James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
VS

Nino Farina

Italian · 1950–1955
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
1
1
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
James Hunt Nino Farina
Championships
1
1
Wins
10
5
Poles
14
5
Podiums
23
18
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
122.33
Starts
93
34
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt Nino Farina
Win rate
10.8%
14.7%
Podium rate
24.7%
52.9%
Pole rate
15.1%
14.7%
Points / start
1.9
3.6
Avg grid
P7.0
P3.1
Avg finish
P11.5
P5.9
Finish rate
52.7%
76.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt Nino Farina
Mechanical retirements
25
6
Crash retirements
18
2
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
1950
1975 · aged 27
First win
1950 · aged 43
1976
First pole
1950
1976 · aged 29
First title
1950 · aged 43
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-2.8
Season points trajectory
1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978
James Hunt Nino Farina
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit James Hunt Nino Farina
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
James Hunt
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
Nino Farina
FER
Alfa Romeo 1950–1951Ferrari 1952–1955
19501979
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).