Mika Häkkinen
Finnish · 1991–2001
VS

Mike Hawthorn
British · 1952–1958
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
2
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Mika Häkkinen Mike Hawthorn
Championships
2
1
Wins
20
3
Poles
26
4
Podiums
51
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
420
124.64
Starts
163
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mika Häkkinen Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
12.3%
6.5%
Podium rate
31.3%
37%
Pole rate
16%
8.7%
Points / start
2.6
2.7
Avg grid
P7.2
P5.8
Avg finish
P9.7
P7.1
Finish rate
65%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Mika Häkkinen Mike Hawthorn
Overtakes
408
0
Overtakes / race
4.3
0.0
Places lost
379
0
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Mika Häkkinen Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
42
10
Crash retirements
14
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: 1 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1991
Debut season
1952
1997 · aged 29
First win
1953 · aged 24
1997
First pole
1958
1998 · aged 30
First title
1958 · aged 29
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.5
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1952 1959 1966 1973 1980 1987 1994 2001
Mika Häkkinen Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Mika Häkkinen Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 4 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 2 · P3
Team history
Mika Häkkinen
MCL
Team Lotus 1991–1992McLaren 1993–2001
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19522001
Mika Häkkinen → Mike Hawthorn → 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).