F1 qualifying stats
Qualifying results
| # | Driver | ZAF | BRA | USW | SMR | BEL | MCO | DET | CAN | NLD | GBR | FRA | DEU | AUT | CHE | ITA | CPL | Avg. | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (FRA) Alain Prost (Renault) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2.81 | 1 |
| 2 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux (Renault) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3.44 | 1 |
| 3 | (FRA) Didier Pironi (Ferrari) | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4.58 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | (CAN) Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4.60 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | (FIN) Keke Rosberg (Williams) | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6.13 | 1 | |
| 6 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay (Ferrari) | 6 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6.75 | 3 | ||||||||
| 7 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Brabham) | 4 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6.80 | 2 | |
| 8 | (ARG) Carlos Reutemann (Williams) | 8 | 6 | 7.00 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet (Brabham) | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 7.13 | 1 | |
| 10 | (USA) Mario Andretti (Williams, Ferrari) | 14 | 1 | 7 | 7.33 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | (AUT) Niki Lauda (McLaren) | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8.07 | 2 | |
| 12 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (Alfa Romeo) | 16 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8.63 | 1 |
| 13 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Tyrrell) | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 10.25 | 3 |
| 14 | (ITA) Bruno Giacomelli (Alfa Romeo) | 19 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 10.31 | 3 |
| 15 | (GBR) John Watson (McLaren) | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11.53 | 6 | |
| 16 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis (Lotus) | 15 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 13.13 | 7 | |
| 17 | (IRL) Derek Daly (Theodore, Williams) | 24 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 14.00 | 7 | |
| 18 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell (Lotus) | 18 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 16.54 | 7 | |||
| 19 | (USA) Eddie Cheever (Ligier) | 17 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 16.67 | 4 | |
| 20 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite (Ligier) | 11 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 16.73 | 11 | |
| 21 | (GBR) Derek Warwick (Toleman) | 14 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 17.71 | 8 | ||
| 22 | (DEU) Manfred Winkelhock (ATS) | 20 | 15 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 19.25 | 5 |
| 23 | (FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier (Osella) | 26 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 19.38 | 9 |
| 24 | (CHE) Marc Surer (Arrows) | 24 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 19.58 | 14 | ||||
| 25 | (GBR) Brian Henton (Arrows, Tyrrell) | 29 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20.50 | 11 |
| 26 | (COL) Roberto Guerrero (Ensign) | 28 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 21.21 | 11 | ||
| 27 | (SWE) Slim Borgudd (Tyrrell) | 23 | 21 | 24 | 22.67 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | (CHL) Eliseo Salazar (ATS) | 12 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 22.88 | 12 |
| 29 | (ITA) Teo Fabi (Toleman) | 27 | 27 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 22.92 | 10 | |||
| 30 | (DEU) Jochen Mass (March) | 22 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 23.00 | 18 | ||||||
| 31 | (ITA) Mauro Baldi (Arrows) | 27 | 19 | 30 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 23.80 | 16 | |
| 32 | (GBR) Geoff Lees (Theodore, Lotus) | 25 | 24 | 24.50 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | (BRA) Raul Boesel (March) | 21 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 24.67 | 17 | |
| 34 | (GBR) Rupert Keegan (March) | 29 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 25.60 | 22 | |||||||||||
| 35 | (ITA) Riccardo Paletti (Osella) | 28 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 25.62 | 13 | ||||||||
| 36 | (BRA) Chico Serra (Fittipaldi) | 25 | 25 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 25.80 | 19 | |
| 37 | (NLD) Jan Lammers (Theodore) | 30 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26.60 | 22 | |||||||||||
| 38 | (IRL) Tommy Byrne (Theodore) | 28 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 27.80 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 39 | (ESP) Emilio de Villota (March) | 32 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 29.80 | 27 | |||||||||||
| 40 | (BRA) Roberto Moreno (Lotus) | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | |||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | ZAF | BRA | USW | SMR | BEL | MCO | DET | CAN | NLD | GBR | FRA | DEU | AUT | CHE | ITA | CPL | Avg. | Best |
Table key
- Did not qualify
- Did not pre-qualify