Brett Lunger

American · 1975–1978
VS

James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
8
12
Qualifyingahead
0
20
Brett Lunger · James Hunt
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
11 23
34 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 33
34 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
1
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
0
3
1975
4
4
1977
4
5
1978
Career totals
Brett Lunger James Hunt
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
10
Poles
0
14
Podiums
0
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
179
Starts
34
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Brett Lunger James Hunt
Win rate
0%
10.8%
Podium rate
0%
24.7%
Pole rate
0%
15.1%
Points / start
0.0
1.9
Avg grid
P21.1
P7.0
Avg finish
P13.9
P11.5
Finish rate
67.6%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Brett Lunger James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
6
25
Crash retirements
5
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
1975
Debut season
1973
First win
1975 · aged 27
First pole
1976
First title
1976 · aged 29
P7
Best finish
P1
+7.2
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Brett Lunger James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Brett Lunger James Hunt
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · P10 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P9 2 · 3 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P16 1 · 3 · P1
Mosport International Raceway 0 · 0 · P11 1 · 1 · P1
Jarama 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 1 · 1 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P2
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P5
Zolder 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P7
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · —
Long Beach 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Brett Lunger
HES
SUR
MCL
MAR
MCL
ENS
Hesketh 1975Surtees 1976McLaren 1977March 1977McLaren 1978Ensign 1978
James Hunt
MAR
HES
MCL
WOL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
19731979
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).