Championship record
1
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Denny Hulme
Nelson Piquet
Championships
1
3
Wins
8
23
Poles
1
24
Podiums
33
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
248
485.5
Starts
112
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
Denny Hulme
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
7.1%
11.2%
Podium rate
29.5%
29.3%
Pole rate
0.9%
11.7%
Points / start
2.2
2.4
Avg grid
P7.3
P6.7
Avg finish
P8.2
P9.8
Finish rate
69.6%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Denny Hulme
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
29
51
Crash retirements
5
28
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
1978
1967 · aged 30
First win
1980 · aged 27
1973
First pole
1980
1967 · aged 31
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
Denny Hulme
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Denny Hulme | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Jarama | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
Team history
Denny Hulme
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19651991
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).