Ken Wharton

British · 1952–1955
VS

Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
0
Qualifyingahead
0
1
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
1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
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
Ken Wharton
COO
FRA
COO
MAS
VAN
Mike Hawthorn
COO
FER
VAN
MAS
BRM
VAN
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521958
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).