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Mike Hawthorn was born at Mexborough, 10 April, 1929, and died in the road accident mentioned earlier, near Guildford, on 22 January 1959. He was the reigning (1958) World Champion at the time, and the first British driver to achieve this.
He won 3 Grand Prix - French (1953), Spanish (1954), and the French again in his Championship winning year. I think that his 1953 French GP win, in a wonderful duel with Fangio is considered his best, and is one of the finest contested GPs ever.
Hawthorn also had a number of major sports car wins to his name - 1953 Spa 24 hours, 1954 Tourist Trophy, 1955 Sebring and the ill fated and tragic 1955 Le Mans 24 hours (following the withdrawal of the Mercedes team), all with co-drivers of course.
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