| Ken Wharton | |
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Nationality  British |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 1952 - 1955 |
| Teams | privateer Frazer-Nash & Cooper, BRM, Vanwall |
| Races | 16 (15 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Career points | 3 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1950 Monaco Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1954 British Grand Prix |
Ken Wharton (March 21, 1916, Smethwick – January 12, 1957, Ardmore Circuit, near Auckland, New Zealand) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 18, 1952 and scored a total of 3 championship points. He also competed in some non-Championship Formula One races. He also competed in rallies and won the Tulip Rally three times driving a Ford. Wharton was immensely successful in hillclimbing, winning the British Hill Climb Championship every year from 1951 to 1954; he remains the only driver to have claimed four successive BHCC titles. He was killed when he crashed driving a Ferrari Monza at the New Zealand circuit of Ardmore.
Complete World Championship results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Scuderia Franera | Frazer-Nash FN48 | Bristol Straight-6 | SUI 4 |
500 |
BEL Ret |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
13th | 3 | |||
| Frazer-Nash 421 | NED Ret |
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| Cooper T20 | ITA 9 |
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| 1953 | Ken Wharton | Cooper T23 | Bristol Straight-6 | ARG |
500 |
NED Ret |
BEL |
FRA Ret |
GBR 8 |
GER |
SUI 7 |
ITA NC |
- | 0 |
| 1954 | Owen Racing Organisation | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | ARG |
500 |
BEL |
FRA Ret |
GBR 8 |
GER DNS |
SUI 6 |
ITA |
ESP 8 |
- | 0 |
| 1955 | Vandervell Products Ltd | Vanwall | Vanwall Straight-4 | ARG |
MON |
500 |
BEL |
NED |
GBR 9 |
ITA Ret |
- | 0 |
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| Six titles: Tony Marsh Five titles: David Grace - Martyn Griffiths Four titles: Roy Lane - Ken Wharton Three titles: Martin Bolsover - David Boshier-Jones - Martin Groves Two titles: Chris Cramer - Adam Fleetwood - David Hepworth - Mike MacDowel - Raymond Mays - Peter Westbury - Graeme Wight Jr - Nicholas Williamson |
