Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Jenson Button
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
15
Poles
14
8
Podiums
23
50
Fastest laps
0
8
Career points
179
1,235
Starts
93
309
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Jenson Button
Win rate
10.8%
4.9%
Podium rate
24.7%
16.2%
Pole rate
15.1%
2.6%
Points / start
1.9
4.0
Avg grid
P7.0
P10.0
Avg finish
P11.5
P9.7
Finish rate
52.7%
79.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
James Hunt
Jenson Button
Overtakes
0
2,746
Overtakes / race
0.0
9.2
Places lost
0
2,334
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
James Hunt
Jenson Button
Mechanical retirements
25
37
Crash retirements
18
22
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 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
2000
1975 · aged 27
First win
2006 · aged 26
1976
First pole
2004
1976 · aged 29
First title
2009 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Jenson Button
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Jenson Button |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
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).