- Ken Wharton
Former F1 driver
Name = Ken Wharton
Nationality = flagicon|UK British
Years = F1|1952 - F1|1955
Team(s) = privateerFrazer-Nash & Cooper,BRM ,Vanwall
Races = 16 (15 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 3
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1950 Monaco Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1954 British Grand Prix Ken Wharton (
March 21 ,1916 ,Smethwick –January 12 ,1957 ,Ardmore Circuit , nearAuckland ,New Zealand ) was a Britishracing driver fromEngland . He participated in 15Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting onMay 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 theBritish 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
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