Championship record
2
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Fernando Alonso
James Hunt
Championships
2
1
Wins
32
10
Poles
22
14
Podiums
106
23
Fastest laps
25
0
Career points
2,381
179
Starts
438
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Fernando Alonso
James Hunt
Win rate
7.3%
10.8%
Podium rate
24.2%
24.7%
Pole rate
5%
15.1%
Points / start
5.4
1.9
Avg grid
P9.0
P7.0
Avg finish
P8.9
P11.5
Finish rate
82.6%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Fernando Alonso
James Hunt
Overtakes
3,478
0
Overtakes / race
8.1
0.0
Places lost
3,192
0
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Fernando Alonso
James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
45
25
Crash retirements
18
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: 13 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
1973
2003 · aged 22
First win
1975 · aged 27
2003
First pole
1976
2005 · aged 24
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
Fernando Alonso
James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Fernando Alonso | James Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 6 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 9 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
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).