Championship record
1
World titles
7
0
Runner-up
2
1
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Michael Schumacher
Championships
1
7
Wins
10
91
Poles
14
68
Podiums
23
155
Fastest laps
0
21
Career points
179
1,566
Starts
93
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
10.8%
29.5%
Podium rate
24.7%
50.3%
Pole rate
15.1%
22.1%
Points / start
1.9
5.1
Avg grid
P7.0
P4.9
Avg finish
P11.5
P6.9
Finish rate
52.7%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
James Hunt
Michael Schumacher
Overtakes
0
1,503
Overtakes / race
0.0
6.5
Places lost
0
1,353
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
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
25
31
Crash retirements
18
31
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 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
1991
1975 · aged 27
First win
1992 · aged 23
1976
First pole
1994
1976 · aged 29
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P2 | 4 · 10 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
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).