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Peter Whitehead

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SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by YearRanking by season

Name Peter Whitehead
Country Great Britain Great Britain
Place of Birth Menston
Date of Birth 12/11/1914
Date of Death 21/09/1958
First Race Grand Prix de France 02/07/1950
Last Race British Grand Prix 17/07/1954
Best Qualifying 8th – British Grand Prix 14/07/1951
Best Result 3rd – Grand Prix de France 02/07/1950
First Podium Grand Prix de France 02/07/1950
Last Podium Grand Prix de France 02/07/1950

Races 14
Race Starts 10
Drivers’ Titles 0
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 1
Points 4
Average Points 0.40
Laps 435
Laps Led 0

Ferrari (1950-1952), Alta (1952), Cooper (1953-1954)

3rd1 Time
7th1 Time
9th2 Times
10th1 Time
DNF5 Times
DNA2 Times
DNQ1 Time
DNS1 Time

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1950FerrariAlberto Ascari324900002314
Dorino Serafini720300000101
Giovanni Bracco7290000001010
Luigi Villoresi384000001212
Raymond Sommer2040300000202
1951FerrariAlberto Ascari9101401011515
Brian Shawe-Taylor0000000000
Chico Landi19200000001001
José Froilán González9102301010404
Luigi Villoresi9301100001405
Peter Staechelin15220000001010
Piero Taruffi1520800000303
Reg Parnell2340300000101
Rudolf Fischer15110000001120
1952FerrariAlberto Ascari101017.502010202
André Simon2960000000101
Charles de Tornaco29250000000000
Giuseppe Farina1040300010202
Hans Von Stuck29330000000000
Louis Rosier10100000001111
Luigi Villoresi2930400000101
Peter Hirt10300000001010
Piero Taruffi1020600000202
Roy Salvadori1080000000101
Rudolf Fischer10130000001102
1953CooperAlan Brown9150000001010
Bob Gerard9250000001010
David Clarke0000000000
Jimmy Stewart9110000001010
Ken Wharton980000000101
Ninian Sanderson0000000000
Stirling Moss9320000001010
Tony Crook9280000001010
1954CooperAlan Brown28310000001010
Bob Gerard28100000000101
Eric Brandon28290000001010
Graham Whitehead0000000000
Horace Gould28150000000101
Rodney Nuckey0000000000

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1954 Great Britain Cooper Alta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.00
1953 Great Britain Cooper Alta 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0.00
1952 Great Britain Alta
Italy Ferrari
Alta
Ferrari
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0.00
1951 Italy Ferrari Ferrari 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0.00
1950 Italy Ferrari Ferrari 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 133 0 4 2.00

19501951195219531954
9th36th47th43rd98th

Extra Championship
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year

Name Peter Whitehead
Country Great Britain Great Britain
Place of Birth Menston
Date of Birth 12/11/1914
Date of Death 21/09/1958
First Race Gran Premio de Buenos Aires 18/12/1949
Last Race New Zealand Grand Prix 12/01/1957
Best Qualifying 2nd – (8 times)
First Win Jersey Road Race 13/07/1950
Last Win Ulster Trophy 12/08/1950
First Podium Jersey Road Race 13/07/1950
Last Podium New Zealand Grand Prix 12/01/1957

Races 56
Race Starts 49
Victories 2
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 3
Podiums 12
Laps 1574
Laps Led 89

Ferrari (1950-1952, 1954-1957), ERA (1950), Alta (1952), Cooper (1953-1954)

1st2 Times
2nd4 Times
3rd6 Times
4th4 Times
5th9 Times
6th1 Time
7th1 Time
8th1 Time
10th3 Times
11th3 Times
DNF15 Times
DNA6 Times
DNS1 Time

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1950ERABob Gerard1130000000110
Brian Shawe-Taylor1150000000101
Graham Whitehead1160000000101
Joe Ashmore11140000001001
FerrariAlberto Ascari310003032516
Benedicto Campos1040000001202
Dorino Serafini1020000001413
Giovanni Bracco18110000000101
Juan Manuel Fangio1020000010303
Luigi Chinetti24200000000101
Luigi Villoresi410001010505
Piero Taruffi2430000000101
Raymond Sommer1890000000101
Roberto Vallone1840000000101
1951FerrariAlberto Ascari510001023113
David Murray580000001001
Dorino Serafini1020000000101
Giovanni Bracco5140000001010
José Froilán González510001000202
Luigi Villoresi5110000003003
Peter Staechelin380000001010
Piero Taruffi630000000101
Reg Parnell2020000000101
Rudolf Fischer320000000303
Stirling Moss6200000001010
1952AltaGordon Watson4220000001010
Oliver Simpson4140000002020
Peter Mould11190000001000
FerrariAlberto Ascari410001011102
Bill Dobson5100000003112
Bobbie Baird580000002101
Chico Landi520000000211
Domenico Tramontana5110000001010
Franco Comotti560000002011
Franco Cortese5140000002010
Giovanni Bracco5170000001010
Giuseppe Farina430000011202
Johnnie Parsons4140000001010
José Froilán González1710001010101
Louis Rosier510001000302
Luigi Villoresi410002011203
Peter Hirt4100000002020
Piero Carini590000001010
Piero Taruffi420000000202
Rudolf Fischer430000001304
Sergio Sighinolfi5120000001001
Vittorio Marzotto580000001010
1953CooperAlan Brown3160000004040
Archie Bryde3120000004040
Bernie Ecclestone2140000001000
Berwyn Baxter3120000001000
Bob Gerard320000001312
Donald Bennett370000003020
Edward Greenall230000002010
Eric Brandon540000003140
Graham Whitehead360000002020
Jacques Swaters8160000001010
Jimmy Somervail2100000003020
Jimmy Stewart5120000001010
Jock Lawrence490000001010
Jock McBain2110000001000
Joe Kelly3110000001000
John Barber3130000001010
John Sparrowe5130000001010
Keith Hall280000001000
Ken Wharton320000002313
Les Leston230000012102
Ninian Sanderson8140000001010
Paul Emery5150000001010
Peter Reece2100000001010
Peter Walker9140000001010
Rodney Nuckey330000002120
Roy Salvadori9120000001010
Stirling Moss350000004031
Tom Cole370000003021
Tony Crook250000004020
1954CooperAlan Brown5110000001100
Bob Gerard1020000000201
Charles Mauritzen10130000001000
Dick Gibson1070000000200
Eric Brandon1260000000100
Graham Whitehead33320000000000
Horace Gould1040000000200
Jimmy Somervail12120000001101
Jock McBain12170000001000
Keith Hall5190000001000
Rodney Nuckey550000002100
Tony Crook10210000001000
1955FerrariDick Cobden2110000001010
Tony Gaze230000001010
1956FerrariLex Davison370000001010
Reg Parnell360000001010
Tony Gaze320000000110
1957FerrariReg Parnell210001000110
Ron Roycroft2180000011001
Ross Jensen240000001010

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1957 Italy Ferrari Ferrari 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 120 19 0 0.00
1956 Italy Ferrari Ferrari 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 178 0 0 0.00
1955 Italy Ferrari Ferrari 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 100 0 0 0.00
1954 Great Britain Cooper
Italy Ferrari
Alta
Ferrari
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 0 0.00
1953 Great Britain Cooper Alta 12 0 2 2 4 0 0 253 0 0 0.00
1952 Great Britain Alta
Italy Ferrari
Alta
Ferrari
15 0 0 0 0 0 1 345 0 0 0.00
1951 Italy Ferrari Ferrari 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 248 0 0 0.00
1950 Great Britain ERA
Italy Ferrari
ERA
Ferrari
9 2 0 1 3 0 1 271 70 0 0.00

Grand Prix
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year

Name Peter Whitehead
Country Great Britain Great Britain
Place of Birth Menston
Date of Birth 12/11/1914
Date of Death 21/09/1958
First Race Junior Car Club 200 Miles Race 29/08/1936
Last Race Grand Prix du Salon 09/10/1949
Best Qualifying 2nd – (2 times)
First Win Velká cena Československa 25/09/1949
Last Win Velká cena Československa 25/09/1949
First Podium Donington Grand Prix 03/10/1936
Last Podium Velká cena Československa 25/09/1949

Races 30
Race Starts 27
Victories 1
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 1
Podiums 6
Laps 803
Laps Led 5

ERA (1936-1937, 1939), (1946-1947, 1949), Ferrari (1949)

1st1 Time
2nd2 Times
3rd3 Times
4th1 Time
6th1 Time
7th2 Times
8th2 Times
9th1 Time
10th1 Time
DNF10 Times
DNQF3 Times
DNA2 Times
DNS1 Time

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1936ERAArthur Dobson360000001211
Cyril Paul19180000000110
Denis Evans3130000001010
Denis Scribbans380000001220
Douglas Briault330000001120
Earl Howe1920000000110
Hector Dobbs3160000001001
Kenneth Evans1930000000110
Patrick Fairfield19140000010101
Peter Walker330000000010
Prince Bira19100000000110
Raymond Mays1410001000210
Reggie Tongue340000001010
1937ERAArthur Dobson310001001313
Carlo Pintacuda370000001010
Charles Brackenbury370000001010
Charles Martin3140000001111
Denis Scribbans2340000000101
Earl Howe370000001203
Ian Connell3100000001111
Patrick Fairfield2370000000100
Peter Walker23220000010101
Raymond Mays370000011203
Reggie Tongue360000002121
1939ERABilly Cotton840000000100
Bob Ansell890000001000
Peter Aitken830000000100
Raymond Mays810001000100
St. John Horsfall850000000100
1946ERABob Gerard860000001100
George Bainbridge830000000200
Ian Connell17130000000100
Leslie Brooke1180000001110
Prince Bira1760000000101
Raymond Mays1790000000101
Reg Parnell11190000001001
1947ERABilly Cotton25200000000110
Bob Gerard210001000422
Brian Shawe-Taylor260000001010
Cuth Harrison230000001340
David Hampshire6120000001001
Fred Ashmore16100000000110
George Abecassis2110000001120
George Bainbridge260000001010
Ian Connell770000000010
Joe Ashmore2540000000110
John Bolster25110000000110
John Heath670000001010
Leslie Brooke240000003250
Peter Walker25130000000110
Prince Bira16190000001010
Raymond Mays2530000000101
Reg Parnell7100000002020
Wilkie Wilkinson7100000001010
1949ERABob Gerard2130000001010
Cuth Harrison230000001010
Geoffrey Ansell2110000001010
Leslie Johnson250000001001
FerrariAlberto Ascari310003012635
Bruno Sterzi12130000001010
Dudley Folland880000000010
Felice Bonetto950000001212
Ferdinando Righetti12210000001001
Franco Cortese130010001120
Giovanni Bracco1260000000110
Giuseppe Farina12250000001010
Gordon Watson7270000001010
Ken Richardson8120000001010
Luigi Chinetti1260010001010
Luigi Villoresi310001031607
Raymond Mays8120000001010
Raymond Sommer1050000002112
Roberto Vallone1280000000110

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1949 Great Britain ERA
Italy Ferrari
ERA
Ferrari
13 1 1 1 3 0 1 459 5 0 0.00
1947 Great Britain ERA ERA 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 140 0 0 0.00
1946 Great Britain ERA ERA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0.00
1939 Great Britain ERA ERA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1937 Great Britain ERA ERA 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 88 0 0 0.00
1936 Great Britain ERA ERA 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 85 0 0 0.00

All
Statistics

Races 100
Race Starts 86
Victories 3
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 4
Podiums 19
Points 4
Laps 2812
Laps Led 94

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