As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Ken Wharton · Mike Hawthorn
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3
—
12
15 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
15
15 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
2
P13
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
1952
P5
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1952
Career totals
Ken Wharton
Mike Hawthorn
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
3
Poles
0
4
Podiums
0
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
3
124.64
Starts
16
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ken Wharton
Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
0%
6.5%
Podium rate
0%
37%
Pole rate
0%
8.7%
Points / start
0.2
2.7
Avg grid
P13.4
P5.8
Avg finish
P12.6
P7.1
Finish rate
56.2%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ken Wharton
Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
4
10
Crash retirements
1
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
1952
Debut season
1952
—
First win
1953 · aged 24
—
First pole
1958
—
First title
1958 · aged 29
P4
Best finish
P1
+0.8
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
Ken Wharton
Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Ken Wharton | Mike Hawthorn |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 2 · 2 · P1 Mike Hawthorn | ||
| Circuit de Pedralbes | 0 · 0 · P8 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 1 · P1 Mike Hawthorn | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 3 · P2 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 3 · P2 Mike Hawthorn | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P2 Mike Hawthorn | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2 Mike Hawthorn | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2 Mike Hawthorn | ||
| Circuit Bremgarten | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3 Mike Hawthorn | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3 Mike Hawthorn | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Mike Hawthorn | ||
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).