As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Alberto Ascari · Ken Wharton
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
8
—
3
11 shared
Qualifying H2H
10
—
1
11 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P13
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
1952
P1
Teammate battle by season
0
2
1954
Career totals
Alberto Ascari
Ken Wharton
Championships
2
0
Wins
13
0
Poles
13
0
Podiums
15
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
3
Starts
32
16
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari
Ken Wharton
Win rate
40.6%
0%
Podium rate
46.9%
0%
Pole rate
40.6%
0%
Points / start
4.2
0.2
Avg grid
P3.9
P13.4
Avg finish
P8.5
P12.6
Finish rate
59.4%
56.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari
Ken Wharton
Mechanical retirements
10
4
Crash retirements
3
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: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1952
1951 · aged 33
First win
—
1951
First pole
—
1952 · aged 34
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P4
-4.6
Avg places gained
+0.8
Season points trajectory
Alberto Ascari
Ken Wharton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alberto Ascari | Ken Wharton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Alberto Ascari 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Alberto Ascari 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P9 Ken Wharton | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Alberto Ascari 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P8 Ken Wharton | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Alberto Ascari 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton | ||
| Nürburgring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Alberto Ascari 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton | ||
| Circuit Bremgarten | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Alberto Ascari 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4 Ken Wharton | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Alberto Ascari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton | ||
| Circuit de Pedralbes | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Alberto Ascari 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P8 Ken Wharton | ||
Team history
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).