Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Jochen Rindt
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
6
Poles
14
10
Podiums
23
13
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
109
Starts
93
61
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Jochen Rindt
Win rate
10.8%
9.8%
Podium rate
24.7%
21.3%
Pole rate
15.1%
16.4%
Points / start
1.9
1.8
Avg grid
P7.0
P6.5
Avg finish
P11.5
P9.9
Finish rate
52.7%
42.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt
Jochen Rindt
Mechanical retirements
25
30
Crash retirements
18
4
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
1964
1975 · aged 27
First win
1969 · aged 27
1976
First pole
1968
1976 · aged 29
First title
1970 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-3.2
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Jochen Rindt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Jochen Rindt |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Watkins Glen | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Mosport International Raceway | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Jarama | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Montjuïc | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
James Hunt
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-BRM 1964Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Maserati 1966–1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970
19641979
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).