As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Johnny McDowell · Sam Hanks
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
2
3 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
3
3 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
—
Best championship
P7
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1950
0
1
1952
Career totals
Johnny McDowell
Sam Hanks
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
20
Starts
3
8
Rate-adjusted · per start
Johnny McDowell
Sam Hanks
Win rate
0%
12.5%
Podium rate
0%
50%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
2.5
Avg grid
P30.7
P11.6
Avg finish
P23.7
P11.3
Finish rate
66.7%
50%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Johnny McDowell
Sam Hanks
Mechanical retirements
1
3
Crash retirements
0
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1950
—
First win
1957 · aged 42
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P18
Best finish
P1
+7.0
Avg places gained
+0.4
Season points trajectory
Johnny McDowell
Sam Hanks
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Johnny McDowell | Sam Hanks |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P18 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Johnny McDowell 0 · 0 · P18 1 · 4 · P1 Sam Hanks | ||
Team history
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).