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Patrick Tambay All drivers

Patrick Tambay

🇫🇷 French1977–1986

Won 2 of 116 starts across 9 seasons, and was outscored by Derek Warwick over 30 races together.

Titles
0
Best: 4th
Wins
2
1.7% of starts
Podiums
11
9.5% of starts
Career points
103
as scored at the time
Starts
116
9 seasons, 7 teams

Championship finish by season

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EnsignMcLarenLigierFerrariRenaultLola

Against Tambay's teammates

Points in races together
Derek Warwick 22 – 28 1984–85 · 30 races · ahead on the results sheet 15–15
René Arnoux 40 – 49 1983 · 15 races · ahead on the results sheet 7–8
Alan Jones 2 – 4 1986 · 15 races · ahead on the results sheet 9–6
James Hunt 8 – 8 1978 · 14 races · ahead on the results sheet 11–3
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John Watson 0 – 11 1979 · 13 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–10
Brett Lunger 4 – 0 1978 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–2
Jacques Laffite 0 – 27 1981 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–7
Clay Regazzoni 4 – 2 1977 · 5 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–2
Bruno Giacomelli 3 – 0 1978 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–0
Didier Pironi 16 – 19 1982 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–3
Nelson Piquet 2 – 0 1978 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–0
Mario Andretti 6 – 4 1982 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Philippe Streiff 0 – 0 1984 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
François Hesnault 0 – 0 1985 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0

Best circuits

By wins
1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 5 starts · avg finish 13 Won 1983 1 Hockenheimring 8 starts · avg finish 11.8 Won 1982 0 Autódromo do Estoril Best 3rd · 3 starts · avg finish 8.3 0 Brands Hatch Best 3rd · 6 starts · avg finish 9.3 0 Circuit Park Zandvoort Best 2nd · 8 starts · avg finish 11.1

Milestones

Debut
1977 British GP Ensign
First points
1977 German GP 6th
First podium
1982 British GP 3rd
First win
1982 German GP 53rd career start
Last win
1983 San Marino GP Ferrari
Final start
1986 Australian GP Lola

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
103 474 +371

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1983: 40 → 129. Replay 1983 in the calculator →

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1986 Lola 15 2 0 0 Alan Jones
1985 Renault 12 11 0 2 Derek Warwick, François Hesnault
1984 Renault 11 11 0 1 Derek Warwick, Philippe Streiff
1983 Ferrari 4 40 1 5 René Arnoux
1982 Ferrari 7 25 1 3 Didier Pironi, Mario Andretti
1981 Ligier / Theodore 19 1 0 0 Jacques Laffite
1979 McLaren 23 0 0 0 John Watson
1978 McLaren 14 8 0 0 James Hunt, Brett Lunger
1977 Ensign 18 5 0 0 Clay Regazzoni

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.