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James Hunt

1973–1979 · Career statistics and race history

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Starts93
Wins10
Podiums23
Poles14
Points179
Titles1

By circuit type

Results proxy. Positive deltas mean better positions; at least two races with each metric are required. Qualifying and classified finishes have separate samples.

2026 season to date

No qualifying or classified-finish sample for this period.

Career

Circuit typeQualifying ΔClassified finish ΔAverage qualifyingAverage finishRaces (qualifying / finish)
high-downforceUnavailable-0.6Unavailable4.80 / 5
low-downforceUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable50 / 1
mixedUnavailable+0.1Unavailable4.10 / 40

Career average: qualifying Unavailable · classified finish 4.2. Constructor averages give each race equal weight.

At a glance

Best finish / grid1 / 1
DNF rate52.7%
Average grid → finish74.2
Positions gained / race1.76
First raceMonaco Grand Prix 1973 · 1973-06-03
Latest raceMonaco Grand Prix 1979 · 1979-05-27

Additional teammates without comparable sessions: Keke Rosberg (1979, 0 rounds); Nelson Piquet (1978, 3 rounds); Bruno Giacomelli (1978, 5 rounds); Emilio de Villota (1977, 2 rounds); Bruno Giacomelli (1977, 1 rounds); Torsten Palm (1975, 1 rounds); Alan Jones (1975, 4 rounds); Reine Wisell (1974, 0 rounds); Hans-Joachim Stuck (1974, 2 rounds); Howden Ganley (1974, 2 rounds); Vittorio Brambilla (1974, 0 rounds); Reine Wisell (1973, 1 rounds); Roger Williamson (1973, 2 rounds); David Purley (1973, 4 rounds); Henri Pescarolo (1973, 0 rounds).

49 non-finishes: 23 mechanical, 20 accident/collision, 2 disqualified, 4 other. Reliability exposure: 7 mechanical retirements from a points-scoring grid slot (grid-position proxy, not measured points lost). Average finish and positions gained use official finishing results; pit-lane starts are excluded from grid averages.

Season by season

SeasonStandingStartsWinsTeammates · quali / racePoints
1979NC700
197813160
Patrick TambayQ — · R 2–3
Brett LungerQ — · R 1–0
8
19775173
Jochen MassQ — · R 3–1
Brett LungerQ — · R 2–1
40
19761166
Jochen MassQ — · R 8–0
69
19754141
Brett LungerQ — · R 2–0
Harald ErtlQ — · R 1–0
33
1974815015
1973880
Jean-Pierre JarierQ — · R 1–0
Mike BeuttlerQ — · R 2–0
14

H2H reads Hunt–teammate. Only shared official race results and available qualifying are compared; ties are shown separately.

Every race 93 RESULT ROWS

19797 starts · 0 wins0 pts
RacePosDriverConstructorGridLapsTime / statusPts
1979 · ROUND 7MonacoRETMonacoJames HuntWolf104Transmission0
1979 · ROUND 6BelgianRETBelgianJames HuntWolf940Accident0
1979 · ROUND 5SpanishRETSpanishJames HuntWolf1526Brakes0
1979 · ROUND 4United States WestRETUnited States WestJames HuntWolf80Transmission0
1979 · ROUND 3South African8South AfricanJames HuntWolf1377+1 Lap0
1979 · ROUND 2BrazilianRETBrazilianJames HuntWolf107Steering0
1979 · ROUND 1ArgentineRETArgentineJames HuntWolf1841Electrical0
197816 starts · 0 wins8 pts
RacePosDriverConstructorGridLapsTime / statusPts
1978 · ROUND 16CanadianRETCanadianJames HuntMcLaren1951Spun off0
1978 · ROUND 15United States7United StatesJames HuntMcLaren658+1 Lap0
1978 · ROUND 14ItalianRETItalianJames HuntMcLaren1019Distributor0
1978 · ROUND 13Dutch10DutchJames HuntMcLaren774+1 Lap0
1978 · ROUND 12AustrianRETAustrianJames HuntMcLaren87Accident0
1978 · ROUND 11GermanDGermanJames HuntMcLaren834Disqualified0
1978 · ROUND 10BritishRETBritishJames HuntMcLaren147Accident0
1978 · ROUND 9French3FrenchJames HuntMcLaren454+19.8004
1978 · ROUND 8Swedish8SwedishJames HuntMcLaren1469+1 Lap0
1978 · ROUND 7Spanish6SpanishJames HuntMcLaren474+1 Lap1
1978 · ROUND 6BelgianRETBelgianJames HuntMcLaren60Accident0
1978 · ROUND 5MonacoRETMonacoJames HuntMcLaren643Handling0
1978 · ROUND 4United States WestRETUnited States WestJames HuntMcLaren75Accident0
1978 · ROUND 3South AfricanRETSouth AfricanJames HuntMcLaren35Engine0
1978 · ROUND 2BrazilianRETBrazilianJames HuntMcLaren225Spun off0
1978 · ROUND 1Argentine4ArgentineJames HuntMcLaren652+16.0503
197717 starts · 3 wins40 pts
RacePosDriverConstructorGridLapsTime / statusPts
1977 · ROUND 17Japanese1JapaneseJames HuntMcLaren2731:31:51.6809
1977 · ROUND 16CanadianRETCanadianJames HuntMcLaren261Accident0
1977 · ROUND 15United States1United StatesJames HuntMcLaren1591:58:23.2679
1977 · ROUND 14ItalianRETItalianJames HuntMcLaren126Spun off0
1977 · ROUND 13DutchRETDutchJames HuntMcLaren35Accident0
1977 · ROUND 12AustrianRETAustrianJames HuntMcLaren243Engine0
1977 · ROUND 11GermanRETGermanJames HuntMcLaren432Fuel pump0
1977 · ROUND 10British1BritishJames HuntMcLaren1681:31:46.0609
1977 · ROUND 9French3FrenchJames HuntMcLaren280+33.8704
1977 · ROUND 8Swedish12SwedishJames HuntMcLaren371+1 Lap0
1977 · ROUND 7Belgian7BelgianJames HuntMcLaren969+1 Lap0
1977 · ROUND 6MonacoRETMonacoJames HuntMcLaren725Engine0
1977 · ROUND 5SpanishRETSpanishJames HuntMcLaren710Engine0
1977 · ROUND 4United States West7United States WestJames HuntMcLaren879+1 Lap0
1977 · ROUND 3South African4South AfricanJames HuntMcLaren178+9.5003
1977 · ROUND 2Brazilian2BrazilianJames HuntMcLaren140+10.7106
1977 · ROUND 1ArgentineRETArgentineJames HuntMcLaren131Suspension0
197616 starts · 6 wins69 pts
RacePosDriverConstructorGridLapsTime / statusPts
1976 · ROUND 16Japanese3JapaneseJames HuntMcLaren272+1 Lap4
1976 · ROUND 15United States1United StatesJames HuntMcLaren1591:42:40.7429
1976 · ROUND 14Canadian1CanadianJames HuntMcLaren1801:40:09.6269
1976 · ROUND 13ItalianRETItalianJames HuntMcLaren2411Spun off0
1976 · ROUND 12Dutch1DutchJames HuntMcLaren2751:44:52.0909
1976 · ROUND 11Austrian4AustrianJames HuntMcLaren154+12.4403
1976 · ROUND 10German1GermanJames HuntMcLaren1141:41:42.7009
1976 · ROUND 9BritishDBritishJames HuntMcLaren276Disqualified0
1976 · ROUND 8French1FrenchJames HuntMcLaren1541:40:58.6009
1976 · ROUND 7Swedish5SwedishJames HuntMcLaren872+59.4832
1976 · ROUND 6MonacoRETMonacoJames HuntMcLaren1424Engine0
1976 · ROUND 5BelgianRETBelgianJames HuntMcLaren335Gearbox0
1976 · ROUND 4Spanish1SpanishJames HuntMcLaren1751:42:20.4309
1976 · ROUND 3United States WestRETUnited States WestJames HuntMcLaren33Accident0
1976 · ROUND 2South African2South AfricanJames HuntMcLaren178+1.3006
1976 · ROUND 1BrazilianRETBrazilianJames HuntMcLaren132Accident0
197514 starts · 1 wins33 pts
RacePosDriverConstructorGridLapsTime / statusPts
1975 · ROUND 14United States4United StatesJames HuntHesketh1559+49.4753
1975 · ROUND 13Italian5ItalianJames HuntHesketh852+57.1002
1975 · ROUND 12Austrian2AustrianJames HuntHesketh229+27.0303
1975 · ROUND 11GermanRETGermanJames HuntHesketh910Wheel0
1975 · ROUND 10British4BritishJames HuntHesketh955Accident3
1975 · ROUND 9French2FrenchJames HuntHesketh354+1.5906
1975 · ROUND 8Dutch1DutchJames HuntHesketh3751:46:57.4009
1975 · ROUND 7SwedishRETSwedishJames HuntHesketh1321Brakes0
1975 · ROUND 6BelgianRETBelgianJames HuntHesketh1115Transmission0
1975 · ROUND 5MonacoRETMonacoJames HuntHesketh1163Accident0
1975 · ROUND 4SpanishRETSpanishJames HuntHesketh36Accident0
1975 · ROUND 3South AfricanRETSouth AfricanJames HuntHesketh1253Fuel system0
1975 · ROUND 2Brazilian6BrazilianJames HuntHesketh740+1:05.1201
1975 · ROUND 1Argentine2ArgentineJames HuntHesketh653+5.9106
197415 starts · 0 wins15 pts
RacePosDriverConstructorGridLapsTime / statusPts
1974 · ROUND 15United States3United StatesJames HuntHesketh259+1:10.3844
1974 · ROUND 14Canadian4CanadianJames HuntHesketh880+15.6693
1974 · ROUND 13ItalianRETItalianJames HuntHesketh82Engine0
1974 · ROUND 12Austrian3AustrianJames HuntHesketh754+1:01.5404
1974 · ROUND 11GermanRETGermanJames HuntHesketh1010Gearbox0
1974 · ROUND 10BritishRETBritishJames HuntHesketh62Suspension0
1974 · ROUND 9FrenchRETFrenchJames HuntHesketh100Collision0
1974 · ROUND 8DutchRETDutchJames HuntHesketh62Collision0
1974 · ROUND 7Swedish3SwedishJames HuntHesketh680+3.3254
1974 · ROUND 6MonacoRETMonacoJames HuntHesketh727Halfshaft0
1974 · ROUND 5BelgianRETBelgianJames HuntHesketh945Accident0
1974 · ROUND 4Spanish10SpanishJames HuntHesketh1081+3 Laps0
1974 · ROUND 3South AfricanRETSouth AfricanJames HuntHesketh1413Transmission0
1974 · ROUND 2Brazilian9BrazilianJames HuntMarch1831+1 Lap0
1974 · ROUND 1ArgentineRETArgentineJames HuntMarch511Overheating0
19738 starts · 0 wins14 pts
RacePosDriverConstructorGridLapsTime / statusPts
1973 · ROUND 15United States2United StatesJames HuntMarch459+0.6686
1973 · ROUND 14Canadian7CanadianJames HuntMarch1578+2 Laps0
1973 · ROUND 13ItalianWItalianJames HuntMarchPL0Accident0
1973 · ROUND 12AustrianRETAustrianJames HuntMarch93Injection0
1973 · ROUND 10Dutch3DutchJames HuntMarch772+1:03.0104
1973 · ROUND 9British4BritishJames HuntMarch1167+3.4003
1973 · ROUND 8French6FrenchJames HuntMarch1454+1:22.5401
1973 · ROUND 6Monaco9MonacoJames HuntMarch1873Engine0

19662026 · 61 imported seasons. Career figures reflect imported data. Race starts exclude DNS and non-qualifiers; poles use race grid position. Points use official season standings.