- Fernando Alonso
- Valtteri Bottas
- Marcus Ericsson
- Pierre Gasly
- Romain Grosjean
- Lewis Hamilton
- Brendon Hartley
- Nico Hülkenberg
- Jordan King
- Jordan King
- Charles Leclerc
- Kevin Magnussen
- Esteban Ocon
- Sergio Perez
- Kimi Räikkönen
- Daniel Ricciardo
- George Russell
- Carlos Sainz Jr
- Sergey Sirotkin
- Lance Stroll
- Stoffel Vandoorne
- Max Verstappen
- Sebastian Vettel
Ken Wharton Great Britain
- Full name Kenneth Albert Wharton
- Birth date March 21, 1916
- Birthplace Smethwick, Birmingham, Great Britain
- Date of death January 12, 1957 (40 years 297 days)
- Place of death Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
- Teams Cooper, Frazer-Nash, Maserati, Vanwall
| Year | Car | Race | Start | Won | Pod | Class | Best | Pole | Front | Best | Lap | Hat | Pts | Pos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Frazer-Nash, Cooper | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| 1953 | Cooper | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 1954 | Maserati | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| 1955 | Vanwall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
| Total | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Race | Circuit | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First race | Swiss Grand Prix | Bremgarten | May 18, 1952 | Race results |
| Last race | Italian Grand Prix | Monza | September 11, 1955 | Race results |
A motor agent and engineer from the Midlands, Ken Wharton was one of the most versatile drivers of his generation. A leading hillclimber in the 1950s, he won the British title in four consecutive years from 1951. Even by then he was a highly experienced driver as he started out racing an Austin Seven in 1935 and went on to make his name in sprints. In 1952 he made his Formula One championship debut in an old-fashioned Frazer-Nash but to his credit finished fourth in Switzerland.
He only broke into the top six once more in his career, again in Switzerland two years later. In that year he managed second in the non-championship New Zealand Grand Prix after a terrible crash at Albi. In 1955 he was set to be Vanwall's No. 2 driver behind Mike Hawthorn when he was burned after crashing in the non-championship International Trophy at Silverstone and quit F1. He was killed while driving a Ferrari in a sports car race in New Zealand.
Martin Williamson November 2009
