René Arnoux

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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 Flag of France svg.png Equipe Renault Elf Renault ARG
Ret
RSA
Ret
USW
Ret
ESP
Ret
BEL
Ret
MON
Ret
0 -
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren-Ford SUI
7
MUG
10
GBR
Ret
FRA
15
NED
14
GER
8
AUT
12
ITA
 
CAN
 
USA
 
1979 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png 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 -
Flag of the Netherlands svg.png HB Lola Bewaking
Alarmsystemen
Lola-Ford AUT
11
NED
C
ITA
16
CAN
 
USA
 
1980 Flag of Hong Kong old svg.png 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 -
Flag of Italy svg.png Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo AUT
Ret
ITA
 
CAN
 
CPA
 
DUB
 

Complete WTCM Results

Year Team Car Class WDC Pts Class Pts
1990 Diac Voeckler Renault Renault 21 C Flag of Japan svg.png Flag of the United States svg.png Flag of Nigeria svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the Czech Republic svg.png Flag of Italy svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of Belgium svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of Australia svg.png 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†