John Surtees
British · 1960–1972
VS

Mike Hawthorn
British · 1952–1958
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
John Surtees Mike Hawthorn
Championships
1
1
Wins
6
3
Poles
8
4
Podiums
24
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
124.64
Starts
112
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
John Surtees Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
5.4%
6.5%
Podium rate
21.4%
37%
Pole rate
7.1%
8.7%
Points / start
1.6
2.7
Avg grid
P7.7
P5.8
Avg finish
P10.3
P7.1
Finish rate
50%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
John Surtees Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
50
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1952
1963 · aged 29
First win
1953 · aged 24
1960
First pole
1958
1964 · aged 30
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.7
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970
John Surtees Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit John Surtees Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Nürburgring 2 · 4 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · — 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Aintree 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Team history
John Surtees
FER
SUR
Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1961Lola 1962Ferrari 1963–1966Cooper-Maserati 1966Honda 1967–1968BRM 1969McLaren-Ford 1970Surtees 1970–1972
Mike Hawthorn
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521972
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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).