James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
VS

Mario Andretti

American · 1968–1982
Race H2H
34 35
69 shared
Qualifying H2H
35 34
69 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 2
1975 P4 1976 P1 1977 P3 1978 P1
Career totals
James Hunt Mario Andretti
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
12
Poles
14
18
Podiums
23
19
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
180
Starts
93
128
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt Mario Andretti
Win rate
10.8%
9.4%
Podium rate
24.7%
14.8%
Pole rate
15.1%
14.1%
Points / start
1.9
1.4
Avg grid
P7.0
P8.6
Avg finish
P11.5
P12.5
Finish rate
52.7%
49.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt Mario Andretti
Mechanical retirements
25
49
Crash retirements
18
16
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
1968
1975 · aged 27
First win
1971 · aged 31
1976
First pole
1968
1976 · aged 29
First title
1978 · aged 38
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-3.9
Season points trajectory
1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982
James Hunt Mario Andretti
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit James Hunt Mario Andretti
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Jarama 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Watkins Glen 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Fuji Speedway 1 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Long Beach 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 2 · P1
Mosport International Raceway 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Zolder 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 1 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P12
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P5
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Montjuïc 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
James Hunt
MAR
HES
MCL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
Mario Andretti
LOT
FER
PAR
TEA
Lotus-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Ferrari 1971–1972Parnelli 1974–1975Team Lotus 1976Parnelli 1976Team Lotus 1977–1980Alfa Romeo 1981Ferrari 1982Williams 1982
19681982
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).