Ken Wharton
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Ken Wharton (March 21, 1916, Smethwick – January 12, 1957, Ardmore Circuit, near Auckland, New Zealand) was a Formula One driver from England. He participated in 15 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.
[edit] Complete World Championship results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points |
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| 1952 | Scuderia Franera | Frazer-Nash FN48 | Bristol | SWI 4 |
INDY |
BEL Ret |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
13th | 3 | |||
| Frazer-Nash 421 | Bristol | DUT Ret |
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| Cooper T20 | Bristol | ITA 9 |
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| 1953 | Private | Cooper T23 | Bristol | ARG |
INDY |
DUT Ret |
BEL |
FRA Ret |
GBR 8 |
GER |
SWI 7 |
ITA NC |
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| 1954 | Owen Racing Organisation | Maserati 250F | Maserati | ARG |
INDY |
BEL |
FRA Ret |
GBR 8 |
GER DNS |
SWI 6 |
ITA |
ESP 8 |
- | 0 |
| 1955 | Vandervell Products Ltd | Vanwall | Vanwall | ARG |
MON |
INDY |
BEL |
DUT |
GBR 9 |
ITA Ret |
- | 0 |
| Multiple British Hill Climb Championship winners |
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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 Two titles: Chris Cramer - Adam Fleetwood - Martin Groves - David Hepworth - Mike MacDowel - Raymond Mays - Peter Westbury - Graeme Wight Jr - Nicholas Williamson |
