As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Denny Hulme · Derek Bell
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6
—
2
8 shared
Qualifying H2H
8
—
0
8 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P25
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
1970
P4
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1969
Career totals
Denny Hulme
Derek Bell
Championships
1
0
Wins
8
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
33
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
248
1
Starts
112
9
Rate-adjusted · per start
Denny Hulme
Derek Bell
Win rate
7.1%
0%
Podium rate
29.5%
0%
Pole rate
0.9%
0%
Points / start
2.2
0.1
Avg grid
P7.3
P18.7
Avg finish
P8.2
P18.2
Finish rate
69.6%
22.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Denny Hulme
Derek Bell
Mechanical retirements
29
7
Crash retirements
5
0
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1965
Debut season
1968
1967 · aged 30
First win
—
1973
First pole
—
1967 · aged 31
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P6
-1.0
Avg places gained
+0.4
Season points trajectory
Denny Hulme
Derek Bell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Denny Hulme | Derek Bell |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Denny Hulme 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · — Derek Bell | ||
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Denny Hulme 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P11 Derek Bell | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Denny Hulme 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P6 Derek Bell | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Denny Hulme 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · — Derek Bell | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Denny Hulme 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Derek Bell | ||
Team history
Denny Hulme
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
Derek Bell
19651974
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).