Denny Hulme vs Emerson Fittipaldi, 1974

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

In the 1974 season, Denny Hulme and Emerson Fittipaldi were teammates at McLaren, competing in 15 races together. Fittipaldi outqualified Hulme 14 times and finished ahead of him in 7 out of 8 classified races. Fittipaldi earned 55 championship points and won 3 Grands Prix, while Hulme secured 20 points and 1 victory.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
114Qualifyingof 15 compared
17Race finishesof 8 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.

1974 season
15
Races together
15
20
Points
55
1
Wins
3
2
Podiums
7
P1
Best finish
P1
12.0
Average grid
5.1
6.1
Average finish
3.6
5
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:1973197219711970