Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Denny Hulme

New Zealander · 1965–1974
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Denny Hulme
Championships
2
1
Wins
13
8
Poles
13
1
Podiums
15
33
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
248
Starts
32
112
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Denny Hulme
Win rate
40.6%
7.1%
Podium rate
46.9%
29.5%
Pole rate
40.6%
0.9%
Points / start
4.2
2.2
Avg grid
P3.9
P7.3
Avg finish
P8.5
P8.2
Finish rate
59.4%
69.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari Denny Hulme
Mechanical retirements
10
29
Crash retirements
3
5
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1965
1951 · aged 33
First win
1967 · aged 30
1951
First pole
1973
1952 · aged 34
First title
1967 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-1.0
Season points trajectory
1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974
Alberto Ascari Denny Hulme
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Denny Hulme
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Rouen-Les-Essarts 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Team history
Alberto Ascari
FER
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Denny Hulme
MCL
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
19501974
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).