Denny Hulme

New Zealander · 1965–1974
VS

Nigel Mansell

British · 1980–1995
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
3
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Denny Hulme Nigel Mansell
Championships
1
1
Wins
8
31
Poles
1
32
Podiums
33
59
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
248
482
Starts
112
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
Denny Hulme Nigel Mansell
Win rate
7.1%
16.3%
Podium rate
29.5%
31.1%
Pole rate
0.9%
16.8%
Points / start
2.2
2.5
Avg grid
P7.3
P6.4
Avg finish
P8.2
P11.1
Finish rate
69.6%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Denny Hulme Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
29
54
Crash retirements
5
25
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1965
Debut season
1980
1967 · aged 30
First win
1985 · aged 32
1973
First pole
1984
1967 · aged 31
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993
Denny Hulme Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Denny Hulme Nigel Mansell
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1 · 4 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 3 · 5 · P1
Kyalami 1 · 3 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 4 · P1
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 3 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P8 2 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · — 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Jarama 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Zolder 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P3
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Team history
Denny Hulme
MCL
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
Nigel Mansell
TEA
WIL
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
19651995
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).