Mike Hailwood is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren. Hailwood has recorded 0 wins and 2 podiums from 51 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,925 ranks Hailwood 364th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1974-08-04 | Nürburgring | P15 | −17 |
| 1974-07-20 | Brands Hatch | DNF | −52 |
| 1974-07-07 | Dijon-Prenois | P7 | +70 |
| 1974-06-23 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | P4 | +120 |
| 1974-06-09 | Scandinavian Raceway | DNF | −112 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | ▸Formula 1 | McLaren | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | P10 | +562 | 5,050 |
| 1973 | ▸Formula 1 | Surtees | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −336 | 4,488 |
| 1972 | ▸Formula 1 | Surtees | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | P8 | +164 | 4,824 |
| 1971 | ▸Formula 1 | Surtees | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | P18 | +146 | 4,660 |
| 1965 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −105 | 4,513 |
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | P19 | −174 | 4,618 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −8 | 4,792 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50% |
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 5,522 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% |
| 🇸🇪 Ronnie Peterson | 5,168 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 3,999 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 4,768 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58% |
| 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann | 5,765 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda | 5,364 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| 🇨🇭 Clay Regazzoni | 5,253 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| 🇳🇿 Chris Amon | 4,788 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart | 5,923 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
Mike Hailwood was a British driver who raced in Formula 1 between 1963 and 1974, starting 51 times for McLaren and Surtees. His record yielded two podium finishes but no victories. He competed across the peak years of the sport against champions including Graham Hill, Denny Hulme, and Emerson Fittipaldi, typically finishing in the middle of classified grids at an average of P7.9. His head-to-head records against the era's leading drivers show mixed results; he ran level with Graham Hill across 18 shared races, finished ahead of Jackie Stewart on one occasion, and held a modest edge over Jody Scheckter and duel Carlos Reutemann. Against Emerson Fittipaldi, a two-time champion, he was significantly outpaced, finishing behind him 12 times in 15 encounters.[1]
Hailwood's primary team was Surtees, which accounted for more than half his starts but was not a competitive front-runner in the index. His career in single-seaters sat at the professional level of the national and international racing ladder; a Racer Rating of 4,925 places him in the mid-to-lower reaches of a competitive professional field. His 1974 season, his last, saw him finish tenth overall across 11 rounds with a single podium, marking the closing phase of a career that never climbed to championship contention in Formula 1 despite more than a decade of participation.[2]