Mario Andretti

American · 1968–1982
VS

Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Mario Andretti Mike Hawthorn
Championships
1
1
Wins
12
3
Poles
18
4
Podiums
19
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
180
124.64
Starts
128
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mario Andretti Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
9.4%
6.5%
Podium rate
14.8%
37%
Pole rate
14.1%
8.7%
Points / start
1.4
2.7
Avg grid
P8.6
P5.8
Avg finish
P12.5
P7.1
Finish rate
49.2%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mario Andretti Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
49
10
Crash retirements
16
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1968
Debut season
1952
1971 · aged 31
First win
1953 · aged 24
1968
First pole
1958
1978 · aged 38
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.9
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980
Mario Andretti Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Mario Andretti Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 2 · P3
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 3 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Mario Andretti
TEA
Lotus-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Ferrari 1971–1972Parnelli 1974–1975Team Lotus 1976Parnelli 1976Team Lotus 1977–1980Alfa Romeo 1981Ferrari 1982Williams 1982
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19521982
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).