Damon Hill
British · 1992–1999
VS

Mike Hawthorn
British · 1952–1958
Championship record
1
World titles
1
2
Runner-up
0
4
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Damon Hill Mike Hawthorn
Championships
1
1
Wins
22
3
Poles
20
4
Podiums
42
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
360
124.64
Starts
116
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Damon Hill Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
19%
6.5%
Podium rate
36.2%
37%
Pole rate
17.2%
8.7%
Points / start
3.1
2.7
Avg grid
P6.1
P5.8
Avg finish
P8.9
P7.1
Finish rate
68.1%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Damon Hill Mike Hawthorn
Overtakes
342
0
Overtakes / race
5.6
0.0
Places lost
287
0
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Damon Hill Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
18
10
Crash retirements
18
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1992
Debut season
1952
1993 · aged 32
First win
1953 · aged 24
1993
First pole
1958
1996 · aged 36
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.8
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994
Damon Hill Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Damon Hill Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2
Team history
Damon Hill
Brabham 1992Williams 1993–1996Arrows 1997Jordan 1998–1999
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521999
Damon Hill → Mike Hawthorn → Compare others
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).