Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
VS

James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari James Hunt
Championships
2
1
Wins
13
10
Poles
13
14
Podiums
15
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
179
Starts
32
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari James Hunt
Win rate
40.6%
10.8%
Podium rate
46.9%
24.7%
Pole rate
40.6%
15.1%
Points / start
4.2
1.9
Avg grid
P3.9
P7.0
Avg finish
P8.5
P11.5
Finish rate
59.4%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
10
25
Crash retirements
3
18
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1973
1951 · aged 33
First win
1975 · aged 27
1951
First pole
1976
1952 · aged 34
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978
Alberto Ascari James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari James Hunt
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
Alberto Ascari
FER
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
James Hunt
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
19501979
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).