- Poles
- 18 derived · 18 published
- Fastest laps
- 12 derived
- External source
- F1DB career totals, v2026.18.0
- Confidence
- medium
- Source
- https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers
Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.