Graham Hill
British · 1958–1975
VS

Mike Hawthorn
British · 1952–1958
Race H2H
1 — 8
9 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 — 9
9 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
1
3
Runner-up
0
5
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Graham Hill Mike Hawthorn
Championships
2
1
Wins
14
3
Poles
13
4
Podiums
36
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
289
124.64
Starts
177
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Graham Hill Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
7.9%
6.5%
Podium rate
20.3%
37%
Pole rate
7.3%
8.7%
Points / start
1.6
2.7
Avg grid
P10.3
P5.8
Avg finish
P10.0
P7.1
Finish rate
58.2%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Graham Hill Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
58
10
Crash retirements
13
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: 3 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
1952
1962 · aged 33
First win
1953 · aged 24
1962
First pole
1958
1962 · aged 33
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973
Graham Hill Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Graham Hill Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 5 · 7 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P3
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Aintree 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Ain Diab 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Graham Hill
BRM
LOT
Team Lotus 1958–1959BRM 1960–1966Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1969Team Lotus 1970Brabham 1971–1972Shadow 1973Lola 1974–1975
Mike Hawthorn
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521975
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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).