René Arnoux

René Alexandre Arnoux (born 4th July, 1948 in Pontcharra, Isère, France) is a French former Formula One driver.

Formula One

1978: Renault/McLaren

Arnoux made his Formula One debut in 1978, driving for Équipe Renault Elf in their second season whilst the team's regular second driver Jean-Pierre Jarier was on loan at the Autodelta team for the first three races.

Arnoux moved to Marlboro Team McLaren after the Monaco Grand Prix - with Tom Sneva moving in the opposite direction to Renault. Arnoux's time with McLaren didn't see him score any points and he'd be sacked by the team after the Austrian Grand Prix.

1979: Arrows

In 1979, Arnoux made a move over to the ambitious Arrows North Star team alongside fellow Frenchman Gabriel Château.

1987-1988: Ligier

By 1987, Arnoux was driving for Ligier Loto alongside Riccardo Patrese. Arnoux's best results would be a pair of fifth places on his way to 20th in the standings. However, the following year Arnoux would fail to score and left F1 ahead of 1989.

Later life

After his retirement, Arnoux became a factory Renault driver in historic events as well as a manager for a series of karting circuits in his native France.

Complete Career Results

Complete F1 Results

Season	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts	Pos
1978	Template:FRA Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	ARG Ret	RSA Ret	USW Ret	ESP Ret	BEL Ret	MON Ret												0	-
	Template:GBR Marlboro Team McLaren	McLaren-Ford							SUI 7	MUG 10	GBR Ret	FRA 15	NED 14	GER 8	AUT 12	ITA	CAN	USA
1979	Template:GBR Warsteiner Arrows North Star Racing Team	Arrows-Ford	ARG 9	BRA 10	RSA DNPQ	USW Ret	ESP 11	BEL 10	MON Ret	EUR Ret	SMR 14	FRA 10	GBR	GER						0	-
	HB Lola Bewaking Alarmsystemen	Lola-Ford													AUT 11	NED C	ITA 16	CAN	USA
1980	Theodore Racing Team Hong Kong	Theodore-Ford	RSA C	ARG DNPQ	BRA DNPQ	USW DNPQ	ESP DNPQ	BEL DNPQ	MON DNPQ	MEX DNPQ	SMR DNPQ	FRA DNPQ	GBR	GER						0	-
	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo													AUT Ret	ITA	CAN	CPA	DUB
1981	Template:FRA Equipe Renault Elf	Renault	ARG	RSA	BRA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SMR Ret	MEX Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER	AUT	SUI	ITA	CAN	CPL	0	-
1982	ATS Kauhsen Racing Team	ATS-TAG	RSA Ret	BRA 11	USW Ret	SMR ENT	BEL ENT	MON ENT	MEX ENT	DET ENT	FRA ENT	GBR ENT	GER ENT	AUT ENT	EUR ENT	ITA ENT	CAN ENT	CPL ENT		0*	*

Complete WTCM Results

Year	Team	Car	Class																								WDC	Pts	Class	Pts
1990	Diac Voeckler Renault	Renault 21	C			Template:USA				Template:GBR		Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS	N/A	0	10th	116
				FUJ DNQ	FUJ DNQ	GLN DNQ	GLN DNQ	LAG Ret	LAG 32	BRH DNQ	BRH DNQ	PAU DNQ	PAU DNQ	BRN DNQ	BRN DNQ	MNZ 25	MNZ 24	CHA DNQ	CHA DNQ	BIR 19	BIR 28	SPA 20	SPA 28	NUR Ret	NUR 41	BAT 21†