Ken Wharton

British · 1952–1955
VS

Peter Whitehead

British · 1950–1954
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
1
0
Qualifyingahead
1
0
Ken Wharton · Peter Whitehead
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2 0
2 shared
Qualifying H2H
2 0
2 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P13
Best championship
P9
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1953
Career totals
Ken Wharton Peter Whitehead
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
3
4
Starts
16
11
Rate-adjusted · per start
Ken Wharton Peter Whitehead
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
9.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.2
0.4
Avg grid
P13.4
P16.7
Avg finish
P12.6
P14.5
Finish rate
56.2%
54.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Ken Wharton Peter Whitehead
Mechanical retirements
4
4
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1952
Debut season
1950
First win
First pole
First title
P4
Best finish
P3
+0.8
Avg places gained
+2.3
Season points trajectory
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Ken Wharton Peter Whitehead
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Ken Wharton Peter Whitehead
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Peter Whitehead
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P9
Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P9 Peter Whitehead
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P7
Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P7 Peter Whitehead
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Ken Wharton 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — Peter Whitehead
Team history
Ken Wharton
COO
FRA
COO
MAS
VAN
Peter Whitehead
FER
ALT
COO
Ferrari 1950–1952Alta 1952Cooper 1953–1954
19501955
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).