As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Mike Hawthorn · Ken Wharton
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
12
—
3
15 shared
Qualifying H2H
15
—
0
15 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
0
P1
Best championship
P13
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
1952
P5
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1952
Career totals
Mike Hawthorn
Ken Wharton
Championships
1
0
Wins
3
0
Poles
4
0
Podiums
17
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
124.64
3
Starts
46
16
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Hawthorn
Ken Wharton
Win rate
6.5%
0%
Podium rate
37%
0%
Pole rate
8.7%
0%
Points / start
2.7
0.2
Avg grid
P5.8
P13.4
Avg finish
P7.1
P12.6
Finish rate
73.9%
56.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mike Hawthorn
Ken Wharton
Mechanical retirements
10
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: 1 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1952
Debut season
1952
1953 · aged 24
First win
—
1958
First pole
—
1958 · aged 29
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P4
-1.2
Avg places gained
+0.8
Season points trajectory
Mike Hawthorn
Ken Wharton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mike Hawthorn | Ken Wharton |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Hawthorn 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton | ||
| Circuit de Pedralbes | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Mike Hawthorn 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P8 Ken Wharton | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Mike Hawthorn 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 0 · P8 Ken Wharton | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Mike Hawthorn 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P9 Ken Wharton | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Hawthorn 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Hawthorn 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton | ||
| Circuit Bremgarten | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Mike Hawthorn 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4 Ken Wharton | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Mike Hawthorn 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P9 Ken Wharton | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mike Hawthorn 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton | ||
Team history
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).