James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
VS

Juan Fangio

Argentine · 1950–1958
Championship record
1
World titles
5
0
Runner-up
2
1
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt Juan Fangio
Championships
1
5
Wins
10
22
Poles
14
28
Podiums
23
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
260.64
Starts
93
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt Juan Fangio
Win rate
10.8%
43.1%
Podium rate
24.7%
60.8%
Pole rate
15.1%
54.9%
Points / start
1.9
5.1
Avg grid
P7.0
P2.0
Avg finish
P11.5
P4.8
Finish rate
52.7%
76.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt Juan Fangio
Mechanical retirements
25
12
Crash retirements
18
0
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
1950
1975 · aged 27
First win
1950 · aged 38
1976
First pole
1950
1976 · aged 29
First title
1951 · aged 40
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978
James Hunt Juan Fangio
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit James Hunt Juan Fangio
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 3 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 3 · 4 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 3 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 2 · 2 · P1
Team history
James Hunt
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Maserati 1953Mercedes 1954Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Ferrari 1956Maserati 1957–1958
19501979
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).