Timeline Mike Hawthorn: Britains First World Champion

Mike Hawthorn became Britains first Formula One World Champion in 1958, retired at the end of the season and died in a road accident three months later.

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Mike Hawthorn: Britains First World Champion 7

1929 Mike Hawthorn born in Mexborough Hawthorn is born in Mexborough, Yorkshire.
1953 Hawthorn beats Fangio at Reims In a race-long duel, Hawthorn edges Fangio by a second to become the first British driver to win a World Championship Grand Prix.
1955 Hawthorn wins Le Mans Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb win the 24 Hours for Jaguar, in the race of the disaster that killed 83 spectators.
1958 1958: Mike Hawthorn Ferrari Hawthorn became Britain's first World Champion despite winning only one race, edging out Stirling Moss by a single point. He was killed in a road accident just three months later.
1958 Peter Collins killed at the Nürburgring Hawthorns Ferrari team-mate and close friend Collins crashes fatally during the German Grand Prix.
1958 Hawthorn clinches the title in Morocco Second place in Casablanca makes Hawthorn champion by one point over Stirling Moss.
1959 Hawthorn killed on the Guildford bypass Months after retiring, Hawthorn crashes his Jaguar saloon on the A3 near Guildford.