Ken Wharton – flyinglap

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SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by YearRanking by season

Name	Ken Wharton
Country	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)

4th	1 Time
6th	1 Time
7th	1 Time
8th	3 Times
9th	2 Times
DNF	6 Times
NC	1 Time
DNA	3 Times

Season	Team	Team Mate	Best Pos			Position		Qualifying
1952	Cooper	Alan Brown	9	15	0	1	0	0	1
		Eric Brandon	9	13	0	1	0	1	0
		Mike Hawthorn	9	16	0	1	0	0	1
	Frazer-Nash	Tony Crook	34	21	0	0	1	0	1
1953	Cooper	Alan Brown	8	12	0	1	1	2	0
		Bob Gerard	8	11	0	1	1	1	1
		David Clarke			0	0	0	0	0
		Jimmy Stewart	8	11	0	1	0	1	0
		Ninian Sanderson			0	0	0	0	0
		Peter Whitehead	8	9	0	1	0	1	0
		Stirling Moss	8	13	0	2	2	2	2
		Tony Crook	8	28	0	1	0	1	0
1954	Maserati	Alberto Ascari	8	21	0.14	3	0	2	1
		Emmanuel de Graffenried	6	11	0	2	0	2	0
		Francisco Godia	8	6	0	0	1	0	1
		Giovanni de Riu	8	22	0	1	0	1	0
		Harry Schell	6	7	0	4	1	3	2
		Jorge Daponte	29	23	0	0	0	1	0
		Louis Rosier	8	7	0	0	1	1	0
		Luigi Musso	8	2	6	0	1	0	1
		Luigi Villoresi	8	5	2	1	1	1	2
		Onofre Marimón	8	3	4.14	0	2	1	2
		Ottorino Volonterio	8	11	0	1	0	1	0
		Prince Bira	8	4	3	2	2	2	2
		Roberto Mieres	6	4	6	0	5	2	3
		Ron Flockhart	8	20	0	1	0	1	0
		Roy Salvadori	6	15	0	3	0	1	2
		Sergio Mantovani	6	5	4	3	2	3	2
		Stirling Moss	6	13	0.14	4	1	1	4
1955	Vanwall	Harry Schell	9	9	0	1	1	1	2
		Mike Hawthorn	35	18	0	0	1	0	1

Year	Team	Engine	Races	Laps	Points	Avg Pts
1955	Vanwall	Vanwall	2	50	0	0.00
1954	Maserati	Maserati	4	243	0	0.00
1953	Cooper	Bristol	5	235	0	0.00
1952	Cooper Frazer-Nash	Bristol Frazer-Nash	4	222	3	0.75

1952	1953	1954	1955
13th	26th	28th	39th

Extra Championship

SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year

Name	Ken Wharton
Country	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)

1st	7 Times
2nd	7 Times
3rd	6 Times
4th	1 Time
5th	1 Time
6th	3 Times
7th	1 Time
9th	1 Time
DNF	12 Times
DNA	8 Times
DNS	2 Times

Season	Team	Team Mate	Best Pos		Wins		Poles		Position		Qualifying
1951	ERA	Bob Gerard	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Brian Shawe-Taylor	6	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
		David Hampshire	6	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Graham Whitehead	6	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1952	BRM	José Froilán González	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	2
		Juan Manuel Fangio	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Raymond Mays	2	37	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		Reg Parnell	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
		Stirling Moss	20	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	ERA	Bob Gerard	7	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
		Graham Whitehead	13	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Frazer-Nash	Billy Skelly	2	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1
		Bob Gerard	7	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
		Jack Walton	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
		Joe Little	10	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
		John Melvin	10	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
		Lawrence Mitchell	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
		Peter Bolton	25	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
		Peter Scott-Russell	25	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		Richard Odlum	9	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
		Tony Crook	7	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
1953	BRM	José Froilán González	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
		Juan Manuel Fangio	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	4
		Reg Parnell	1	10	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
	Cooper	Alan Brown	2	17	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
		Archie Bryde	2	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0
		Bernie Ecclestone	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Berwyn Baxter	9	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		Bob Gerard	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	4	1	3
		Donald Bennett	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
		Duncan Hamilton	4	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Eric Brandon	1	7	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
		Graham Whitehead	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
		Horace Gould	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	1
		Jack Walton	1	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
		Jacques Swaters	5	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Jimmy Somervail	1	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	0
		Jimmy Stewart	1	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	1
		Jock Lawrence	2	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Jock McBain	1	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Joe Kelly	9	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
		John Barber	2	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		John Sparrowe	6	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Keith Hall			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Les Leston	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
		Mike Hawthorn	4	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Ninian Sanderson	1	14	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
		Paul Emery	6	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Peter Whitehead	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	1
		Rodney Nuckey	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1
		Stirling Moss	2	1	0	1	0	1	5	2	3	2
		Tom Cole	2	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Tony Crook	2	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0
1954	BRM	Ron Flockhart	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Maserati	Harry Schell	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Louis Rosier	20	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
		Roy Salvadori	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
		Sergio Mantovani	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Stirling Moss	20	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2
1955	Vanwall	Desmond Titterington	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Harry Schell	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
		Mike Hawthorn	15	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1956	Maserati	Arnold Glass	17	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
		Bruce Halford	26	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
		Jack Brabham	17	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
		Jean Behra	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Kevin Neal	17	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
		Louis Rosier	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Luigi Piotti	26	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Reg Hunt	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
		Roy Salvadori	26	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Stan Jones	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
		Stirling Moss	17	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
1957	Maserati	Bib Stillwell	25	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Frank Shuter	25	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Horace Gould	25	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Jack Brabham			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Pat Hoare	25	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
		Phil Neill	25	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Stan Jones	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

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