Denny Hulme
New Zealander · 1965–1974
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
Denny Hulme Mike Hawthorn
Championships
1
1
Wins
8
3
Poles
1
4
Podiums
33
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
248
124.64
Starts
112
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Denny Hulme Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
7.1%
6.5%
Podium rate
29.5%
37%
Pole rate
0.9%
8.7%
Points / start
2.2
2.7
Avg grid
P7.3
P5.8
Avg finish
P8.2
P7.1
Finish rate
69.6%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Denny Hulme Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
29
10
Crash retirements
5
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
1965
Debut season
1952
1967 · aged 30
First win
1953 · aged 24
1973
First pole
1958
1967 · aged 31
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.0
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973
Denny Hulme Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Denny Hulme Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 2 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Nürburgring 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Denny Hulme
MCL
Brabham-Climax 1965–1966Brabham-Repco 1966–1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968McLaren-BRM 1968McLaren-Ford 1969–1970McLaren 1971–1974
Mike Hawthorn
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521974
Denny Hulme → 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).