Torsten Palm

Swedish · 1975–1975
VS

James Hunt

British · 1973–1979
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
0
Qualifyingahead
0
1
Torsten Palm · James Hunt
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1 0
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 1
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
1
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1975
Career totals
Torsten Palm James Hunt
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
10
Poles
0
14
Podiums
0
23
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
179
Starts
1
93
Rate-adjusted · per start
Torsten Palm James Hunt
Win rate
0%
10.8%
Podium rate
0%
24.7%
Pole rate
0%
15.1%
Points / start
0.0
1.9
Avg grid
P21.0
P7.0
Avg finish
P10.0
P11.5
Finish rate
100%
52.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Torsten Palm James Hunt
Mechanical retirements
0
25
Crash retirements
0
18
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1973
First win
1975 · aged 27
First pole
1976
First title
1976 · aged 29
P10
Best finish
P1
+11.0
Avg places gained
-4.4
Season points trajectory
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Torsten Palm James Hunt
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Torsten Palm James Hunt
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Scandinavian Raceway 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Torsten Palm 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 James Hunt
Team history
Torsten Palm
HES
Hesketh 1975
James Hunt
MAR
HES
MCL
WOL
March 1973–1974Hesketh 1974–1975McLaren 1976–1978Wolf 1979
19731979
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).