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.


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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WDC Points
1952 Scuderia Franera Frazer-Nash FN48 Bristol SWI
4		 INDY
 BEL
Ret		 FRA
 GBR
 GER
 13th 3
Frazer-Nash 421 Bristol DUT
Ret
Cooper T20 Bristol ITA
9
1953 Private Cooper T23 Bristol ARG
 INDY
 DUT
Ret		 BEL
 FRA
Ret		 GBR
8		 GER
 SWI
7		 ITA
NC
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

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
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