As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Sam Hanks · Jim Rathmann
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4
—
3
7 shared
Qualifying H2H
6
—
1
7 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P7
Best championship
P8
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 1
1952
P10
1957
P8
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1952
1
0
1953
1
0
1954
1
0
1956
1
0
1957
Career totals
Sam Hanks
Jim Rathmann
Championships
0
0
Wins
1
1
Poles
0
0
Podiums
4
4
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
20
29
Starts
8
10
Rate-adjusted · per start
Sam Hanks
Jim Rathmann
Win rate
12.5%
10%
Podium rate
50%
40%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
2.5
2.9
Avg grid
P11.6
P17.3
Avg finish
P11.3
P11.3
Finish rate
50%
80%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Sam Hanks
Jim Rathmann
Mechanical retirements
3
1
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
1950
Debut season
1950
1957 · aged 42
First win
1960 · aged 31
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
+6.0
Season points trajectory
Sam Hanks
Jim Rathmann
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Sam Hanks | Jim Rathmann |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Sam Hanks 1 · 4 · P1 1 · 4 · P1 Jim Rathmann | ||
Team history
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).