As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
David Purley · James Hunt
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
6
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
6
6 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
1
—
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
3
1973
Career totals
David Purley
James Hunt
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
10
Poles
0
14
Podiums
0
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
179
Starts
8
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
David Purley
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
P20.8
P7.0
Avg finish
P17.5
P11.5
Finish rate
62.5%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
David Purley
James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
1
25
Crash retirements
2
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
1973
Debut season
1973
—
First win
1975 · aged 27
—
First pole
1976
—
First title
1976 · aged 29
P9
Best finish
P1
+3.3
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
David Purley
James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | David Purley | James Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| David Purley 0 · 0 · — 2 · 3 · P1 James Hunt | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| David Purley 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 James Hunt | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P15 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| David Purley 0 · 0 · P15 1 · 1 · P1 James Hunt | ||
| Scandinavian Raceway | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| David Purley 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 1 · P3 James Hunt | ||
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| David Purley 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 James Hunt | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| David Purley 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9 James Hunt | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| David Purley 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P5 James Hunt | ||
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| David Purley 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P7 James Hunt | ||
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).