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Rial

German · raced 1988–1989

21Races
0Wins
0Podiums
6Top 10s
9.11Avg Position
16.65Avg Grid Pos

Rial was a German constructor founded by Gunter Schmid, the former owner of the ATS team. It raced in Formula 1 in 1988 and 1989, with cars designed by Gustav Brunner, and Andrea de Cesaris took fourth place at the 1988 Detroit Grand Prix, its best result. Rial started 21 Grands Prix and scored six championship points before it withdrew after 1989.

Top Drivers

Driver
Wins
Pod.
Pts
Christian Danner003
Andrea de Cesaris003
Pierre-Henri Raphanel000
Volker Weidler000
Gregor Foitek000
Bertrand Gachot000

Top Circuits

Circuit
Wins
Avg pts
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Points are Grand Prix points as awarded at the time (sprints excluded); average points are per race started.

Most wins for the team, then most races.

Rial season-by-season championship record
SeasonConstructors' positionWinsPoints
1989134 places lower than 198803
1988903
Drivers who have raced for Rial
DriverSeasonsRacesWins
A. de Cesaris1988160
C. Danner1989130
V. Weidler1989100
P. Raphanel198960
B. Gachot198920
G. Foitek198910

How Rial did in every Grand Prix it started: the best grid slot and finish of its cars, the points it scored and each car’s result. Races in which no car took the start are left out unless the team scored sprint points.

19895 racesConstructors’ P11 · 3 pts▾

Drivers: C. Danner, V. Weidler

Rial race results in 1989
Grand PrixResultPts
9German Grand PrixDSQ0
6Canadian Grand PrixP80
5United States Grand PrixP43
4Mexican Grand PrixP120
1Brazilian Grand PrixP140
Earlier seasons1988 (1 season)▾
198816 racesConstructors’ P9 · 3 pts▾

Drivers: A. de Cesaris

Rial race results in 1988
Grand PrixResultPts
16Australian Grand PrixP80
15Japanese Grand PrixDNF0
14Spanish Grand PrixDNF0
13Portuguese Grand PrixDNF0
12Italian Grand PrixDNF0
11Belgian Grand PrixDNF0
10Hungarian Grand PrixDNF0
9German Grand PrixP134 places worse than the team’s season average (P8.8)0
8British Grand PrixDNF0
7French Grand PrixP100
6Detroit Grand PrixP45 places better than the team’s season average (P8.8)3
5Canadian Grand PrixP90
4Mexican Grand PrixDNF0
3Monaco Grand PrixDNF0
2San Marino Grand PrixDNF0
1Brazilian Grand PrixDNF0