Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
2
1
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Nico Rosberg
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
23
Poles
14
30
Podiums
23
57
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
179
1,594.5
Starts
93
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Nico Rosberg
Win rate
10.8%
11.2%
Podium rate
24.7%
27.7%
Pole rate
15.1%
14.6%
Points / start
1.9
7.7
Avg grid
P7.0
P6.9
Avg finish
P11.5
P8.3
Finish rate
52.7%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
James Hunt
Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
0
1,583
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.9
Places lost
0
1,574
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
Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
25
15
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
2006
1975 · aged 27
First win
2012 · aged 26
1976
First pole
2012
1976 · aged 29
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Nico Rosberg |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 3 · 4 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Fuji Speedway | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
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).