Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
VS

Piero Taruffi

Italian · 1950–1956
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
1
Qualifyingahead
1
0
Mike Hawthorn · Piero Taruffi
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
2 7
9 shared
Qualifying H2H
2 6
8 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
2
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
1952 P3
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1954
Career totals
Mike Hawthorn Piero Taruffi
Championships
1
0
Wins
3
1
Poles
4
0
Podiums
17
5
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
124.64
41
Starts
46
18
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Hawthorn Piero Taruffi
Win rate
6.5%
5.6%
Podium rate
37%
27.8%
Pole rate
8.7%
0%
Points / start
2.7
2.3
Avg grid
P5.8
P6.2
Avg finish
P7.1
P7.7
Finish rate
73.9%
72.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mike Hawthorn Piero Taruffi
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1952
Debut season
1950
1953 · aged 24
First win
1952 · aged 45
1958
First pole
1958 · aged 29
First title
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-1.1
Season points trajectory
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Mike Hawthorn Piero Taruffi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Mike Hawthorn Piero Taruffi
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Mike Hawthorn 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1 Piero Taruffi
Circuit de Pedralbes 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Mike Hawthorn 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — Piero Taruffi
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Mike Hawthorn 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P2 Piero Taruffi
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Mike Hawthorn 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P2 Piero Taruffi
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Mike Hawthorn 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · P4 Piero Taruffi
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Mike Hawthorn 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — Piero Taruffi
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Mike Hawthorn 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3 Piero Taruffi
Aintree 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Mike Hawthorn 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4 Piero Taruffi
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
Mike Hawthorn 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8 Piero Taruffi
Team history
Mike Hawthorn
FER
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
Piero Taruffi
FER
FER
Alfa Romeo 1950Ferrari 1951–1952Ferrari 1954–1955Mercedes 1955Vanwall 1956
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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).