James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
VS

Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt Mike Hawthorn
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
3
Poles
14
4
Podiums
23
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
124.64
Starts
93
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
10.8%
6.5%
Podium rate
24.7%
37%
Pole rate
15.1%
8.7%
Points / start
1.9
2.7
Avg grid
P7.0
P5.8
Avg finish
P11.5
P7.1
Finish rate
52.7%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
25
10
Crash retirements
18
1
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
1952
1975 · aged 27
First win
1953 · aged 24
1976
First pole
1958
1976 · aged 29
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976
James Hunt Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit James Hunt Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P3
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · —
Team history
James Hunt
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521979
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).