Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te tau 1952, kua huri a Hawthorn ki nga nohoanga kotahi, a i taua wa i wini i tana whakataetae tuatahi i roto i te Formula Two Cooper-Bristol T20 i Goodwood. Ko etahi atu angitu i whai ake i kawe mai i a ia ki te aro o Enzo Ferrari, nana nei i tuku ki a ia he taraiwa mahi. I timata ia i tana Formula One i te 1952 Grote Prijs van Belgie i runga i te Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps rongonui, ka mutu i te tuawha. I te mutunga o te wa, kua oti i a ia tana tuunga tuatahi, me te tuatoru o nga waahi i te RAC British Grand Prix
me te whakapakoko o ngā hau tuawhā e taraiwa ana i tētahi Cooper.