Peter Hirt

Swiss · 1951–1953
VS

Mike Hawthorn

British · 1952–1958
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
1
Qualifyingahead
0
1
Peter Hirt · Mike Hawthorn
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1 2
3 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 3
3 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
1
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
2
Best championship
P1
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1953
Career totals
Peter Hirt Mike Hawthorn
Championships
0
1
Wins
0
3
Poles
0
4
Podiums
0
17
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
124.64
Starts
5
46
Rate-adjusted · per start
Peter Hirt Mike Hawthorn
Win rate
0%
6.5%
Podium rate
0%
37%
Pole rate
0%
8.7%
Points / start
0.0
2.7
Avg grid
P18.6
P5.8
Avg finish
P17.2
P7.1
Finish rate
40%
73.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Peter Hirt Mike Hawthorn
Mechanical retirements
3
10
Crash retirements
0
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: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1951
Debut season
1952
First win
1953 · aged 24
First pole
1958
First title
1958 · aged 29
P7
Best finish
P1
+1.4
Avg places gained
-1.2
Season points trajectory
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Peter Hirt Mike Hawthorn
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Peter Hirt Mike Hawthorn
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2
Peter Hirt 0 · 0 · — 0 · 3 · P2 Mike Hawthorn
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P3
Peter Hirt 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P3 Mike Hawthorn
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P4
Peter Hirt 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P4 Mike Hawthorn
Team history
Peter Hirt
VER
FER
Veritas 1951Ferrari 1952–1953
Mike Hawthorn
COO
FER
VAN
MAS
BRM
VAN
FER
Cooper 1952Ferrari 1953–1955Vanwall 1955Maserati 1956BRM 1956Vanwall 1956Ferrari 1957–1958
19511958
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).