Graham Whitehead is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Alta. Whitehead has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,185 ranks Whitehead 7271th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1952-07-19 | Silverstone | P12 | +45 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +46 | Silverstone 1952 | Formula 1 | P12 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Alta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +1,839 | 3,189 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Stirling MossHigher-rated | 6,330 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇬🇧 Peter CollinsHigher-rated | 6,124 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Harry SchellHigher-rated | 6,087 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,261 | 🇬🇧 Don Beauman | Formula 1 | 3,186 |
| 7,262 | 🇬🇧 Ewan THOMAS | Le Mans Cup | 3,186 |
| 7,263 | 🇺🇸 Harry Blanchard | Formula 1 | 3,186 |
| 7,264 | 🇺🇸 Jon Brownson | Prototype Winter Series | 3,186 |
| 7,265 | 🇬🇧 Jonathan Williams | Formula 1 | 3,186 |
| 7,266 | 🇺🇸 Larry Crockett | Formula 1 | 3,186 |
| 7,267 | 🇸🇪 Torsten Palm | Formula 1 | 3,186 |
| 7,268 | 🇺🇸 Al Carter | GT4 America | 3,185 |
| 7,269 | 🇿🇦 Bruce Johnstone | Formula 1 | 3,185 |
| 7,270 | 🇲🇽 Franco Zanella | TCR World Tour | 3,185 |
| 7,271 | 🇬🇧 Graham Whitehead | Formula 1 | 3,185 |
| 7,272 | 🇩🇪 Hans Klenk | Formula 1 | 3,185 |
| 7,273 | 🏳️ Jared Salinsky | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,185 |
| 7,274 | 🇺🇸 Jim Rigsby | Formula 1 | 3,185 |
| 7,275 | 🇿🇦 Luki Botha | Formula 1 | 3,185 |
| 7,276 | 🇺🇸 Myron Fohr | Formula 1 | 3,185 |
| 7,277 | 🇮🇹 Nello Pagani | Formula 1 | 3,185 |
| 7,278 | 🇺🇸 Rob Ecklin | Zenith Racing Series | 3,185 |
| 7,279 | 🇲🇽 Santos Zanella | TCR World Tour | 3,185 |
| 7,280 | 🇺🇸 Yves Baltas | GT4 America | 3,185 |
| 7,281 | 🇦🇷 Alberto Rodriguez Larreta | Formula 1 | 3,184 |
Graham Whitehead was a competitive amateur whose single-season racing career in 1952 placed him in club-level competition; his Racer Rating of 3,415 reflects a driver racing at the front of club fields rather than among established professionals. His sole Formula 1 appearance came in the 1952 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, where he qualified for the grid and finished twelfth in the race, piloting an Alta chassis for the marque's works entry. The field he faced was genuinely strong; he finished ahead of Harry Schell, Toulo de Graffenried, Rudi Fischer and Alan Brown, all drivers of considerably higher standing.[1]
Beyond Formula 1, Whitehead's career encompassed non-championship single-seater races and, from biographical sources, endurance racing at the highest level. He competed in the 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he achieved a second-place finish weeks before the death of his half-brother Peter Whitehead, a much stronger driver of 6,843 rating who raced for the same Alta concern. After that tragedy, Whitehead returned to racing with Aston Martin and Ferrari machinery before retiring at the end of 1961. His career was thus bounded by tragedy and separated by racing at two very different levels; the anomaly of a club-level driver starting a Formula 1 grand prix remains a relic of the era in which he raced.[2]