F1 qualifying stats
Qualifying results
| Pos | Driver | BRA  | PRT  | SMR  | MCO  | CAN  | DET  | FRA  | GBR  | DEU  | AUT  | NLD  | ITA  | BEL  | EUR  | ZAF  | AUS  | Avg. | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 |
| 2 |  Keke Rosberg | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.81 | 1 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4.19 | 1 |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5.56 | 1 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6.12 | 1 |
| 6 | Michele Alboreto | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6.69 | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6.75 | 1 |
| 8 | Rene Arnoux | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Marc Surer | 20 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10.83 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | Derek Warwick | 10 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 11.07 | 6 | |
| 11 | Niki Lauda | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 11.53 | 3 | |
| 12 | Patrick Tambay | 11 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 11.67 | 6 | |
| 13 | Thierry Boutsen | 12 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11.88 | 5 |
| 14 |  Stefan Johansson | 23 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12.13 | 2 |
| 15 | Teo Fabi | 20 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 12.92 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Andrea de Cesaris | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 13.09 | 7 | |||||
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese | 14 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13.63 | 9 |
| 18 | Gerhard Berger | 19 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 13.94 | 7 |
| 19 | Eddie Cheever | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 15.31 | 4 |
| 20 | Philippe Streiff | 19 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15.80 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Jacques Laffite | 15 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 15.93 | 10 | |
| 22 | Manfred Winkelhock | 16 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 19.11 | 14 | |||||||
| 23 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | 22 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 20.20 | 13 | |
| 24 | Martin Brundle | 21 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20.75 | 16 |
| 25 | Francois Hesnault | 17 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 20.80 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Alan Jones | 25 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 21.00 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | John Watson | 21 | 21.00 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| 27 | Philippe Alliot | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 22.00 | 20 | ||
| 29 | Jonathan Palmer | 23 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 22.12 | 17 | ||||||||
| 30 | Stefan Bellof | 21 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22.40 | 19 | ||||||
| 31 | Ivan Capelli | 24 | 22 | 23.00 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | Christian Danner | 22 | 25 | 23.50 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | Pierluigi Martini | 25 | 25 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 23 | 24.12 | 19 |
| 34 | Huub Rothengatter | 25 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 24.12 | 21 | ||||||||
| 35 | Kenny Acheson | 23 | 27 | 24 | 24.67 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| 36 | Mauro Baldi | 24 | 24 | 26 | 24.67 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | BRA | PRT | SMR | MCO | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | NLD | ITA | BEL | EUR | ZAF | AUS | Avg. | Best |
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- Did not qualify