Editing Mike Hawthorn (section)

===1954===
Hawthorn's liability for conscription ([[Conscription in the United Kingdom|National Service]]) was brought up in the [[House of Commons]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1954-02-02/debates/b6c77ad0-aa0c-40a9-8e6d-a98c04fe9c04/RacingMotorists | title=Racing Motorists | publisher=Hansard | access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> In a crash during the [[Syracuse Grand Prix|Gran Premio di Siracusa]] Hawthorn suffered serious burns,<ref name=Skilleter/> but finished the year with three seconds and then victory in the season finale in Spain, placing him third in the Drivers' Championship.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://www.f1-fansite.com/f1-results/results-1954-formula-1-season/|title=Results 1954 Formula 1 Season|work=F1 Fansite|date=16 January 1954 |access-date=26 January 2016}}</ref> Following the death of his father, Hawthorn left Ferrari to race for [[Tony Vandervell]]'s [[Vanwall]] team, as he needed to spend more time at the family garage he had inherited,<ref name=Skilleter/> but after two races returned to Ferrari.