Championship record
1
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
0
4
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill
James Hunt
Championships
1
1
Wins
22
10
Poles
20
14
Podiums
42
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
179
Starts
116
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill
James Hunt
Win rate
19%
10.8%
Podium rate
36.2%
24.7%
Pole rate
17.2%
15.1%
Points / start
3.1
1.9
Avg grid
P6.1
P7.0
Avg finish
P8.9
P11.5
Finish rate
68.1%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill
James Hunt
Overtakes
342
0
Overtakes / race
5.6
0.0
Places lost
287
0
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Damon Hill
James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
18
25
Crash retirements
18
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
1973
1993 · aged 32
First win
1975 · aged 27
1993
First pole
1976
1996 · aged 36
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
Damon Hill
James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Damon Hill | James Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
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).