Hawthorn Wins Crown In Morocco Car Race

CASABLANCA, Morocco, Oct. 19--Mike Hawthorn yesterday became the first Briton to win the world auto driving championship by finishing second to Stirling Moss, another English ace, in the Grand Prix of Morocco. The race was the final grand prix of the season and Hawthorn clinched the title in the final moment.

The 29-year-old blond giant, at the wheel of a Ferrari, had to come from behind in the second half of the 402.906 kilometer race to edge Moss by a single point for the throne abdicated by Argentina's famed Juan Manuel Fangio.

Hawthorn finished with a total of 42 points. Moss, piloting a British Vanwall, scored 41 points by gaining nine Sunday. Phil Hill, of Santa Monica, Calif., finished third Sunday in another Ferrari. The title is decided by adding the points scored by drivers in their six best grand prix races of the year.