Championship record
3
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
4
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jack Brabham
James Hunt
Championships
3
1
Wins
14
10
Poles
13
14
Podiums
31
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
261
179
Starts
128
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jack Brabham
James Hunt
Win rate
10.9%
10.8%
Podium rate
24.2%
24.7%
Pole rate
10.2%
15.1%
Points / start
2.0
1.9
Avg grid
P7.4
P7.0
Avg finish
P9.2
P11.5
Finish rate
58.6%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jack Brabham
James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
44
25
Crash retirements
8
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1955
Debut season
1973
1959 · aged 33
First win
1975 · aged 27
1959
First pole
1976
1959 · aged 33
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.8
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
Jack Brabham
James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jack Brabham | James Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 4 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 1 · P3 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Kyalami | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Brands Hatch | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Jarama | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Montjuïc | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Jack Brabham
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
James Hunt
19551979
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).