James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
VS

Patrick Tambay

French · 1977–1986
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
4
11
Qualifyingahead
14
1
James Hunt · Patrick Tambay
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
12 15
27 shared
Qualifying H2H
25 2
27 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
1
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 0
1977 P5 1978 P13
Teammate battle by season
4
11
1978
Career totals
James Hunt Patrick Tambay
Championships
1
0
Wins
10
2
Poles
14
5
Podiums
23
11
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
179
103
Starts
93
117
Rate-adjusted · per start
James Hunt Patrick Tambay
Win rate
10.8%
1.7%
Podium rate
24.7%
9.4%
Pole rate
15.1%
4.3%
Points / start
1.9
0.9
Avg grid
P7.0
P10.9
Avg finish
P11.5
P12.7
Finish rate
52.7%
49.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
James Hunt Patrick Tambay
Mechanical retirements
25
30
Crash retirements
18
26
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 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1973
Debut season
1977
1975 · aged 27
First win
1982 · aged 33
1976
First pole
1983
1976 · aged 29
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.4
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985
James Hunt Patrick Tambay
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit James Hunt Patrick Tambay
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Watkins Glen 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Paul Ricard 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Fuji Speedway 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Jarama 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P13
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Mosport International Raceway 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Red Bull Ring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P2
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P10
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4
Long Beach 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Zolder 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
James Hunt
MAR
HES
MCL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
Patrick Tambay
MCL
FER
REN
Ensign 1977McLaren 1978–1979Ligier 1981Theodore 1981Ferrari 1982–1983Renault 1984–1985Lola 1986
19731986
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).