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James Hunt

🇬🇧 British1973–1979

1976 World Champion. Won 10 of 91 starts across 7 seasons, and outscored Jochen Mass over 32 races together.

Titles
1
=16th all-time
Wins
10
11.0% of starts
Podiums
23
25.3% of starts
Career points
179
as scored at the time
Starts
91
7 seasons, 4 teams

Ranks are all-time since 1958.

Championship finish by season

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MarchHeskethMcLarenWolfWorld Champion

Against Hunt's teammates

Points in races together
Jochen Mass 109 – 44 1976–77 · 32 races · ahead on the results sheet 22–10
Brett Lunger 33 – 0 1975–78 · 20 races · ahead on the results sheet 12–8
Patrick Tambay 8 – 8 1978 · 14 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–11
Mike Beuttler 13 – 0 1973 · 7 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–1
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Bruno Giacomelli 4 – 0 1977–78 · 6 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–4
Jean-Pierre Jarier 7 – 0 1973 · 5 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–1
David Purley 7 – 0 1973 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–1
Alan Jones 0 – 0 1975 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–1
Harald Ertl 5 – 0 1975 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–1
Nelson Piquet 0 – 0 1978 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–1
Roger Williamson 7 – 0 1973 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–0
Howden Ganley 0 – 0 1974 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–1
Hans-Joachim Stuck 0 – 0 1974 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–1
Emilio de Villota 0 – 0 1977 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–2
Reine Wisell 1 – 0 1973 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Torsten Palm 0 – 0 1975 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Gilles Villeneuve 9 – 0 1977 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0

Best circuits

By wins
2 Watkins Glen 6 starts · avg finish 3 Won 1976, 1977 2 Circuit Park Zandvoort 6 starts · avg finish 10.2 Won 1975, 1976 1 Circuit Paul Ricard 4 starts · avg finish 3 Won 1976 1 Fuji Speedway 2 starts · avg finish 2 Won 1977 1 Silverstone Circuit 3 starts · avg finish 3 Won 1977

Milestones

Debut
1973 Monaco GP March
First points
1973 French GP 6th
First podium
1973 Dutch GP 3rd · also first win
Best run
2 wins in a row 1976
Best season
6 wins 1976
Last win
1977 Japanese GP McLaren
Final start
1979 Monaco GP Wolf

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
179 620 +441

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1976: 69 → 205 (1st → 2nd). Replay 1976 in the calculator →

  • 1976: would have finished 2nd instead of winning the title

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1979 Wolf 27 0 0 0
1978 McLaren 13 8 0 1 Patrick Tambay, Brett Lunger
1977 McLaren 5 40 3 5 Jochen Mass, Brett Lunger
1976 McLaren 1 69 6 8 Jochen Mass
1975 Hesketh 4 33 1 4 Alan Jones, Harald Ertl
1974 Hesketh / March 8 15 0 3 Howden Ganley, Hans-Joachim Stuck
1973 March 8 14 0 2 Mike Beuttler, Jean-Pierre Jarier

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.