James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
VS

Nigel Mansell

British · 1980–1995
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
1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994
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
James Hunt
MCL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
Nigel Mansell
TEA
WIL
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
19731995
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).