Driver · France · born
Patrick Tambay
Took over Villeneuve's Ferrari seat and won at Hockenheim weeks later.
- Seasons
- 1977–19869 with an entry
- Entries
- 123
- Starts
- 11310 did not start
- Wins
- 2
- Podiums
- 11
- Poles
- 5
- Fastest laps
- 2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Lola | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | 15 | 2 |
| 1985 | Renault | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P3 | 12 | 11 |
| 1984 | Renault | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | P2 | 11 | 11 |
| 1983 | Ferrari | 15 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | P1 | 4 | 40 |
| 1982 | Ferrari | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P1 | 7 | 25 |
| 1981 | Theodore,Ligier | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | 18 | 1 |
| 1979 | McLaren | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | — | 0 |
| 1978 | McLaren | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 14 | 8 |
| 1977 | Surtees,Ensign | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | 17 | 5 |
Team-mates
| Season | Team-mate | Constructor | Races | Qualifying | Race | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Alan Jones | Lola | 15 | 11–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| 1985 | Derek Warwick | Renault | 15 | 8–7 | 4–0 | 11–5 |
| 1985 | François Hesnault | Renault | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1984 | Derek Warwick | Renault | 16 | 6–9 | 0–3 | 11–23 |
| 1984 | Philippe Streiff | Renault | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1983 | Rene Arnoux | Ferrari | 15 | 8–7 | 4–3 | 40–49 |
| 1982 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 16–19 |
| 1982 | Mario Andretti | Ferrari | 2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 6–4 |
| 1981 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | 1–7 | none | 0–27 |
| 1979 | John Watson | McLaren | 15 | 2–13 | 1–2 | 0–15 |
| 1978 | James Hunt | McLaren | 15 | 1–14 | 3–2 | 8–8 |
| 1978 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 13 | 11–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 |
| 1978 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 1978 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 1978 | Emilio de Villota | McLaren | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1978 | Tony Trimmer | McLaren | 1 | 1–0 | none | 1–0 |
| 1977 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 8 | 3–5 | none | 5–4 |
| 1977 | Larry Perkins | Surtees | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
| 1977 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
Every entry 123 entries
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Where this comes from
- Born
- Died
- Nationality
- France
- Status
- deceased
- Wins
- 2 derived · 2 published
- Poles
- 5 derived · 5 published
- Fastest laps
- 2 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.