As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
James Hunt · David Purley
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6
—
1
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
6
—
0
6 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
3
1
1973
Career totals
James Hunt
David Purley
Championships
1
0
Wins
10
0
Poles
14
0
Podiums
23
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
0
Starts
93
8
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
David Purley
Win rate
10.8%
0%
Podium rate
24.7%
0%
Pole rate
15.1%
0%
Points / start
1.9
0.0
Avg grid
P7.0
P20.8
Avg finish
P11.5
P17.5
Finish rate
52.7%
62.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt
David Purley
Mechanical retirements
25
1
Crash retirements
18
2
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
1973
1975 · aged 27
First win
—
1976
First pole
—
1976 · aged 29
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P9
-4.4
Avg places gained
+3.3
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
David Purley
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | David Purley |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| James Hunt 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · — David Purley | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| James Hunt 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — David Purley | ||
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P15 |
| James Hunt 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P15 David Purley | ||
| Scandinavian Raceway | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P14 |
| James Hunt 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P14 David Purley | ||
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| James Hunt 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — David Purley | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · — |
| James Hunt 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · — David Purley | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| James Hunt 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P9 David Purley | ||
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| James Hunt 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P13 David Purley | ||
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).