Brett Lunger vs James Hunt, 1978

Teammates at McLaren — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1978 season, Brett Lunger and James Hunt competed as teammates at McLaren across 10 races. Lunger did not outqualify or finish ahead of Hunt in any of the races they both completed, while Hunt outqualified Lunger 10 times and finished ahead of him twice. Hunt earned 8 championship points and achieved 1 podium finish, while Lunger scored 0 points and had no podiums, with their average finishes being 10 and 6.3, respectively.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
010Qualifyingof 10 compared
02Race finishesof 2 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

1978 season
10
Races together
10
0
Points
8
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
1
P7
Best finish
P3
21.2
Average grid
7.8
10.0
Average finish
6.3
4
Did not finish
10
Other seasons together:197719761975