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Mike Hawthorn (1929–1959) was a British male auto racing driver. Born in Mexborough and educated at Ardingly College, he competed in 47 races, achieving 3 wins, 4 pole positions, and 18 podium finishes. His career included participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He died in Guildford following an accidental car collision.
Hawthorn is also credited as an author with works including *Carlotti takes the wheel*, *Carlotti joins the team*, *Champion Year*, and *Challenge me the race*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 31 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1929
- Died
- 1959
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Carlotti takes the wheel
- Carlotti joins the team
- Champion Year
- Challenge me the race
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Hawthorn">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement
· 2015 · cited 21,088x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,894x
- The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration
· 2009 · cited 12,548x
- Google Earth Engine: Planetary-scale geospatial analysis for everyone
· 2017 · cited 12,448x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- John Michael Hawthorn , ( 1929-04-10 ) 10 April 1929, Mexborough , West Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Died
- 22 January 1959 (1959-01-22) (aged 29), Near Guildford , Surrey, England
- Cause of death
- Single vehicle road collision
- Nationality
- British
- Active years
- 1952 – 1958
- Teams
- Privateer Cooper , Ferrari , Vanwall , BRM , Maserati
- Entries
- 47 (45 starts)
- Championships
- 1 ( 1958 )
- Career points
- 112 9 ⁄ 14 (127 9 ⁄ 14 )
- First entry
- 1952 Belgian Grand Prix
- First win
- 1953 French Grand Prix
- Last win
- 1958 French Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix
- Participating years span years
- 1953 , 1955 – 1958
- Best finish
- 1st ( 1955 )
- Class wins
- 1 ( 1955 )
via Wikipedia infobox
~18 min read
Encyclopedic overview
John Michael Hawthorn (10 April 1929 – 22 January 1959) was a British racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1952 to 1958. Hawthorn won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1958 with Ferrari, and won three Grands Prix across seven seasons. In endurance racing, Hawthorn won both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1955 with Jaguar.
In 1958, Hawthorn became the first of 11 British Formula One World Champions, beating Stirling Moss to the title by one point. He announced his retirement upon his triumph, having been profoundly affected by the death of his teammate and friend Peter Collins two months earlier during the German Grand Prix. Three months after retiring, Hawthorn died in a road accident in Guildford, driving his Jaguar 3.4 Litre. The Hawthorn Memorial Trophy was established in his honour by the RAC in 1959, being awarded to the most successful British, or Commonwealth, driver in Formula One each year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mike Hawthorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.