Mike Spence

British · 1963–1968
VS

Walt Hansgen

American · 1961–1964
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
1
Qualifyingahead
1
0
Mike Spence · Walt Hansgen
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0 1
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
1 0
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P8
Best championship
P18
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 0
1964 P12
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1964
Career totals
Mike Spence Walt Hansgen
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
1
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
27
2
Starts
36
4
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mike Spence Walt Hansgen
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
2.8%
0%
Pole rate
2.8%
0%
Points / start
0.8
0.5
Avg grid
P9.9
P15.5
Avg finish
P9.8
P17.0
Finish rate
55.6%
75%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Mike Spence Walt Hansgen
Mechanical retirements
15
0
Crash retirements
1
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1963
Debut season
1961
First win
1964
First pole
First title
P3
Best finish
P5
+0.1
Avg places gained
+4.0
Season points trajectory
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Mike Spence Walt Hansgen
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Mike Spence Walt Hansgen
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Mike Spence 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Walt Hansgen
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Mike Spence 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Walt Hansgen
Team history
Mike Spence
LOT
LOT
BRM
Lotus-Climax 1963–1965Lotus-BRM 1966BRM 1967–1968
Walt Hansgen
COO
TEA
LOT
19611968
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).