Drivers/United Kingdom
Peter Whitehead
- 1950–1954
- WHI
- Born 12 November 1914 in Menston
- Died 21 September 1958
- Peter Nield Whitehead
Family in Formula 1: Graham Whitehead (half-sibling)
- Starts1012 entries
- Wins00% of starts
- Podiums110% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps0
- Titles0best finish P9
Career numbers
- Avg grid position16.4
- Avg finish7.6
- Retirement rate50%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+41
- Points scored4
- Longest winning streak–
- Longest podium streak1
- Longest points-scoring streak1
- TeamsFerrari (1950–1952) · Alta (1952) · Cooper (1953–1954)
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
12 entries, 10 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryMonaco Grand Prix 1950DNS · Ferrari
- First startFrench Grand Prix 1950P3 · Ferrari
- Last startBritish Grand Prix 1954DNF · Cooper
All 12 races, season by season
| Year | Race | Team | Grid | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Monaco Grand Prix | Ferrari | – | DNS | |
| French Grand Prix | Ferrari | 19 | P3 | 4 | |
| Italian Grand Prix | Ferrari | 18 | P7 | ||
| 1951 | Swiss Grand Prix | Ferrari | 9 | DNF | |
| French Grand Prix | Ferrari | 20 | DNF | ||
| British Grand Prix | Ferrari | 8 | P9 | ||
| Italian Grand Prix | Ferrari | 19 | DNF | ||
| 1952 | French Grand Prix | Alta | 13 | DNF | |
| British Grand Prix | Ferrari | 20 | P10 | ||
| Italian Grand Prix | Ferrari | – | DNQ | ||
| 1953 | British Grand Prix | Cooper | 14 | P9 | |
| 1954 | British Grand Prix | Cooper | 24 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Ascari | 1950–1952 | 0:2 | 0:6 | +10.42% | 0 : 23 | Compare |
| Luigi Villoresi | 1951 | 0:1 | 0:4 | +9.64% | 0 : 11 | Compare |
| José Froilán González | 1951 | 0:1 | 0:3 | +17.52% | 0 : 17 | Compare |
| Piero Taruffi | 1951–1952 | 0:1 | 0:3 | +7.40% | 0 : 14 | Compare |
| Rudi Fischer | 1951–1952 | 1:0 | 1:1 | +1.69% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Nino Farina | 1952 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Roy Salvadori | 1952 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bob Gerard | 1953–1954 | 0:0 | 1:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ken Wharton | 1953 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Dorino Serafini | 1950 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 3 | Compare |
| Reg Parnell | 1951 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 3 | Compare |
| Peter Hirt | 1952 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jimmy Stewart | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Alan Brown | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Crook | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Eric Brandon | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Horace Gould | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Clemente Biondetti | 1950 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Chico Landi | 1951 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Peter Whitehead 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 | 4 | 9.3 | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Monza | 2 | 7 |