British · Wolf · Born 29 August 1947
James Hunt
1× World Champion7 seasons between 1973 – 1979 · 93 Grands Prix
Car number 20Career stats
1
championships
10
wins
14
pole positions
23
podiums
93
Grands Prix
179
career points
47
DNFs
7
seasons
Points per season
Bar height = points; orange = titleyear
1979 season
Wolf · 27th in the championship
Grand prix
7
races
0
GP points
0
wins
0
podiums
0
poles
1
top 10s
—
fastest laps
6
DNFs
Sprint
0
total races
0
sprint points
0
poles
0
wins
0
podiums
0
top 10s
Season by season
Championship position and points, then the Grand Prix record · Points are the championship totals from the standings.| Year | Team | Pos | Pts | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | Top 10 | FL | DNFs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Wolf | 27th | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 6 |
| 1978 | McLaren | 13th | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | — | 9 |
| 1977 | McLaren | 5th | 40 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | — | 8 |
| 1976 | McLaren | 1st | 69 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | — | 5 |
| 1975 | Hesketh | 4th | 33 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | — | 7 |
| 1974 | March,Hesketh | 8th | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | — | 9 |
| 1973 | March | 8th | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | — | 3 |
Fastest laps are recorded from 2004 (—).
Sprints
Sprint points count toward the championship and career totals; sprints are not Grands PrixSprint races were introduced in 2021, after James Hunt's last season (1979).