As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
James Hunt · Nelson Piquet
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
7
—
5
12 shared
Qualifying H2H
8
—
4
12 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
3
0
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
2
1
1978
Career totals
James Hunt
Nelson Piquet
Championships
1
3
Wins
10
23
Poles
14
24
Podiums
23
60
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
485.5
Starts
93
205
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Nelson Piquet
Win rate
10.8%
11.2%
Podium rate
24.7%
29.3%
Pole rate
15.1%
11.7%
Points / start
1.9
2.4
Avg grid
P7.0
P6.7
Avg finish
P11.5
P9.8
Finish rate
52.7%
61%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt
Nelson Piquet
Mechanical retirements
25
51
Crash retirements
18
28
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
1978
1975 · aged 27
First win
1980 · aged 27
1976
First pole
1980
1976 · aged 29
First title
1981 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-3.1
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Nelson Piquet
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Nelson Piquet |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 3 · 3 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 3 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Watkins Glen | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P7 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Jarama | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
Team history
James Hunt
Nelson Piquet
McLaren 1978Brabham 1978Ensign 1978Brabham-Ford 1979Brabham-Alfa Romeo 1979Brabham 1980–1985Williams 1986–1987Team Lotus 1988–1989Benetton 1990–1991
19731991
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).