Driver · United Kingdom · born
James Hunt
Took the 1976 title by one point in the Fuji rain. Later a famously unvarnished BBC commentator alongside Murray Walker.
- Seasons
- 1973–19797 with an entry
- Entries
- 93
- Starts
- 921 did not start
- Wins
- 10
- Podiums
- 23
- Poles
- 14
- Fastest laps
- 8
- Titles
- 11976
- Best finish
- P1
Where each championship finished
Final championship position by season, ringed for a title. No dot: not in the final standings, or excluded. The dots are not in team colours: no season on this record has one.
Season by season
| Season | Constructor | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Poles | FL | Best | Championship | Points scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Walter Wolf Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | — | 0 |
| 1978 | McLaren | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | 13 | 8 |
| 1977 | McLaren | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | P1 | 5 | 40 |
| 1976 | McLaren | 16 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | P1 | 1 | 69 |
| 1975 | Hesketh | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | P1 | 4 | 33 |
| 1974 | March,Hesketh | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P3 | 8 | 15 |
| 1973 | March | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | P2 | 8 | 14 |
Team-mates
| Season | Team-mate | Constructor | Races | Qualifying | Race | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 15 | 14–1 | 2–3 | 8–8 |
| 1978 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 14 | 12–0 | 1–0 | 8–0 |
| 1978 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 5 | 5–0 | none | 4–0 |
| 1978 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 3 | 3–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1978 | Emilio de Villota | McLaren | 1 | 1–0 | none | 1–0 |
| 1978 | Tony Trimmer | McLaren | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1977 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 17 | 16–1 | 3–1 | 40–25 |
| 1977 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 10 | 10–0 | 2–1 | 22–0 |
| 1977 | Emilio de Villota | McLaren | 7 | 7–0 | none | 9–0 |
| 1977 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1977 | Gilles Villeneuve | McLaren | 1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 9–0 |
| 1976 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 16 | 15–1 | 8–0 | 69–19 |
| 1975 | Alan Jones | Hesketh | 4 | 4–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1975 | Brett Lunger | Hesketh | 3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 |
| 1975 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | 3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 1975 | Torsten Palm | Hesketh | 2 | 2–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1974 | Ian Scheckter | Hesketh | 1 | 1–0 | none | 4–0 |
| 1974 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | 2 | 1–1 | none | 0–0 |
| 1974 | Howden Ganley | March | 2 | 2–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1973 | Mike Beuttler | March | 7 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 13–0 |
| 1973 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | March | 5 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 |
| 1973 | David Purley | March | 4 | 3–1 | none | 7–0 |
| 1973 | Roger Williamson | March | 2 | 2–0 | none | 7–0 |
| 1973 | Reine Wisell | March | 1 | 1–0 | none | 1–0 |
Every entry 93 entries
Show all 93 entriesShow the first 10, Every entry
Where this comes from
- Born
- Died
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Status
- deceased
- Entries (published)
- 93
- Starts (published)
- 92
- Wins
- 10 derived · 10 published
- Poles
- 14 derived · 14 published
- Fastest laps
- 8 derived · 8 published
- External source
- F1DB career totals, v2026.18.0
- Confidence
- high
- Source
- https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers
Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.