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HWM

British · raced 1951–1954

14Races
0Wins
0Podiums
11Top 10s
10.28Avg Position
15.88Avg Grid Pos

HWM, short for Hersham and Walton Motors, was a British team and constructor run by George Abecassis and John Heath. It raced in Formula 1 from 1951 to 1955 with Alta engines, with drivers including Peter Collins, Lance Macklin, Paul Frere and Tony Gaze. Its best result was fifth place at the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix with Frere, and the team started 14 Grands Prix without ever reaching the podium.

Top Drivers

Driver
Wins
Pod.
Pts
Paul Frère002
Dries van der Lof000
Tony Gaze000
Roger Laurent000
George Abecassis000
Albert Scherrer000
Duncan Hamilton000
Yves Cabantous000
John Fitch000
Johnny Claes000

Top Circuits

Circuit
Wins
Avg pts
Circuit Bremgarten00

Points are Grand Prix points as awarded at the time (sprints excluded); average points are per race started.

Most wins for the team, then most races.

HWM season-by-season championship record
SeasonConstructors' positionWinsPoints
1954—00
1953—00
1952—02
1951—00
Teammate head-to-head battles at HWM
SeasonMatchupRace
1953Collins vs Macklin3–1
1952Collins vs Macklin1–2
Drivers who have raced for HWM
DriverSeasonsRacesWins
L. Macklin1952–1954110
P. Collins1952–195380
P. Frère1952–195340
D. Hamilton1952–195330
Y. Cabantous1952–195330
T. Gaze195230
G. Abecassis1951–195220
S. Moss1951–195220
A. Scherrer195310
J. Fairman195310
J. Fitch195310
D. van der Lof195210
J. Claes195210
R. Laurent195210

How HWM did in every Grand Prix it started: the best grid slot and finish of its cars, the points it scored and each car’s result. Races in which no car took the start are left out unless the team scored sprint points.

19541 race▾

Drivers: L. Macklin

HWM race results in 1954
Grand PrixResultPts
4French Grand PrixDNF0
Earlier seasons1951–1953 (3 seasons)▾
19536 races▾

Drivers: L. Macklin, P. Collins, P. Frère, Y. Cabantous, A. Scherrer, D. Hamilton, J. Fairman, J. Fitch

HWM race results in 1953
Grand PrixResultPts
9Italian Grand PrixP154 places worse than the team’s season average (P11.0)0
8Swiss Grand PrixP90
6British Grand PrixDNF0
5French Grand PrixP130
4Belgian Grand PrixP100
3Dutch Grand PrixP80
19526 races▾

Drivers: L. Macklin, P. Collins, T. Gaze, D. Hamilton, P. Frère, D. van der Lof, G. Abecassis, J. Claes, R. Laurent, Y. Cabantous

HWM race results in 1952
Grand PrixResultPts
7Dutch Grand PrixP70
6German Grand PrixP100
5British Grand PrixP156 places worse than the team’s season average (P8.6)0
4French Grand PrixP60
3Belgian Grand PrixP52
1Swiss Grand PrixDNF0
19511 race▾

Drivers: G. Abecassis, S. Moss

HWM race results in 1951
Grand PrixResultPts
1Swiss Grand PrixP80