Jochen Rindt
Austrian · 1964–1970
VS

Mike Hawthorn
British · 1952–1958
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jochen Rindt Mike Hawthorn
Championships
1
1
Wins
6
3
Poles
10
4
Podiums
13
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
109
124.64
Starts
61
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jochen Rindt Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
9.8%
6.5%
Podium rate
21.3%
37%
Pole rate
16.4%
8.7%
Points / start
1.8
2.7
Avg grid
P6.5
P5.8
Avg finish
P9.9
P7.1
Finish rate
42.6%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Jochen Rindt Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
30
10
Crash retirements
4
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
1964
Debut season
1952
1969 · aged 27
First win
1953 · aged 24
1968
First pole
1958
1970 · aged 28
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.2
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970
Jochen Rindt Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jochen Rindt Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-BRM 1964Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Maserati 1966–1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970
Mike Hawthorn
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521970
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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).