Graham Hill
British · 1958–1975
VS

James Hunt
British · 1973–1979
Race H2H
11 — 14
25 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 — 24
24 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
0
5
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
1974 P8
Career totals
Graham Hill James Hunt
Championships
2
1
Wins
14
10
Poles
13
14
Podiums
36
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
289
179
Starts
177
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Graham Hill James Hunt
Win rate
7.9%
10.8%
Podium rate
20.3%
24.7%
Pole rate
7.3%
15.1%
Points / start
1.6
1.9
Avg grid
P10.3
P7.0
Avg finish
P10.0
P11.5
Finish rate
58.2%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Graham Hill James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
58
25
Crash retirements
13
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: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
1973
1962 · aged 33
First win
1975 · aged 27
1962
First pole
1976
1962 · aged 33
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979
Graham Hill James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Graham Hill James Hunt
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Watkins Glen 3 · 6 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 5 · 7 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 3 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Jarama 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P10 1 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Mosport International Raceway 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Brands Hatch 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P3
Zolder 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P7
Montjuïc 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Nivelles-Baulers 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Graham Hill
BRM
LOT
Team Lotus 1958–1959BRM 1960–1966Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1969Team Lotus 1970Brabham 1971–1972Shadow 1973Lola 1974–1975
James Hunt
MCL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
19581979
Graham Hill → James Hunt → Compare others
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).