Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
2
1
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Kimi Räikkönen
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
21
Poles
14
18
Podiums
23
103
Fastest laps
0
42
Career points
179
1,873
Starts
93
352
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Kimi Räikkönen
Win rate
10.8%
6%
Podium rate
24.7%
29.3%
Pole rate
15.1%
5.1%
Points / start
1.9
5.3
Avg grid
P7.0
P7.6
Avg finish
P11.5
P8.5
Finish rate
52.7%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
James Hunt
Kimi Räikkönen
Overtakes
0
2,703
Overtakes / race
0.0
8.0
Places lost
0
2,441
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
James Hunt
Kimi Räikkönen
Mechanical retirements
25
45
Crash retirements
18
21
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
2001
1975 · aged 27
First win
2003 · aged 23
1976
First pole
2003
1976 · aged 29
First title
2007 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-0.8
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Kimi Räikkönen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Kimi Räikkönen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 3 · P3 |
Team history
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).