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🇬🇧 Mike Hawthorn

Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, Ferrari. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Mike Hawthorn
Born
10 April 1929(b. 1929)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Ferrari
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Championships
11958
Career wins
3
Career podiums
18
Career starts
46
Career DNFs
13
Racer Rating
6,504
Mike Hawthorn
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,504
Rank 52 of 40,105 indexed, -604 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
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Mike Hawthorn is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Hawthorn is a one-time champion (1958), with 3 wins and 18 podiums from 46 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,504 ranks Hawthorn 52th 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1958 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFARGMONFRAGBRARGMONFRAGBRGERITAARGMONNEDBELFRAGBRGERPORITAMOR
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1958-10-19Ain DiabFormula 1P2+74
1958-09-07Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaFormula 1P2+78
1958-08-24Circuito da BoavistaFormula 1P2+77
1958-08-03NürburgringFormula 1DNF−38
1958-07-19SilverstoneFormula 1P2+84
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+132Reims-Gueux 1953Formula 1P1
+130Silverstone 1952Formula 1P3
+116Reims-Gueux 1958Formula 1P1
+114Nürburgring 1957Formula 1P2
+113Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1952Formula 1P4
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Silverstone5 starts+20
Zandvoort4 starts+12
Nürburgring4 starts+10
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps5 starts+5
Struggles
Circuit de Monaco4 starts-47
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez5 starts-12
Reims-Gueux4 starts-6
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1958▸Formula 1Ferrari10172449P1+5177,108
1957▸Formula 1Ferrari6022013P4+1696,591
1956▸Formula 1BRM401204P9−2286,422
1955▸Formula 1Ferrari500200P15−2546,650
1954▸Formula 1Ferrari8143025P3+1296,904
1953▸Formula 1Ferrari8130027P4+7066,775
1952▸Formula 1Cooper5012010P4+4,7186,068
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Hawthorn finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇫🇷 Jean Behra5,96842281467%
🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant5,96140261465%
🇬🇧 Stirling Moss6,33038221658%
🇺🇸 Harry Schell6,0873728976%
🇦🇷 Juan Fangio6,88933102330%
🇬🇧 Peter Collins6,1242921872%
🇫🇷 Louis Rosier5,9602217577%
🇬🇧 Roy Salvadori5,6782217577%
🇮🇹 Luigi Musso6,1242112957%
🇮🇹 Luigi Villoresi6,0191911858%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Mike Hawthorn is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Hawthorn is a one-time champion (1958), with 3 wins and 18 podiums from 46 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,504 ranks Hawthorn 52th 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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