René Arnoux
Born: 4 July 1948
Nationality: French
Career summary
Races: 149
Wins: 7
Poles: 18
Fastest Laps: 12
Points: 181
GP debut: 1978 Belgian GP
F1 career
1978: Martini-Cosw/Surtees-Cosw
4 races (+4 DNPQ/DNQ/DNS)/2 races
9th in Belgium and Austria/9th in US East
No points scored
1979: Renault
14 races (+1 DNS)
Best finish 2nd in Britain, US East
Pole position in Austria, Netherlands
Fastest lap in France, Austria
8th in championship (17 points)
1980: Renault
14 races
Won in Brazil and South Africa
Pole position in Austria, Netherlands, Italy
4 fastest laps
6th in championship (29 points)
1981: Renault
14 races (+1 DNQ)
Best finish 2nd in Austria
4 pole positions
Fastest lap in Great Britain
9th in championship (11 points)
1982: Renault
16 races
Won in France and Italy
5 pole positions
Fastest lap in Italy
6th in championship (28 points)
1983: Ferrari
15 races
Won in Canada, Germany, Netherlands
4 pole positions
Fastest lap in Germany and Netherlands
3rd in championship (49 points)
1984: Ferrari
16 races
Best finish 2nd in San Marino and Dallas
Fastest lap in Belgium and Netherlands
8th in championship (17 points)
1985: Ferrari
1 race
4th in Brazil
=17th in championship (3 points)
1986: Ligier-Renault
16 races
Best finish 4th in Brazil, Britain, Germany
8th in championship (14 points)
1987: Ligier-Megatron
14 races (+1 DNS)
Best finish 6th in Belgium
=19th in championship (1 point)
1988: Ligier-Judd
14 races (+2 DNQ)
Best finish 10th in Portugal
No points scored
1989: Ligier-Cosworth
9 races (+7 DNQ)
Best finish 5th in Canada
23rd in championship (2 points)