Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
3
1
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt
Nigel Mansell
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
31
Poles
14
32
Podiums
23
59
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
482
Starts
93
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt
Nigel Mansell
Win rate
10.8%
16.3%
Podium rate
24.7%
31.1%
Pole rate
15.1%
16.8%
Points / start
1.9
2.5
Avg grid
P7.0
P6.4
Avg finish
P11.5
P11.1
Finish rate
52.7%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt
Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
25
54
Crash retirements
18
25
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
1980
1975 · aged 27
First win
1985 · aged 32
1976
First pole
1984
1976 · aged 29
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
James Hunt
Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | James Hunt | Nigel Mansell |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 1 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 1 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P2 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 1 · P2 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Jarama | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Dijon-Prenois | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Zolder | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Long Beach | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
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).