Drivers/United Kingdom
Ken Wharton
- 1952–1955
- WHA
- Born 21 March 1916 in Smethwick
- Died 12 January 1957
- Frederick Charles Kenneth Wharton
- Starts1516 entries
- Wins00% of starts
- Podiums00% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps0
- Titles0best finish P13
Career numbers
- Avg grid position12.8
- Avg finish7.4
- Retirement rate47%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+35
- Points scored3
- Longest winning streak–
- Longest podium streak–
- Longest points-scoring streak1
- TeamsFrazer-Nash (1952) · Cooper (1952–1953) · Maserati (1954) · Vanwall (1955)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
16 entries, 15 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entrySwiss Grand Prix 1952P4 · Frazer-Nash
- Last startItalian Grand Prix 1955DNF · Vanwall
All 16 races, season by season
| Year | Race | Team | Grid | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Swiss Grand Prix | Frazer-Nash | 13 | P4 | 3 |
| Belgian Grand Prix | Frazer-Nash | 7 | DNF | ||
| Dutch Grand Prix | Frazer-Nash | 7 | DNF | ||
| Italian Grand Prix | Cooper | 15 | P9 | ||
| 1953 | Dutch Grand Prix | Cooper | 18 | DNF | |
| French Grand Prix | Cooper | 14 | DNF | ||
| British Grand Prix | Cooper | 11 | P8 | ||
| Swiss Grand Prix | Cooper | 9 | P7 | ||
| Italian Grand Prix | Cooper | 19 | NC | ||
| 1954 | French Grand Prix | Maserati | 16 | DNF | |
| British Grand Prix | Maserati | 9 | P8 | ||
| German Grand Prix | Maserati | 22 | DNS | ||
| Swiss Grand Prix | Maserati | 8 | P6 | ||
| Spanish Grand Prix | Maserati | 14 | P8 | ||
| 1955 | British Grand Prix | Vanwall | 15 | P9 | |
| Italian Grand Prix | Vanwall | 17 | DNF |
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Schell | 1954–1955 | 1:1 | 3:3 | +2.28% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Roberto Mieres | 1954 | 0:3 | 2:2 | +2.39% | 0 : 6 | Compare |
| Stirling Moss | 1953–1954 | 0:0 | 0:5 | +2.76% | 0 : 0.1 | Compare |
| Birabongse Bhanudej | 1954 | 1:0 | 2:1 | ±0.00% | 0 : 3 | Compare |
| Alan Brown | 1952–1953 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −3.49% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Onofre Marimón | 1954 | 0:1 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 4.1 | Compare |
| Sergio Mantovani | 1954 | 0:1 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Bob Gerard | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Roy Salvadori | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:2 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Alberto Ascari | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0.1 | Compare |
| Luigi Villoresi | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Peter Whitehead | 1953 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Eric Brandon | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Luigi Musso | 1954 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 6 | Compare |
| Paco Godia | 1954 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Louis Rosier | 1954 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Stewart | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Crook | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1952 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Emmanuel de Graffenried | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ron Flockhart | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ottorino Volonterio | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Ken Wharton came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremgarten | 3 | 5.7 | ||
| Monza | 3 | 9 | ||
| Zandvoort | 2 | – | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 2 | – | ||
| Silverstone | 2 | 8 |