Peter Whitehead

British · 1950–1954
VS

Ken Wharton

British · 1952–1955
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
0
1
Qualifyingahead
0
1
Peter Whitehead · Ken Wharton
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0 2
2 shared
Qualifying H2H
0 2
2 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P9
Best championship
P13
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1953
Career totals
Peter Whitehead Ken Wharton
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
4
3
Starts
11
16
Rate-adjusted · per start
Peter Whitehead Ken Wharton
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
9.1%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.4
0.2
Avg grid
P16.7
P13.4
Avg finish
P14.5
P12.6
Finish rate
54.5%
56.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Peter Whitehead Ken Wharton
Mechanical retirements
4
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: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1952
First win
First pole
First title
P3
Best finish
P4
+2.3
Avg places gained
+0.8
Season points trajectory
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
Peter Whitehead Ken Wharton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Peter Whitehead Ken Wharton
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Peter Whitehead 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P8
Peter Whitehead 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P8 Ken Wharton
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P9
Peter Whitehead 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P9 Ken Wharton
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Peter Whitehead 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Ken Wharton
Team history
Peter Whitehead
FER
ALT
COO
Ferrari 1950–1952Alta 1952Cooper 1953–1954
Ken Wharton
COO
FRA
COO
MAS
VAN
19501955
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).