Championship record
1
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
5
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Jim Clark
Championships
1
2
Wins
10
25
Poles
14
33
Podiums
23
32
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
274
Starts
93
72
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Jim Clark
Win rate
10.8%
34.7%
Podium rate
24.7%
44.4%
Pole rate
15.1%
45.8%
Points / start
1.9
3.8
Avg grid
P7.0
P3.6
Avg finish
P11.5
P7.1
Finish rate
52.7%
68.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt
Jim Clark
Mechanical retirements
25
21
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
1960
1975 · aged 27
First win
1962 · aged 26
1976
First pole
1962
1976 · aged 29
First title
1963 · aged 27
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-3.5
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Jim Clark
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Jim Clark |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 4 · 6 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 2 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
James Hunt
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
19601979
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).