Stirling Moss

British · 1951–1961
VS

Ken Wharton

British · 1952–1955
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
3
3
Qualifyingahead
6
0
Stirling Moss · Ken Wharton
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
6 7
13 shared
Qualifying H2H
11 2
13 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
4
Runner-up
0
7
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P13
Teammate battle by season
2
0
1953
1
3
1954
Career totals
Stirling Moss Ken Wharton
Championships
0
0
Wins
15
0
Poles
17
0
Podiums
21
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
176.64
3
Starts
67
16
Rate-adjusted · per start
Stirling Moss Ken Wharton
Win rate
22.4%
0%
Podium rate
31.3%
0%
Pole rate
25.4%
0%
Points / start
2.6
0.2
Avg grid
P4.7
P13.4
Avg finish
P9.4
P12.6
Finish rate
53.7%
56.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Stirling Moss Ken Wharton
Mechanical retirements
30
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
1951
Debut season
1952
1955 · aged 25
First win
1952
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P4
-4.7
Avg places gained
+0.8
Season points trajectory
1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961
Stirling Moss Ken Wharton
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Stirling Moss Ken Wharton
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Stirling Moss 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P9 Ken Wharton
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton
Aintree 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P9
Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P9 Ken Wharton
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · — Ken Wharton
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
Stirling Moss 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8 Ken Wharton
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4
Stirling Moss 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4 Ken Wharton
Circuit de Pedralbes 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
Stirling Moss 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8 Ken Wharton
Team history
Stirling Moss
MAS
HWM 1951ERA 1952HWM 1952Connaught 1952Cooper 1953Connaught 1953Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Maserati 1956–1957Vanwall 1957Cooper 1958Vanwall 1958BRM 1959Cooper-Climax 1959Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1960Lotus-Climax 1961
Ken Wharton
19511961
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).