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🇫🇷 François Hesnault

Racing driver from France. Formula 1, Renault.
Driver facts
Full name
François Hesnault
Born
30 December 1956(b. 1956)
Nationality
France
Current team
Renault
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
19
Career DNFs
14
Racer Rating
5,340
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
5,340
Rank 750 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

François Hesnault is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Renault. Hesnault has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 19 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,340 ranks Hesnault 750th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1985 form
Last 19 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFBRASOUBELITAMONCANUSAUSAGBRGERAUTNEDITAGERPORBRAPORITAGER
Recent results
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1985-08-04NürburgringFormula 1DNF−70
1985-05-05Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariFormula 1DNF−63
1985-04-21Autódromo do EstorilFormula 1DNF−105
1985-04-07Autódromo Internacional Nelson PiquetFormula 1DNF−81
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+111Zandvoort 1984Formula 1P7
+110Hockenheimring 1984Formula 1P8
+104Red Bull Ring 1984Formula 1P8
+72Nürburgring 1984Formula 1P10
+62Kyalami 1984Formula 1P10
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1985▸Formula 1Renault400400P15−3195,340
1984▸Formula 1Ligier15001000P17+4,3105,660
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Hesnault finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇫🇷 Alain Prost6,8021941521%
🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFIA Platinum6,7111941521%
🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFIA Bronze6,4171951426%
🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell6,3891961332%
🇦🇹 Niki Lauda6,274190190%
🇮🇹 Elio de Angelis6,2041931616%
🇫🇮 Keke Rosberg6,1561961332%
🇫🇷 Jacques Laffite6,0991971237%
🇬🇧 Derek Warwick6,0331941521%
🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto5,9381941521%
🇦🇹 Gerhard BergerHigher-rated6,49183538%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
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744🇺🇸 Robbie GroffIndyCar5,350
745🇳🇱 Nicky CatsburgIMSA WeatherTech5,348
746🇫🇷 Jonathan CochetNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,345
747🇪🇸 Antonio GarciaIMSA WeatherTech5,344
748🇧🇪 Frederic VervischIMSA WeatherTech5,344
749🇺🇸 Charlie KimballIndyCar5,340
750🇫🇷 François HesnaultFormula 15,340
751🇯🇵 Rikuto KobayashiSuper GT5,340
752🇬🇧 Sam HancockWEC5,340
753🇩🇪 Sven MüllerSuper GT5,339
754🇺🇸 Christian EckesNASCAR Truck5,338
755🇧🇷 Enzo FittipaldiIndy NXT5,338
756🇺🇸 Gar RobinsonIMSA WeatherTech5,338
757🇺🇸 Jason LefflerNASCAR Truck5,337
758🇩🇪 Alexander MattschullAsian Le Mans Series5,335
759🇬🇧 Ross HockenhullInternational Formula 30005,335
760🇬🇧 Jeff WardIndyCar5,334
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François Hesnault is a racing driver from France who last raced in Formula 1 for Renault. Hesnault has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 19 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,340 ranks Hesnault 750th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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