Alan Jones

Australian · 1975–1986
VS

Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alan Jones Mike Hawthorn
Championships
1
1
Wins
12
3
Poles
6
4
Podiums
24
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
206
124.64
Starts
117
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alan Jones Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
10.3%
6.5%
Podium rate
20.5%
37%
Pole rate
5.1%
8.7%
Points / start
1.8
2.7
Avg grid
P11.5
P5.8
Avg finish
P11.4
P7.1
Finish rate
59%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alan Jones Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
31
10
Crash retirements
14
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1975
Debut season
1952
1977 · aged 30
First win
1953 · aged 24
1979
First pole
1958
1980 · aged 33
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1957 1962 1967 1972 1977 1982
Alan Jones Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alan Jones Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 3 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Alan Jones
Hesketh 1975Embassy Hill 1975Surtees 1976Shadow 1977Williams 1978–1981Arrows 1983Lola 1985–1986
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521986
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).