WHA

Ken Wharton

1952–1955
15
Starts
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Poles
0
Titles
3
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
1952 Frazer-Nash + Cooper 4 4 0 0 0 3 P13
1953 Cooper 5 5 0 0 0 0
1954 Maserati 5 4 0 0 0 0
1955 Vanwall 2 2 0 0 0 0

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Roberto Mieres '54 · 3r compared , 2 excl. → Full breakdown 2–3 0–3 0 6
Eric Brandon '52 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 1–0 0 0
Alan Brown '52–'53 · 1r compared , 2 excl. → Full breakdown 3–0 1–0 0 0
Peter Whitehead '53 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 1–0 0 0
Birabongse Bhanudej '54 · 1r compared , 3 excl. → Full breakdown 2–2 1–0 0 3
Onofre Marimón '54 · 1r compared , 2 excl. → Full breakdown 1–2 0–1 0 4.1
Harry Schell '54–'55 · 1r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 3–5 1–0 0 0
Sergio Mantovani '54 · 1r compared , 3 excl. → Full breakdown 1–2 0–1 0 4
Luigi Musso '54 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 0–1 0–1 0 6
Paco Godia '54 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 0–1 0–1 0 0
Louis Rosier '54 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 0–1 0 0
Mike Hawthorn '52 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 0–1 0–0 0 0
Bob Gerard '53 · 0r compared , 2 excl. 1–1 0–0 0 0
Stirling Moss '53–'54 · 0r compared , 6 excl. 0–6 0–0 0 0.1
Jimmy Stewart '53 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Tony Crook '53 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Luigi Villoresi '54 · 0r compared , 3 excl. 1–2 0–0 0 2
Roy Salvadori '54 · 0r compared , 2 excl. 0–2 0–0 0 0
Alberto Ascari '54 · 0r compared , 3 excl. 2–1 0–0 0 0.1
Ron Flockhart '54 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 0–0 0–0 0 0
Emmanuel de Graffenried '54 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Ottorino Volonterio '54 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 0–0 0–0 0 0

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
46.7% DNF rate 7 in 15 starts
6.7% points-finish rate 1 in 15 starts
P4 best finish
P7 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.