Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
5
4
Qualifyingahead
8
1
Alberto Ascari · Mike Hawthorn
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
11 7
18 shared
Qualifying H2H
16 2
18 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 1
1952 P1 1953 P1 1954 P3
Teammate battle by season
5
3
1953
0
1
1954
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Mike Hawthorn
Championships
2
1
Wins
13
3
Poles
13
4
Podiums
15
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
124.64
Starts
32
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
40.6%
6.5%
Podium rate
46.9%
37%
Pole rate
40.6%
8.7%
Points / start
4.2
2.7
Avg grid
P3.9
P5.8
Avg finish
P8.5
P7.1
Finish rate
59.4%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
10
10
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1952
1951 · aged 33
First win
1953 · aged 24
1951
First pole
1958
1952 · aged 34
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Alberto Ascari Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Circuit Bremgarten 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Pedralbes 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1
Rouen-Les-Essarts 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Alberto Ascari
FER
LAN
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Mike Hawthorn
FER
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19501958
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).