James Hunt
British · 1973–1979
VS

Keke Rosberg
Finnish · 1978–1986
Race H2H
4 — 5
9 shared
Qualifying H2H
9 — 0
9 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt Keke Rosberg
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
5
Poles
14
5
Podiums
23
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
159.5
Starts
93
114
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt Keke Rosberg
Win rate
10.8%
4.4%
Podium rate
24.7%
14.9%
Pole rate
15.1%
4.4%
Points / start
1.9
1.4
Avg grid
P7.0
P10.1
Avg finish
P11.5
P11.8
Finish rate
52.7%
53.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt Keke Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
25
41
Crash retirements
18
9
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
1978
1975 · aged 27
First win
1982 · aged 33
1976
First pole
1982
1976 · aged 29
First title
1982 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-1.6
Season points trajectory
1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985
James Hunt Keke Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit James Hunt Keke Rosberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Watkins Glen 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 2 · P1
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P11
Jarama 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Zolder 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2
Long Beach 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P9
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P15
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
James Hunt
MAR
HES
MCL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
Keke Rosberg
FIT
WIL
ATS 1978Wolf 1978Theodore 1978Wolf 1979Fittipaldi 1980–1981Williams 1982–1985McLaren 1986
19731986
James Hunt → Keke Rosberg → Compare others
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).