James Hunt
British · 1973–1979
VS

Mika Häkkinen
Finnish · 1991–2001
Championship record
1
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt Mika Häkkinen
Championships
1
2
Wins
10
20
Poles
14
26
Podiums
23
51
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
420
Starts
93
163
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt Mika Häkkinen
Win rate
10.8%
12.3%
Podium rate
24.7%
31.3%
Pole rate
15.1%
16%
Points / start
1.9
2.6
Avg grid
P7.0
P7.2
Avg finish
P11.5
P9.7
Finish rate
52.7%
65%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
James Hunt Mika Häkkinen
Overtakes
0
408
Overtakes / race
0.0
4.3
Places lost
0
379
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 Mika Häkkinen
Mechanical retirements
25
42
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
1991
1975 · aged 27
First win
1997 · aged 29
1976
First pole
1997
1976 · aged 29
First title
1998 · aged 30
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-2.5
Season points trajectory
1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001
James Hunt Mika Häkkinen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit James Hunt Mika Häkkinen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 5 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 2 · 3 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · — 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 4 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
James Hunt
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
Mika Häkkinen
MCL
Team Lotus 1991–1992McLaren 1993–2001
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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).