Denny Hulme

New Zealander · 1965–1974
VS

James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
Race H2H
13 10
23 shared
Qualifying H2H
10 12
22 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 0
1973 P6 1974 P7
Career totals
Denny Hulme James Hunt
Championships
1
1
Wins
8
10
Poles
1
14
Podiums
33
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
248
179
Starts
112
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Denny Hulme James Hunt
Win rate
7.1%
10.8%
Podium rate
29.5%
24.7%
Pole rate
0.9%
15.1%
Points / start
2.2
1.9
Avg grid
P7.3
P7.0
Avg finish
P8.2
P11.5
Finish rate
69.6%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Denny Hulme James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
29
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
1965
Debut season
1973
1967 · aged 30
First win
1975 · aged 27
1973
First pole
1976
1967 · aged 31
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979
Denny Hulme James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Denny Hulme James Hunt
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Watkins Glen 0 · 2 · P3 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Kyalami 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Mosport International Raceway 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 3 · P1
Jarama 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Scandinavian Raceway 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Nivelles-Baulers 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Zolder 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P7
Montjuïc 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Denny Hulme
BRA
BRA
MCL
MCL
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
James Hunt
MAR
HES
MCL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
19651979
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).