Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
VS

Nico Rosberg

German · 2006–2016
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
2
2
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Mike Hawthorn Nico Rosberg
Championships
1
1
Wins
3
23
Poles
4
30
Podiums
17
57
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
124.64
1,594.5
Starts
46
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Hawthorn Nico Rosberg
Win rate
6.5%
11.2%
Podium rate
37%
27.7%
Pole rate
8.7%
14.6%
Points / start
2.7
7.7
Avg grid
P5.8
P6.9
Avg finish
P7.1
P8.3
Finish rate
73.9%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Mike Hawthorn Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
0
1,583
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.9
Places lost
0
1,574
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
Mike Hawthorn Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
10
15
Crash retirements
1
14
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1952
Debut season
2006
1953 · aged 24
First win
2012 · aged 26
1958
First pole
2012
1958 · aged 29
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
1952 1960 1968 1976 1984 1992 2000 2008 2016
Mike Hawthorn Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Mike Hawthorn Nico Rosberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · — 3 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 1 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
Nico Rosberg
Williams 2006–2009Mercedes 2010–2016
19522016
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).