Mike Hawthorn
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
|---|---|
| Active years | 1952 Formula One season - 1958 Formula One season |
| Teams | LD Hawthorn, AHM Bryde, Ferrari, Vanwall, BRM |
| Races | 47 (45 starts) |
| List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions | 1 (1958 Formula One season) |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 18 |
| Career points | 112.64 (127.64)[1] |
| Pole position | 4 |
| Fastest lap | 6 |
| First race | 1952 Belgian Grand Prix |
| First win | 1953 French Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1958 French Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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| Participating years | 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans – 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| Teams | Jaguar Cars Scuderia Ferrari |
| Best finish | 1st (1955 24 Hours of Le Mans) |
| Class wins | 1 (1955 24 Hours of Le Mans) |
John Michael Hawthorn (April 10, 1929 - January 22, 1959) was a racing driver, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, and educated at Ardingly College, West Sussex.
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Biography
Hawthorn made his Formula One debut at the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix, finishing an impressive 4th place. He would later win his first Grand Prix, at only the 9th attempt, when he won the 1953 French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux.
In 1955, Hawthorn was the winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans race, despite being involved in the terrible 1955 Le Mans disaster.
He was the winner of the 1958 Formula One season Formula One Championship. With only one win that year against four wins of Stirling Moss, he benefited greatly from the gentlemanliness of Moss as shown at the Portugal Grand Prix of Porto. Hawthorn was disqualified for pushing his car, against the rules, on the way to a second place finish. Moss interceded on Hawthorn's behalf and the decision was ultimately reversed. Those second place points at Porto contributed to Hawthorn winning the championship with a season total just one point more than that of Moss. After winning the title, Hawthorn immediately announced his retirement from Formula One.
Death
A matter of only months later, on January 22, 1959, Hawthorn died in an automobile accident on the A3 road (Great Britain) Guildford Bypass (road). He was driving his British Racing Green highly tuned Jaguar 3.4-litre sedan (now known as the 3.4 Mark 1 etc). What happened that day is still a mystery, suggested causes being driver error, mechanical failure, or blackout. The crash has been ascribed to combination of high speed, bad weather, competitiveness and impulsiveness. Rob Walker Racing Team 300 SL Mercedes was ahead of him. Perhaps Hawthorn pushed his car to pass Walker's. Hawthorn's Jaguar, nicknamed "the Merceater" was heavily modified for high power and speed. "No Kraut car could overtake or outaccelerate" Hawthorn's Jaguar (these are the words in his biography Challenge Me The Race) - a close relation had been killed in the war, hence his dislike of Germans.
There is now evidence that Hawthorn had recently become subject to blackouts that might well have caused the accident.[2]
In Farnham, Surrey, the town where he lived up to the time of his death, there is a street named Mike Hawthorn Drive (off Dogflud Way). It was also in this town that Hawthorn ran The Tourist Trophy Garage. Jaguars, Rileys, Fiats and Ferraris were serviced and sold from there.
Complete World Championship Results
(F1 driver results legend 2) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | WDC | Pts.[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Formula One season | LD Hawthorn | Cooper Car Company Cooper T20 | Bristol Cars Straight-6 | 1952 Swiss Grand Prix DNP | 1952 Indianapolis 500 DNP | 1952 Belgian Grand Prix 4 | 1952 British Grand Prix 3 | 1952 German Grand Prix DNP | 1952 Dutch Grand Prix 4 | 1952 Italian Grand Prix Ret | 5th | 10 | ||||
| AHM Bryde | Cooper Car Company Cooper T20 | Bristol Cars Straight-6 | 1952 French Grand Prix Ret | |||||||||||||
| 1953 Formula One season | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Ferrari 500 | Ferrari Straight-4 | 1953 Argentine Grand Prix 4 | 1953 Indianapolis 500 DNP | 1953 Dutch Grand Prix 4 | 1953 Belgian Grand Prix 6 | 1953 French Grand Prix 1 | 1953 British Grand Prix 5 | 1953 German Grand Prix 3 | 1953 Swiss Grand Prix 3 | 1953 Italian Grand Prix 6 | 4th | 19 (27) | ||
| 1954 Formula One season | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 625 | Ferrari Straight-4 | 1954 Argentine Grand Prix DSQ | 1954 Indianapolis 500 DNP | 1954 Belgian Grand Prix 4* | 1954 British Grand Prix 2 | 1954 German Grand Prix 2* | 1954 Swiss Grand Prix Ret | 1954 Italian Grand Prix 2 | 3rd | 24.64 | ||||
| Ferrari Ferrari 553 | Ferrari Straight-4 | 1954 French Grand Prix Ret | 1954 Spanish Grand Prix 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1955 Formula One season | Tony Vandervell | Vanwall | Vanwall Straight-4 | 1955 Argentine Grand Prix DNP | 1955 Monaco Grand Prix Ret | 1955 Indianapolis 500 DNP | 1955 Belgian Grand Prix Ret | NC | 0 | |||||||
| Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Ferrari 555 | Ferrari Straight-4 | 1955 Dutch Grand Prix 7 | 1955 Italian Grand Prix 10 | ||||||||||||
| Ferrari 625 | Ferrari Straight-4 | 1955 British Grand Prix 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 1956 Formula One season | British Racing Motors | Maserati Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | 1956 Argentine Grand Prix 3 | 1956 Belgian Grand Prix DNS | 12th | 4 | |||||||||
| British Racing Motors BRM P25 | British Racing Motors Straight-4 | 1956 Monaco Grand Prix DNS | 1956 Indianapolis 500 DNP | 1956 British Grand Prix Ret | 1956 German Grand Prix DNP | 1956 Italian Grand Prix DNP | ||||||||||
| Tony Vandervell | Vanwall | Vanwall Straight-4 | 1956 French Grand Prix 10 | |||||||||||||
| 1957 Formula One season | Scuderia Ferrari | Lancia in Formula One-Ferrari D50A | Lancia in Formula One V8 | 1957 Argentine Grand Prix Ret | 1957 Monaco Grand Prix Ret | 1957 Indianapolis 500 DNP | 4th | 13 | ||||||||
| Ferrari Ferrari 801 | Lancia in Formula One V8 | 1957 French Grand Prix 4 | 1957 British Grand Prix 3 | 1957 German Grand Prix 2 | 1957 Pescara Grand Prix DNP | 1957 Italian Grand Prix 6 | ||||||||||
| 1958 Formula One season | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Dino 246 | Ferrari V6 | 1958 Argentine Grand Prix 3 | 1958 Monaco Grand Prix Ret | 1958 Dutch Grand Prix 5 | 1958 Indianapolis 500 DNP | 1958 Belgian Grand Prix 2 | 1958 French Grand Prix 1 | 1958 British Grand Prix 2 | 1958 German Grand Prix Ret | 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix 2 | 1958 Italian Grand Prix 2 | 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix 2 | 1st | 42 (49) |
* Indicates Shared Drive
Hawthorn Memorial Trophy
The Hawthorn Memorial Trophy has been awarded to the most successful United Kingdom or Commonwealth of Nations F1 driver every year since 1959 Formula One season.[3]
(List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions of the year in bold)
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1959 Formula One season |  Jack Brabham
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| 1960 Formula One season | Jack Brabham
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| 1961 Formula One season |  Stirling Moss
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| 1962 Formula One season | Graham Hill
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| 1963 Formula One season |  Jim Clark
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| 1964 Formula One season | John Surtees
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| 1965 Formula One season | Jim Clark
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| 1966 Formula One season | Jack Brabham
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| 1967 Formula One season |  Denny Hulme
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| 1968 Formula One season | Graham Hill
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| 1969 Formula One season | Jackie Stewart
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| 1970 Formula One season | Denny Hulme
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| 1971 Formula One season | Jackie Stewart
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| 1972 Formula One season | Jackie Stewart
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| 1973 Formula One season | Jackie Stewart
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| 1974 Formula One season | Denny Hulme
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| 1975 Formula One season | James Hunt
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| 1976 Formula One season | James Hunt
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| 1977 Formula One season | James Hunt
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| 1978 Formula One season |  John Watson (racing driver)
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| 1979 Formula One season | Alan Jones (Formula 1)*
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| 1980 Formula One season | Alan Jones (Formula 1)
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| 1981 Formula One season | Alan Jones (Formula 1)
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| 1982 Formula One season | John Watson (racing driver)
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| 1983 Formula One season | John Watson (racing driver)
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| 1984 Formula One season | Derek Warwick
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| 1985 Formula One season | Nigel Mansell
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| 1986 Formula One season | Nigel Mansell
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| 1987 Formula One season | Nigel Mansell
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| 1988 Formula One season | Derek Warwick
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| 1989 Formula One season | Nigel Mansell
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| 1990 Formula One season | Nigel Mansell
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| 1991 Formula One season | Nigel Mansell
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| 1992 Formula One season | Nigel Mansell
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| 1993 Formula One season | Damon Hill
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| 1994 Formula One season | Damon Hill
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| 1995 Formula One season | Damon Hill
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| 1996 Formula One season | Damon Hill
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| 1997 Formula One season |  Jacques Villeneuve
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| 1998 Formula One season | David Coulthard
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| 1999 Formula One season | Eddie Irvine
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| 2000 Formula One season | David Coulthard
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| 2001 Formula One season | David Coulthard
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| 2002 Formula One season | David Coulthard
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| 2003 Formula One season | David Coulthard
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| 2004 Formula One season | Jenson Button
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| 2005 Formula One season | Jenson Button
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| 2006 Formula One season | Jenson Button
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| 2007 Formula One season | Lewis Hamilton
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| 2008 Formula One season | Lewis Hamilton
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*In 1979 Formula One season, the trophy was not given to Gilles Villeneuve, a Canada driver, who finished the season as Runner-up but ahead of Alan Jones who finished third.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Up until 1990 Formula One season, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see List of Formula One World Championship pointscoring systems for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ "Button receives Hawthorn Trophy". racecar.com. 2007-07-08. http://www.racecar.com/story.asp?NewsID=17848. Retrieved on 16 July 2007.
External links
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Lance Macklin | BRDC International Trophy 1953 | Succeeded by José Froilán González |
| Preceded by José Froilán González Maurice Trintignant | List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans with: Ivor Bueb | Succeeded by Ron Flockhart (auto racing) Ninian Sanderson |
| Preceded by Juan Manuel Fangio | List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions 1958 Formula One season | Succeeded by Jack Brabham |
| Records | ||
| Preceded by Alberto Ascari 34 years, 16 days (1952 Formula One season) | List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions 29 years, 192 days (1958 Formula One season) | Succeeded by Jim Clark 27 years, 188 days (1963 Formula One season) |
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Hawthorn, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hawthorn, John Michael |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | English racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexborough, Yorkshire, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1959 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | A3 road (Great Britain) Guildford Bypass (road) |
