Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
VS

Nigel Mansell

British · 1980–1995
Championship record
1
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
3
2
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Mike Hawthorn Nigel Mansell
Championships
1
1
Wins
3
31
Poles
4
32
Podiums
17
59
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
124.64
482
Starts
46
190
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Hawthorn Nigel Mansell
Win rate
6.5%
16.3%
Podium rate
37%
31.1%
Pole rate
8.7%
16.8%
Points / start
2.7
2.5
Avg grid
P5.8
P6.4
Avg finish
P7.1
P11.1
Finish rate
73.9%
54.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mike Hawthorn Nigel Mansell
Mechanical retirements
10
54
Crash retirements
1
25
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1952
Debut season
1980
1953 · aged 24
First win
1985 · aged 32
1958
First pole
1984
1958 · aged 29
First title
1992 · aged 39
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-4.5
Season points trajectory
1952 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994
Mike Hawthorn Nigel Mansell
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Mike Hawthorn Nigel Mansell
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 3 · 5 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Team history
Mike Hawthorn
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
Nigel Mansell
Team Lotus 1980–1984Williams 1985–1988Ferrari 1989–1990Williams 1991–1992Williams 1994McLaren 1995
19521995
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).