Drivers/United Kingdom
Peter Collins
- 1952–1958
- COL
- Born 6 November 1931 in Kidderminster
- Died 3 August 1958
- Peter John Collins
- Starts3235 entries
- Wins39% of starts
- Podiums928% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps0
- Titles0best finish P3
Career numbers
- Avg grid position8.8
- Avg finish4.2
- Retirement rate50%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+57
- Points scored47
- Longest winning streak2
- Longest podium streak4
- Longest points-scoring streak4
- TeamsHWM (1952–1953) · Vanwall (1954) · Maserati (1955) · Ferrari (1956–1958)
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
39 entries, 32 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entrySwiss Grand Prix 1952DNF · HWM
- First winBelgian Grand Prix 1956P1 · Ferrari
- Last winBritish Grand Prix 1958P1 · Ferrari
- Last startGerman Grand Prix 1958DNF · Ferrari
All 39 races, season by season
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.
Green: Peter Collins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverstone | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Spa-Francorchamps | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Reims-Gueux | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 |
| Monza | 4 | 1 | 4.5 | |
| Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 3 | 6 | ||
| Monaco | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | |
| Nürburgring | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 2 | 1 | 4.5 | |
| Zandvoort | 2 | 8 | ||
| Aintree | 2 | 4 |