Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jacques Villeneuve
James Hunt
Championships
1
1
Wins
11
10
Poles
13
14
Podiums
23
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
235
179
Starts
165
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jacques Villeneuve
James Hunt
Win rate
6.7%
10.8%
Podium rate
13.9%
24.7%
Pole rate
7.9%
15.1%
Points / start
1.4
1.9
Avg grid
P9.1
P7.0
Avg finish
P10.3
P11.5
Finish rate
66.7%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jacques Villeneuve
James Hunt
Overtakes
1,120
0
Overtakes / race
7.0
0.0
Places lost
870
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
Jacques Villeneuve
James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
38
25
Crash retirements
17
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
1996
Debut season
1973
1996 · aged 25
First win
1975 · aged 27
1996
First pole
1976
1997 · aged 26
First title
1976 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.1
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
Jacques Villeneuve
James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jacques Villeneuve | James Hunt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
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).