Marc Surer vs Thierry Boutsen, 1983

Teammates at Arrows — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1983 season, Marc Surer and Thierry Boutsen were teammates at Arrows, competing in 10 races together. They each outqualified the other 5 times, but Surer finished ahead of Boutsen in 3 out of 5 classified races. Surer earned 4 championship points, while Boutsen finished with 0 points, and both drivers did not achieve any race wins or podium finishes.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
55Qualifyingof 10 compared
32Race finishesof 5 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

1983 season
10
Races together
10
4
Points
0
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
0
P5
Best finish
P7
16.3
Average grid
17.0
8.9
Average finish
10.6
4
Did not finish
2
Other seasons together:198619851984