Championship record
1
World titles
4
0
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
7
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Max Verstappen
Championships
1
4
Wins
10
71
Poles
14
48
Podiums
23
130
Fastest laps
0
37
Career points
179
3,383.5
Starts
93
243
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Max Verstappen
Win rate
10.8%
29.2%
Podium rate
24.7%
53.5%
Pole rate
15.1%
19.8%
Points / start
1.9
13.9
Avg grid
P7.0
P4.9
Avg finish
P11.5
P5.6
Finish rate
52.7%
86.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
James Hunt
Max Verstappen
Overtakes
0
1,358
Overtakes / race
0.0
5.8
Places lost
0
1,135
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
Max Verstappen
Mechanical retirements
25
14
Crash retirements
18
15
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 · 4
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
2015
1975 · aged 27
First win
2016 · aged 18
1976
First pole
2019
1976 · aged 29
First title
2021 · aged 24
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-0.6
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Max Verstappen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Max Verstappen |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 5 · 9 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P2 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
Team history
James Hunt
Max Verstappen
19732026
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).