Jack Brabham

Australian · 1955–1970
VS

Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
Race H2H
2 13
15 shared
Qualifying H2H
2 13
15 shared
Championship record
3
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
4
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
1958 P1
Career totals
Jack Brabham Mike Hawthorn
Championships
3
1
Wins
14
3
Poles
13
4
Podiums
31
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
261
124.64
Starts
128
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jack Brabham Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
10.9%
6.5%
Podium rate
24.2%
37%
Pole rate
10.2%
8.7%
Points / start
2.0
2.7
Avg grid
P7.4
P5.8
Avg finish
P9.2
P7.1
Finish rate
58.6%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jack Brabham Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
44
10
Crash retirements
8
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
1955
Debut season
1952
1959 · aged 33
First win
1953 · aged 24
1959
First pole
1958
1959 · aged 33
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.8
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970
Jack Brabham Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jack Brabham Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Reims-Gueux 2 · 3 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Aintree 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Circuito da Boavista 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P3
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Ain Diab 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P2
Team history
Jack Brabham
COO
BRA
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
Mike Hawthorn
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521970
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).