F1 qualifying stats
Qualifying results
| # | Driver | USW | BRA | ARG | SMR | BEL | MCO | ESP | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | NLD | ITA | CAN | CPL | Avg. | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Williams) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.53 | 1 |
| 2 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet (Brabham) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3.80 | 1 |
| 3 | (AUS) Alan Jones (Williams) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4.73 | 2 |
| 4 | (FRA) Alain Prost (Renault) | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4.80 | 1 |
| 5 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 7.00 | 1 |
| 6 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux (Renault) | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 8.00 | 1 |
| 7 | (GBR) John Watson (McLaren) | 23 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8.87 | 2 |
| 8 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite (Ligier) | 12 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9.33 | 1 |
| 9 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Arrows) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 10.27 | 1 |
| 10 | (FRA) Didier Pironi (Ferrari) | 11 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 10.67 | 3 |
| 11 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis (Lotus) | 13 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 11.29 | 6 | |
| 12 | (USA) Mario Andretti (Alfa Romeo) | 6 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 11.60 | 6 |
| 13 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell (Lotus) | 7 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 12.00 | 3 | |
| 14 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli (Alfa Romeo) | 9 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 13.00 | 6 |
| 15 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (McLaren) | 22 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14.47 | 5 |
| 16 | (MEX) Hector Rebaque (Brabham) | 15 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 14.47 | 6 |
| 17 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay (Theodore, Ligier) | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 15.67 | 7 |
| 18 | (USA) Eddie Cheever (Tyrrell) | 8 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 16.93 | 8 |
| 19 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Ligier, Osella) | 10 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 18.22 | 10 | ||||||
| 20 | (FIN) Keke Rosberg (Fittipaldi) | 16 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 18.36 | 8 | |
| 21 | (CHE) Marc Surer (Ensign, Theodore) | 19 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 20.36 | 15 | |
| 22 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Ligier) | 28 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 20.60 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 23 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Tyrrell) | 17 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 21.67 | 17 | |||
| 24 | (ITA) Siegfried Stohr (Arrows) | 28 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 28 | 21.77 | 13 | ||
| 25 | (IRL) Derek Daly (March) | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 23.60 | 17 |
| 26 | (SWE) Slim Borgudd (ATS) | 24 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 23.67 | 20 | |||
| 27 | (NLD) Jan Lammers (ATS) | 21 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 24.00 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 27 | (ARG) Ricardo Zunino (Tyrrell) | 24 | 24 | 24.00 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | (BRA) Chico Serra (Fittipaldi) | 18 | 22 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 24.43 | 18 | |
| 30 | (ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani (Osella) | 24 | 25 | 24.50 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 31 | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar (March, Ensign) | 26 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24.93 | 20 |
| 32 | (USA) Kevin Cogan (Tyrrell) | 25 | 25.00 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | (ARG) Miguel Angel Guerra (Osella) | 27 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 25.25 | 22 | |||||||||||
| 34 | (ITA) Beppe Gabbiani (Osella) | 24 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 26.53 | 20 |
| 35 | (GBR) Brian Henton (Toleman) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 27.33 | 23 | |||
| 36 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve Sr (Arrows) | 28 | 28 | 28.00 | 28 | |||||||||||||
| 37 | (GBR) Derek Warwick (Toleman) | 29 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 22 | 28.17 | 22 | |||
| 38 | (ITA) Giorgio Francia (Osella) | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | USW | BRA | ARG | SMR | BEL | MCO | ESP | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | NLD | ITA | CAN | CPL | Avg. | Best |
Table key
- Did not qualify
- Did not pre-qualify