Championship record
1
World titles
7
0
Runner-up
3
1
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Lewis Hamilton
Championships
1
7
Wins
10
106
Poles
14
104
Podiums
23
207
Fastest laps
0
69
Career points
179
5,096.5
Starts
93
390
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Lewis Hamilton
Win rate
10.8%
27.2%
Podium rate
24.7%
53.1%
Pole rate
15.1%
26.7%
Points / start
1.9
13.1
Avg grid
P7.0
P4.7
Avg finish
P11.5
P5.2
Finish rate
52.7%
92.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
James Hunt
Lewis Hamilton
Overtakes
0
2,424
Overtakes / race
0.0
6.3
Places lost
0
2,145
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
Lewis Hamilton
Mechanical retirements
25
10
Crash retirements
18
14
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 · 6
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
2007
1975 · aged 27
First win
2007 · aged 22
1976
First pole
2007
1976 · aged 29
First title
2008 · aged 23
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-0.5
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Lewis Hamilton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Lewis Hamilton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 9 · 16 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 7 · 11 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 3 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
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).