Mike Hailwood
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World title: | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup points: | 734 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums: | 112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Automobile world championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First start: | 1963 British Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last start: | 1974 German Grand Prix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1963 Lotus - Climax , Lola - Climax • 1964–1965 Lotus - BRM • 1971–1973 Surtees - Ford • 1975 McLaren - Ford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Cup balance: | World Cup eighth ( 1972 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Cup points : | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums : | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leadership laps : | 5 over 28.8 km |
Stanley Michael Bailey "Mike" Hailwood, MBE (born April 2, 1940 in Oxford , England , † March 23, 1981 in Birmingham , England) was a British motorcycle and automobile racer .
Career
Hailwood won nine world championship titles between 1961 and 1967 in the classes up to 250, 350 and 500 cm³ . He achieved a total of 76 victories in Grand Prix races and is sixth in the all-time best list behind Giacomo Agostini , Valentino Rossi , Ángel Nieto , Marc Márquez and Rolf Biland . He was also the winner 14 times at the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man .
During his time as an active racing driver, the decline of the English motorcycle industry, which had dominated racing for decades, fell. Mike Hailwood began his career on classic English racing machines. As a motorcycle dealer, his father made it possible for him to participate with various commercially available racing machines from Ducati , NSU or Honda for the smaller displacement classes. He often started with changing motorcycle brands in different cubic capacity classes. He came under contract with MV Agusta and moved to Honda after disputes. He ended his official GP motorcycle racing career with Honda in 1967. He won the first race for Honda in 1961 at the TT in the ultra lightweight class (up to 125 cm³) with an RC143 that he had received from Luigi Taveri . On the side, however, he repeatedly drove national and international motorcycle races on racing machines from the brands BSA , MZ , Benelli , Norton and others.
Because of his inimitable style in the cornering technique, his fused driving with the machine and, above all, because he could win on any motorcycle, he was given the honorary name "Mike the Bike". One of the icons of motorcycle racing and one of the most famous depictions of Hailwood is a black and white poster from 1967, which shows him from the rear at a steep angle on the six-cylinder Honda 250 cm³, the three right exhaust pipes almost horizontally flat over the Street, the three pipes on the left rise up, Hailwood's right knee almost slides on the asphalt. A symbol of the racing driver who drives with full commitment.
In his 152 starts in the motorcycle world championship , Mike Hailwood achieved 76 victories, 112 podium places and 79 fastest race laps .
From 1963 to 1965 and between 1971 and 1974 he also scored 29 World Championship points as a Formula 1 driver and made it onto the podium twice. During the 1973 South African Grand Prix , he saved Clay Regazzoni 's life by pulling him out of the burning car. After a serious accident in the 1974 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, he ended his career in Formula 1.
At the age of 38, he returned to the Isle of Man in 1978 and won the Tourist Trophy on a Ducati 900 NCR.
On March 23, 1981, Hailwood and his nine-year-old daughter were killed in a car accident near Portway, Warwickshire , through no fault of their own.
statistics
title
- 1958 - South African 250cc champion
- 1961 - 250 cc world champion on a Honda
- 1962 - 500 cc world champion on MV Agusta
- 1963 - 500 cc world champion on MV Agusta
- 1964 - 500 cc world champion on MV Agusta
- 1965 - 500 cc world champion on MV Agusta
- 1966 - 250 cc and 350 cc world champions on Honda
- 1967 - 250 cc and 350 cc world champions on Honda
- 1972 - Formula 2 European Champion on Surtees
- 1978 - TT-F1 world champion on Ducati
- 76 Grand Prix victories
- 14 Isle of Man TT victories
- 7 wins at the Ulster Grand Prix
- Induction into the MotoGP Hall of Fame
Isle of Man TT victories
year | class | machine | Average speed |
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1961 | Lightweight 125 (125 cm³) | Honda | 88.23 mph (141.99 km / h ) |
Lightweight 250 (250 cm³) | Honda | 98.38 mph (158.33 km / h) | |
Senior (500 cm³) | Norton | 100.61 mph (161.92 km / h) | |
1962 | Junior (350 cm³) | MV Agusta | 99.59 mph (160.27 km / h) |
1963 | Senior (500 cm³) | MV Agusta | 104.64 mph (168.4 km / h) |
1964 | Senior (500 cm³) | MV Agusta | 100.95 mph (162.46 km / h) |
1965 | Senior (500 cm³) | MV Agusta | 91.69 mph (147.56 km / h) |
1966 | Lightweight 250 (250 cm³) | Honda | 101.79 mph (163.82 km / h) |
Senior (500 cm³) | Honda | 103.11 mph (165.94 km / h) | |
1967 | Lightweight 250 (250 cm³) | Honda | 103.07 mph (165.88 km / h) |
Junior (350 cm³) | Honda | 104.68 mph (168.47 km / h) | |
Senior (500 cm³) | Honda | 105.62 mph (169.98 km / h) | |
1978 | Formula One (TT-F1) | Ducati | 108.51 mph (174.63 km / h) |
1979 | Senior (500 cm³) | Suzuki | 111.75 mph (179.84 km / h) |
Statistics in the automobile world championship
These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .
general overview
season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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1963 | Reg Parnell Racing | Lotus 24 | Climax 1.5 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lola Mk4A | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
1964 | Reg Parnell Racing | Lotus 25 | BRM 1.5 V8 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 21st |
1965 | Reg Parnell Racing | Lotus 25 | BRM 1.5 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1971 | Team Surtees | Surtees TS9 | Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 18th |
1972 | Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees | Surtees TS9B | Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 13 | 8th. |
1973 | Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees | Surtees TS14A | Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1974 | Yardley Team McLaren | McLaren M23 | Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | 11. |
total | 50 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 29 |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th |
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1963 | |||||||||||||||
8th | 10 | ||||||||||||||
1964 | |||||||||||||||
6th | 12 * | 8th | DNF | DNF | 8th | DNF | 8th* | 16 | |||||||
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DNF | |||||||||||||||
1971 | |||||||||||||||
4th | 15 * | ||||||||||||||
1972 | |||||||||||||||
DNF | DNF | DNF | 4th | 6th | DNF | DNF | 4th | 2 | 17 * | ||||||
1973 | |||||||||||||||
DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 8th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 14th | 10 | 7th | 9 | DNF | |
1974 | |||||||||||||||
4th | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7th | DNF | DNF | 4th | 7th | DNF | 15 * |
Legend | ||
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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) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
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 |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1969 | John Wyer Automotive | Ford GT40 | David Hobbs | Rank 3 | ||
1970 | John Wyer Automotive | Porsche 917K | David Hobbs | failure | accident | |
1973 | Gulf Research Racing | Mirage M6 | John Watson | Vern Schuppan | failure | accident |
1974 | Gulf Research Racing | Gulf GR7 | Derek Bell | Rank 4 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1969 | JW Engineering | Ford GT40 | David Hobbs | failure | suspension |
1970 | Grand Bahama Racing Car Co. Ltd. | Lola T70 Mk.IIIB GT | Mike De Udy | failure | Brake defect |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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1966 | Drummond Racing | Ferrari 250LM | DAY | SEB | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | MUG | CCE | HOK | SIM | ONLY | ZEL |
DNF | |||||||||||||||
1968 | Nelson Racing | Ford GT40 | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | TAR | ONLY | SPA | WAT | ZEL | LEM | |||
DNF | |||||||||||||||
1969 | JW Automotive |
Ford GT40 Mirage M2 |
DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | WAT | ZEL | |||
DNF | DNF | 5 | 7th | DNF | 3 | ||||||||||
1970 | Grand Bahama Racing J.W. Automotive |
Lola T70 Porsche 917 |
DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | WAT | ZEL | |||
DNF | DNF | ||||||||||||||
1973 | Gulf Racing HIRE Racing |
Mirage M6 Chevron B23 |
DAY | VAL | DIJ | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ZEL | WAT | |||
DNF | DNF | 5 | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | 4th | 5 | |||||||
1974 | Gulf Racing | Gulf GR7 | MON | SPA | ONLY | IMO | LEM | ZEL | WAT | LEC | BRH | KYA | |||
4th | 2 | DNF | 4th | 4th |
literature
- Mike Hailwood: His legendary racing years . With a foreword by Pauline Barbara Hailwood. With texts by Jim Redman. Frank-Albert Illg. Text - & - Technik-Verlag, Weissach 2007, ISBN 978-3-932563-27-0 .
- Mike Hailwood, Ted Macauley: Mike Hailwood . (The translation into German was done by Hildegard Seyler-Rauch). Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1970. http://d-nb.info/456862870
Web links
- Literature by and about Mike Hailwood in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mike Hailwood website (requires JavaScript enabled)
- Motorcycle Hall of Fame - Mike Hailwood ( Memento from February 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Mike Hailwood on the Official Motorcycle World Championship website.
- Mike Hailwood on the Isle of Man TT official website.
- Mike Hailwood at motorsportmemorial.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONS. (PDF) cdn.entelectonline.co.za, accessed on December 15, 2013 (English).
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SURNAME | Hailwood, Mike |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hailwood, Stanley Michael Bailey (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British motorcycle racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford , UK |
DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1981 |
Place of death | Birmingham , UK |