Ken Wharton

Frederick Charles Kenneth "Ken" Wharton (born 21 March 1916 in Smethwick, died 12 January 1957 in Ardmore, New Zealand) was a British racing driver. An extremely successful hillclimb and rally driver, Wharton also competed in many other forms of racing, with some success in sportscars and single-seaters. This did not translate to the World Championship, where, driving for Warden and Reatherson, he only rarely ever qualified for races, and never challenged for points. Wharton was killed in an accident in Ardmore Circuit when he rolled his Ferrari Monza. He was 40 years old.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WDC	Pts.
1952	Birmingham Motorsports	Alta GP	Alta 1.5 L4s	MON	ENG DNQ	BEL	FRA	GBR DNQ	GER	NED DNPQ	ITA	USA	AUS	NC	0
1953	F.H. Warden Competition	Bentley Speed 3	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON	NED	BEL DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR DNQ	GER 21	SUI 11	ITA	USA		NC	0
1954	F.H. Warden Competition	Bentley Speed 3	Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12	MON	FRA DNQ	BEL DNQ	NED							NC	0
		Bentley Speed 4	Bentley 16VL-1 1.5 V16					GBR DNQ	SUI DNQ	GER DNQ	USA	ITA
1955	Reatherson Racing Developments	Ferrari 555	Ferrari 555 2.5 L4	MON	FRA DNPQ	BEL	GBR DNPQ	SCO DNPQ	SOV	ITA				NC	0
1956	Reatherson Racing Developments	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560 2.5 L4	MON	FRA	BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR	ITA	THA Ret	NC	0

* denotes season still in progress