Ken Wharton
British · 1952–1955
VS

Ottorino Volonterio
Swiss · 1954–1957
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
0
Qualifyingahead
1
0
Ken Wharton · Ottorino Volonterio
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1 — 0
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
1 — 0
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P13
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1954
Career totals
Ken Wharton Ottorino Volonterio
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
3
0
Starts
16
3
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ken Wharton Ottorino Volonterio
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.2
0.0
Avg grid
P13.4
P18.7
Avg finish
P12.6
P9.7
Finish rate
56.2%
33.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ken Wharton Ottorino Volonterio
Mechanical retirements
4
1
Crash retirements
1
0
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
1954
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P4
Best finish
P11
+0.8
Avg places gained
+9.0
Season points trajectory
1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Ken Wharton Ottorino Volonterio
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ken Wharton Ottorino Volonterio
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P11
Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P11 Ottorino Volonterio
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Ottorino Volonterio
Circuit de Pedralbes 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · —
Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · — Ottorino Volonterio
Team history
Ken Wharton
COO
FRA
COO
MAS
VAN
Cooper 1952Frazer Nash 1952Cooper 1953Maserati 1954Vanwall 1955
Ottorino Volonterio
MAS
MAS
Maserati 1954Maserati 1956–1957
19521957
Ken Wharton → Ottorino Volonterio → Compare others
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).