Eric Brandon
British · 1952–1954
VS

Mike Hawthorn
British · 1952–1958
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
2
Qualifyingahead
0
3
Eric Brandon · Mike Hawthorn
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1 — 3
4 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 — 4
4 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
2
—
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
1
2
1952
Career totals
Eric Brandon Mike Hawthorn
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
3
Poles
0
4
Podiums
0
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
124.64
Starts
5
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Eric Brandon Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
0%
6.5%
Podium rate
0%
37%
Pole rate
0%
8.7%
Points / start
0.0
2.7
Avg grid
P18.4
P5.8
Avg finish
P15.8
P7.1
Finish rate
80%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Eric Brandon Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
1
10
Crash retirements
0
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
1952
Debut season
1952
—
First win
1953 · aged 24
—
First pole
1958
—
First title
1958 · aged 29
P8
Best finish
P1
+2.6
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Eric Brandon Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Eric Brandon Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P20 0 · 3 · P2
Eric Brandon 0 · 0 · P20 0 · 3 · P2 Mike Hawthorn
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 2 · P2
Eric Brandon 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 2 · P2 Mike Hawthorn
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P2
Eric Brandon 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P2 Mike Hawthorn
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3
Eric Brandon 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 1 · P3 Mike Hawthorn
Team history
Eric Brandon
COO
COO
Cooper 1952Cooper 1954
Mike Hawthorn
COO
FER
VAN
MAS
BRM
VAN
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521958
Eric Brandon → 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).