Johnny Claes
Belgian · 1950–1955
VS

Mike Hawthorn
British · 1952–1958
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
1
Qualifyingahead
0
1
Johnny Claes · Mike Hawthorn
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0 — 10
10 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 — 9
9 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
2
—
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1955
Career totals
Johnny Claes Mike Hawthorn
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
3
Poles
0
4
Podiums
0
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
124.64
Starts
24
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Johnny Claes Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
0%
6.5%
Podium rate
0%
37%
Pole rate
0%
8.7%
Points / start
0.0
2.7
Avg grid
P18.5
P5.8
Avg finish
P13.0
P7.1
Finish rate
58.3%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Johnny Claes Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
5
10
Crash retirements
3
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: 2 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1952
—
First win
1953 · aged 24
—
First pole
1958
—
First title
1958 · aged 29
P7
Best finish
P1
+5.6
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Johnny Claes Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Johnny Claes Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · P12 2 · 2 · P1
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · P12 2 · 2 · P1 Mike Hawthorn
Circuit de Pedralbes 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1 Mike Hawthorn
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 3 · P2
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 3 · P2 Mike Hawthorn
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2 Mike Hawthorn
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P2
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P2 Mike Hawthorn
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2 Mike Hawthorn
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 Mike Hawthorn
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P4
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P4 Mike Hawthorn
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · —
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · — Mike Hawthorn
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Johnny Claes 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Mike Hawthorn
Team history
Johnny Claes
LAG
Talbot-Lago 1950–1951Simca 1952HWM 1952Gordini 1952Maserati 1953Connaught 1953Ferrari 1955Maserati 1955
Mike Hawthorn
FER
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
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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).