James Hunt
British · 1973–1979
VS

John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt John Surtees
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
6
Poles
14
8
Podiums
23
24
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
180
Starts
93
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt John Surtees
Win rate
10.8%
5.4%
Podium rate
24.7%
21.4%
Pole rate
15.1%
7.1%
Points / start
1.9
1.6
Avg grid
P7.0
P7.7
Avg finish
P11.5
P10.3
Finish rate
52.7%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt John Surtees
Mechanical retirements
25
50
Crash retirements
18
5
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
1960
1975 · aged 27
First win
1963 · aged 29
1976
First pole
1960
1976 · aged 29
First title
1964 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-2.7
Season points trajectory
1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978
James Hunt John Surtees
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit James Hunt John Surtees
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Watkins Glen 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 4 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P8
Jarama 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Mosport International Raceway 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4
Montjuïc 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
James Hunt
MCL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
John Surtees
FER
SUR
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
19601979
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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).