Michael May (racing driver)

**Michael May**
Nation:	Switzerland
Automobile world championship
First start:	1961 Monaco Grand Prix
Last start:	1961 French Grand Prix
Constructors
	1961 Scuderia Colonia
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Michael May (born August 18, 1934 in Stuttgart ) is a former Swiss automobile racing driver .

Career

In 1959 May competed in various Formula Junior races and achieved three victories in ten races. A use in Formula 2 at the Solitude Grand Prix was planned for 1960, but it did not materialize.

In 1961 May took part in the Scuderia Colonia team with the German Wolfgang Seidel with a Lotus 18 in the World Automobile Championship . For the Monaco Grand Prix he qualified in 13th place, but retired due to a defective oil pipe. In his second race, the French Grand Prix , he started from position 22 thanks to many failures in eleventh place. Participation in the German Grand Prix on the Nordschleife was also planned. However, due to a training accident, May could not start the race. In addition, May took part in three races that were not part of the World Cup, but in each of which he was eliminated.

After the accident at the German Grand Prix, May retired from active motorsport and was later involved in the development of a new fuel injection system at Porsche and Ferrari .

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1961	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus 18	Climax 1.5 L4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				2	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
1961
1961	DNF			11		DNS	DNA

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5
1956	Michael May	Porsche 550	Argentina BUA	United States SEB	Italy MIM	Germany ONLY	Sweden KRI
1956	Michael May	Porsche 550				DNF

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personal data
SURNAME	May, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart , Germany