F1 qualifying stats
Qualifying results
| # | Driver | BRA | ESP | SMR | MCO | BEL | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | AUT | ITA | PRT | MEX | AUS | Avg. | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna (Lotus) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.44 | 1 |
| 2 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell (Williams) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 |
| 3 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet (Williams) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3.62 | 1 |
| 4 | (FRA) Alain Prost (McLaren) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4.25 | 1 |
| 5 | (FIN) Keke Rosberg (McLaren) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6.50 | 1 |
| 6 | (AUT) Gerhard Berger (Benetton) | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6.56 | 2 |
| 7 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux (Ligier) | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 7.88 | 4 |
| 8 | (ITA) Teo Fabi (Benetton) | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9.50 | 1 |
| 9 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9.63 | 4 |
| 10 | (USA) Eddie Cheever (Lola) | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite (Ligier) | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10.56 | 5 | |||||||
| 12 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Brabham) | 10 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 11.06 | 4 |
| 13 | (SWE) Stefan Johansson (Ferrari) | 8 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 11.31 | 5 |
| 14 | (FRA) Philippe Alliot (Ligier) | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11.43 | 8 | |||||||||
| 15 | (FRA) Patrick Tambay (Lola) | 13 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 12.67 | 6 | |
| 16 | (GBR) Derek Warwick (Brabham) | 10 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 13.00 | 7 | |||||
| 17 | (GBR) Johnny Dumfries (Lotus) | 11 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 13.94 | 8 |
| 18 | (GBR) Martin Brundle (Tyrrell) | 17 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15.25 | 10 |
| 19 | (AUS) Alan Jones (Lola) | 19 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16.81 | 10 |
| 20 | (BEL) Thierry Boutsen (Arrows) | 15 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 16.94 | 12 |
| 21 | (ITA) Elio de Angelis (Brabham) | 14 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 17.00 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | (FRA) Philippe Streiff (Tyrrell) | 18 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 18.12 | 10 |
| 23 | (CHE) Marc Surer (Arrows) | 20 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 19.00 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 24 | (GBR) Jonathan Palmer (Zakspeed) | 21 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 20.25 | 16 |
| 25 | (ITA) Alessandro Nannini (Minardi) | 25 | 25 | 18 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 21.00 | 17 |
| 26 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (Minardi) | 22 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 21.06 | 11 |
| 27 | (DEU) Christian Danner (Osella, Arrows) | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 21.75 | 16 |
| 27 | (ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani (Osella) | 23 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23.88 | 21 |
| 29 | (NLD) Huub Rothengatter (Zakspeed) | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 24.14 | 23 | ||
| 30 | (ITA) Ivan Capelli (AGS) | 25 | 25 | 25.00 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | (CAN) Allen Berg (Osella) | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26.00 | 25 | |||||||
| 32 | (ITA) Alex Caffi (Osella) | 27 | 27.00 | 27 | |||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | BRA | ESP | SMR | MCO | BEL | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | AUT | ITA | PRT | MEX | AUS | Avg. | Best |
Table key
- Did not qualify