Ayrton Senna

Brazilian · 1984–1994
VS

James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Ayrton Senna James Hunt
Championships
3
1
Wins
41
10
Poles
65
14
Podiums
80
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
614
179
Starts
161
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ayrton Senna James Hunt
Win rate
25.5%
10.8%
Podium rate
49.7%
24.7%
Pole rate
40.4%
15.1%
Points / start
3.8
1.9
Avg grid
P3.1
P7.0
Avg finish
P8.1
P11.5
Finish rate
68.9%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ayrton Senna James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
30
25
Crash retirements
20
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
1984
Debut season
1973
1985 · aged 25
First win
1975 · aged 27
1985
First pole
1976
1988 · aged 28
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-5.0
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994
Ayrton Senna James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ayrton Senna James Hunt
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 6 · 8 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Hockenheimring 3 · 6 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 3 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Kyalami 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Zolder 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
Ayrton Senna
TEA
MCL
Toleman 1984Team Lotus 1985–1987McLaren 1988–1993Williams 1994
James Hunt
MCL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
19731994
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).