As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Ken Wharton · Alberto Ascari
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
8
11 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
10
11 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
2
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
3
P13
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
1952
P1
Teammate battle by season
2
0
1954
Career totals
Ken Wharton
Alberto Ascari
Championships
0
2
Wins
0
13
Poles
0
13
Podiums
0
15
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
3
134.14
Starts
16
32
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ken Wharton
Alberto Ascari
Win rate
0%
40.6%
Podium rate
0%
46.9%
Pole rate
0%
40.6%
Points / start
0.2
4.2
Avg grid
P13.4
P3.9
Avg finish
P12.6
P8.5
Finish rate
56.2%
59.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ken Wharton
Alberto Ascari
Mechanical retirements
4
10
Crash retirements
1
3
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1952
Debut season
1950
—
First win
1951 · aged 33
—
First pole
1951
—
First title
1952 · aged 34
P4
Best finish
P1
+0.8
Avg places gained
-4.6
Season points trajectory
Ken Wharton
Alberto Ascari
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ken Wharton | Alberto Ascari |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 2 · 3 · P1 Alberto Ascari | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P9 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P9 2 · 2 · P1 Alberto Ascari | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P8 2 · 2 · P1 Alberto Ascari | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 2 · 2 · P1 Alberto Ascari | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 2 · 2 · P1 Alberto Ascari | ||
| Circuit Bremgarten | 0 · 0 · P4 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1 Alberto Ascari | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Alberto Ascari | ||
| Circuit de Pedralbes | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4 Alberto Ascari | ||
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).