Skip to content

Menu
GBR

Drivers/United Kingdom

David Hobbs

  • 1967–1974
  • HOB
  • Born 9 June 1939 in Royal Leamington Spa
  • David Wishart Hobbs

Compare with another driverSeason by season in the Explorer

Career numbers

  • Avg grid position17.7
  • Avg finish8.8
  • Retirement rate14%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+57
  • Points scored0
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak–
  • Longest points-scoring streak–
  • TeamsBRM (1967) · Lola (1967) · Honda (1968) · McLaren (1971, 1974)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

3 1967: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1968: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1971: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1974: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 19671968197119743 1967: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1968: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1971: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1974: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 196719711974
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1967BRM, Lola30–
1968Honda10–
1971McLaren10–
1974McLaren20–

Every race

7 entries. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 7 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1967British Grand PrixBRM14P8
German Grand PrixLola22P10
Canadian Grand PrixBRM12P9
1968Italian Grand PrixHonda14DNF
1971United States Grand PrixMcLaren22P10
1974Austrian Grand PrixMcLaren17P7
Italian Grand PrixMcLaren23P9

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Denny Hulme1971–19740:20:3+1.06%0 : 7Compare
Emerson Fittipaldi19740:10:2–0 : 6Compare
Chris Irwin19670:10:2–0 : 0Compare
Mike Spence19670:10:2–0 : 2Compare
Jackie Stewart19670:00:2–0 : 0Compare
Jo Bonnier19711:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Hubert Hahne19670:00:1–0 : 0Compare
John Surtees19680:00:1–0 : 0Compare

Green: David Hobbs came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Monza29