Jackie Stewart

British · 1965–1973
VS

James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
Race H2H
6 2
8 shared
Qualifying H2H
6 1
7 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
0
6
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 0
1973 P1
Career totals
Jackie Stewart James Hunt
Championships
3
1
Wins
27
10
Poles
17
14
Podiums
43
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
179
Starts
100
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jackie Stewart James Hunt
Win rate
27%
10.8%
Podium rate
43%
24.7%
Pole rate
17%
15.1%
Points / start
3.6
1.9
Avg grid
P4.5
P7.0
Avg finish
P7.4
P11.5
Finish rate
64%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jackie Stewart James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
33
25
Crash retirements
3
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1965
Debut season
1973
1965 · aged 26
First win
1975 · aged 27
1969
First pole
1976
1969 · aged 30
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.9
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979
Jackie Stewart James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jackie Stewart James Hunt
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 3 · 5 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Watkins Glen 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Nürburgring 3 · 4 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Mosport International Raceway 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Kyalami 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Jarama 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Montjuïc 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Zolder 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Brands Hatch 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Jackie Stewart
BRM
MAT
TYR
BRM 1965–1967Matra-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Tyrrell 1970–1973
James Hunt
MAR
HES
MCL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
19651979
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).