F1 qualifying stats
Qualifying results
| Pos | Driver | BRA  | USW  | FRA  | SMR  | MCO  | BEL  | DET | CAN  | GBR  | DEU  | AUT  | NLD  | ITA  | EUR  | ZAF  | Avg. | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Tambay | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3.07 | 1 |
| 2 | Rene Arnoux | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.27 | 1 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4.47 | 1 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | 4 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.80 | 1 |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6.67 | 1 |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7.67 | 2 |
| 7 | Andrea de Cesaris | DSQ | 19 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 8.57 | 3 |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis | 13 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 8.60 | 1 |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10.60 | 5 |
| 10 |  Keke Rosberg | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 11.13 | 1 |
| 11 |  Alan Jones | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 12 | Nigel Mansell | 22 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 13.13 | 3 |
| 13 | Manfred Winkelhock | 25 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13.53 | 7 |
| 14 | Mauro Baldi | 10 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 13.73 | 7 |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | 15 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 13.80 | 7 |
| 16 | Michele Alboreto | 11 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 15.53 | 6 |
| 17 |  Stefan Johansson | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 15.83 | 13 | |||||||||
| 18 | Niki Lauda | 9 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16.00 | 9 |
| 19 |  Marc Surer | 20 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 16.27 | 5 |
| 20 | Jacques Laffite | 18 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 16.80 | 4 |
| 21 | Thierry Boutsen | 18 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 17.00 | 10 | |||||
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 12 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18.27 | 9 |
| 23 | John Watson | 16 | 22 | 14 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 18.60 | 10 |
| 24 |  Roberto Guerrero | 14 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19.79 | 11 | |
| 25 | Danny Sullivan | 21 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20.73 | 9 |
| 26 | Chico Serra | 23 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 21.00 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Raul Boesel | 17 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 23.67 | 17 |
| 27 |  Johnny Cecotto | 19 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 23.69 | 17 | ||
| 29 | Jonathan Palmer | 25 | 25.00 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | Corrado Fabi | 24 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 25.67 | 23 |
| 31 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 26.20 | 23 |
| 32 |  Eliseo Salazar | 26 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 26.33 | 25 | |||||||||
| 33 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | 27 | 27.00 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | Kenny Acheson | 29 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 27.71 | 24 | ||||||||
| 35 | Jean-Louis Schlesser | 29 | 29.00 | 29 | ||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | BRA | USW | FRA | SMR | MCO | BEL | DET | CAN | GBR | DEU | AUT | NLD | ITA | EUR | ZAF | Avg. | Best |
Table key
- Did not qualify
- Did not pre-qualify
