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Ken Wharton

F1
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by YearRanking by season

Name Ken Wharton
Country Great Britain Great Britain
Place of Birth Smethwick
Date of Birth 21/03/1916
Date of Death 12/01/1957
First Race Grosser Preis der Schweiz 18/05/1952
Last Race Gran Premio d’Italia 11/09/1955
Best Qualifying 7th – (2 times)
Best Result 4th – Grosser Preis der Schweiz 18/05/1952

Races 18
Race Starts 15
Drivers’ Titles 0
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 0
Points 3
Average Points 0.20
Laps 750
Laps Led 0

Frazer-Nash (1952), Cooper (1952-1953), Maserati (1954), Vanwall (1955)

4th1 Time
6th1 Time
7th1 Time
8th3 Times
9th2 Times
DNF6 Times
NC1 Time
DNA3 Times

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1952CooperAlan Brown9150000001001
Eric Brandon9130000001010
Mike Hawthorn9160000001001
Frazer-NashTony Crook34210000000101
1953CooperAlan Brown8120000001120
Bob Gerard8110000001111
David Clarke0000000000
Jimmy Stewart8110000001010
Ninian Sanderson0000000000
Peter Whitehead890000001010
Stirling Moss8130000002222
Tony Crook8280000001010
1954MaseratiAlberto Ascari82100.1400003021
Emmanuel de Graffenried6110000002020
Francisco Godia860000000101
Giovanni de Riu8220000001010
Harry Schell670000004132
Jorge Daponte29230000000010
Louis Rosier870000000110
Luigi Musso820600000101
Luigi Villoresi850200001112
Onofre Marimón8304.1400000212
Ottorino Volonterio8110000001010
Prince Bira840300002222
Roberto Mieres640600000523
Ron Flockhart8200000001010
Roy Salvadori6150000003012
Sergio Mantovani650400003232
Stirling Moss61300.1400004114
1955VanwallHarry Schell990000001112
Mike Hawthorn35180000000101

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1955 Great Britain Vanwall Vanwall 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0.00
1954 Italy Maserati Maserati 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 243 0 0 0.00
1953 Great Britain Cooper Bristol 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 235 0 0 0.00
1952 Great Britain Cooper
Great Britain Frazer-Nash
Bristol
Frazer-Nash
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 222 0 3 0.75

1952195319541955
13th26th28th39th

Extra Championship
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year

Name Ken Wharton
Country Great Britain Great Britain
Place of Birth Smethwick
Date of Birth 21/03/1916
Date of Death 12/01/1957
First Race Goodwood Trophy 29/09/1951
Last Race Australian Grand Prix 02/12/1956
First Pole Glover Trophy 06/04/1953
Last Pole New Zealand Grand Prix 09/01/1954
First Win Glover Trophy 06/04/1953
Last Win Glover Trophy 19/04/1954
First Podium ADAC Eifel-Rennen 25/05/1952
Last Podium RedeX Trophy 13/08/1955

Races 49
Race Starts 39
Victories 7
Poles 4
Fastest Laps 7
Podiums 20
Laps 797
Laps Led 41

ERA (1951-1952), BRM (1952-1954), Frazer-Nash (1952), Cooper (1953), - (1954), Maserati (1954), (1956-1957), Vanwall (1955), Ferrari (1956)

1st7 Times
2nd7 Times
3rd6 Times
4th1 Time
5th1 Time
6th3 Times
7th1 Time
9th1 Time
DNF12 Times
DNA8 Times
DNS2 Times

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1951ERABob Gerard640000000101
Brian Shawe-Taylor6160000001001
David Hampshire6120000001010
Graham Whitehead6100000001001
1952BRMJosé Froilán González310001012112
Juan Manuel Fangio20190000000000
Raymond Mays2370000001000
Reg Parnell210001001200
Stirling Moss20180000000000
ERABob Gerard7100000001120
Graham Whitehead13140000001001
Frazer-NashBilly Skelly280000003121
Bob Gerard7100000001120
Jack Walton1050000000210
Joe Little10130000001110
John Melvin1080000001110
Lawrence Mitchell260000001120
Peter Bolton25180000000100
Peter Scott-Russell25270000001000
Richard Odlum9150000001001
Tony Crook7170000001010
1953BRMJosé Froilán González920000000110
Juan Manuel Fangio220000042204
Reg Parnell1100020102020
CooperAlan Brown2170000003030
Archie Bryde2120000004040
Bernie Ecclestone1250000000101
Berwyn Baxter9120000001000
Bob Gerard110011004413
Donald Bennett270000001110
Duncan Hamilton4150000001010
Eric Brandon170010003020
Graham Whitehead260000002020
Horace Gould120010002311
Jack Walton180010002000
Jacques Swaters5160000001010
Jimmy Somervail160010003120
Jimmy Stewart130020003011
Jock Lawrence290000001010
Jock McBain1110010001010
Joe Kelly9110000001000
John Barber2130000001010
John Sparrowe6130000001010
Keith Hall0000000000
Les Leston350000002010
Mike Hawthorn4200000001010
Ninian Sanderson1140010002010
Paul Emery6150000001010
Peter Whitehead230000003231
Rodney Nuckey340000002211
Stirling Moss210001015232
Tom Cole2230000001010
Tony Crook250000003220
1954BRMRon Flockhart140010001000
MaseratiHarry Schell2030000000101
Louis Rosier2060000000202
Roy Salvadori2030000000202
Sergio Mantovani2040000000101
Stirling Moss2010002020202
1955VanwallDesmond Titterington2230000000101
Harry Schell210001000202
Mike Hawthorn15160000001001
1956MaseratiArnold Glass17240000001010
Bruce Halford26210000000001
Jack Brabham17120000001111
Jean Behra1720000000101
Kevin Neal17130000000110
Louis Rosier2660000000101
Luigi Piotti26250000000000
Reg Hunt1740000000110
Roy Salvadori2690000000101
Stan Jones1750000000110
Stirling Moss1710001010101
1957MaseratiBib Stillwell25200000000101
Frank Shuter25270000000000
Horace Gould25220000000101
Jack Brabham0000000000
Pat Hoare25190000000101
Phil Neill25280000000000
Stan Jones2530000000101

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1956 Italy Ferrari
Italy Maserati
Ferrari
Maserati
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0.00
1955 Great Britain Vanwall Vanwall 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 47 0 0 0.00
1954 - -
Great Britain BRM
Italy Maserati
-
BRM
Maserati
2 1 1 0 2 1 2 120 20 0 0.00
1953 Great Britain BRM
Great Britain Cooper
BRM
Bristol
19 6 3 4 13 3 5 356 21 0 0.00
1952 Great Britain BRM
Great Britain ERA
Great Britain Frazer-Nash
BRM
ERA
Frazer-Nash
13 0 2 2 4 0 0 240 0 0 0.00
1951 Great Britain ERA ERA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0.00
1957 Italy Maserati Maserati 0 0 0

All
Statistics

Races 67
Race Starts 54
Victories 7
Poles 4
Fastest Laps 7
Podiums 20
Points 3
Laps 1547
Laps Led 41

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