Mike Parkes

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Mike Parkes
Mike Parkes 1969
Nation: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Automobile world championship
First start: 1966 French Grand Prix
Last start: 1967 Belgian Grand Prix
Constructors
1966–1967 Ferrari
statistics
World Cup balance: World Cup eighth ( 1966 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
6th - 1 -
World Cup points : 14th
Podiums : 2
Leadership laps : 6 over 34.5 km
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Michael Johnson "Mike" Parkes (born September 24, 1931 in Richmond , Surrey , England , † August 28, 1977 in Riva presso Chieri , Italy ) was a British racing driver and engineer . It started in Formula 1 and sports car races in the 1960s and early 1970s .

Career

Parkes 1970 in the Ferrari 512 on the Nürburgring (the roof was bulged because of Parkes' height)

Mike Parkes' father was the former chairman of automaker Alvis Cars . Parkes was born into a world of automobiles and motorsports . He was trained as an engineer with the Rootes Group in Coventry . He was employed there until 1962 when his professional racing career began. In 1955, Mike Parkes and Tim Fry developed the Hillman Imp , which was supposed to be just a study. In 1957, Parkes received an invitation from Lotus to be a test driver at Le Mans. In the early 1960s he completely switched to motorsport until Scuderia Ferrari hired him as an engineer and test driver in 1966 to replace John Surtees.

From 1962 , Parkes competed in the World Sports Car Championship in a Ferrari 250 GTO and Ferrari prototypes . By 1967 he finished in these endurance races with his respective partners five times first, eleven times second and three times third.

In 1966 and 1967 he drove six Formula 1 races for Ferrari . In his first Formula 1 start at the French Grand Prix in Reims , he finished second behind Jack Brabham . He achieved another second place after starting from pole position at the Italian Grand Prix in the same year.

In 1967 he finished fifth in the Dutch Grand Prix . At the Belgian Grand Prix he had a serious accident on the first lap at the Blanchimont , when he lost control on an oil trail and sustained serious leg injuries in the following accident. He ended his career. Despite only having driven six Grand Prix races, of which he was only able to finish three, he scored a total of 14 world championship points.

Mike Parkes did not race for three years after his recovery. During this time he made friends with the Swiss racing team owner Georges Filipinetti and moved to his Scuderia. There he dealt with technology and its management. In 1970 he tried again with racing at Scuderia Filipinetti . But there were no successes.

At this time he built the 128 Filipinetti Fiats. He also developed a Fiat Filipinetti 128 Stradale, which the Fiat group had planned as an exclusive racing sports car in street version. However, this car was never produced. At the urging of Fiat, he developed the Filipinetti Fiat X1 / 9 in early 1973 , which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show. After the sudden death of Georges Filipinetti and the subsequent closure of his Scuderia, Parkes was hired by Lancia . There he largely developed the technology of the Lancia Stratos .

In 1977 Parkes had a fatal accident in a traffic accident in Riva presso Chieri near Turin .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1960 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sir Gawaine Baillie Lotus Elite Mk14 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gawaine Baillie failure Gearbox damage
1961 ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 260TRI / 61 BelgiumBelgium Willy Mairesse Rank 2
1962 ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa Ferrari 330LM GTO ItalyItaly Lorenzo Bandini failure cooler
1963 ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa Ferrari 250P ItalyItaly Umberto Maglioli Rank 3
1964 ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa Ferrari 275P ItalyItaly Ludovico Scarfiotti failure Oil pump
1965 ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa Ferrari 330P2 FranceFrance Jean Guichet failure Gearbox damage
1966 ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa Ferrari 330P3 ItalyItaly Ludovico Scarfiotti failure accident
1967 ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa Ferrari 330P4 ItalyItaly Ludovico Scarfiotti Rank 2 and class win
1970 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Scuderia Filipinetti Ferrari 512S SwitzerlandSwitzerland Herbert Mueller failure accident
1971 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Scuderia Filipinetti Ferrari 512S FranceFrance Henri Pescarolo failure Rear suspension
1972 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Scuderia Filipinetti Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 FranceFrance Jean-Louis Lafosse SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Jacques Cochet Rank 7

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1963 ItalyItaly SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 330LMB ItalyItaly Lorenzo Bandini failure Petrol tank damaged after turning
1964 ItalyItaly SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 275P ItalyItaly Umberto Maglioli Overall victory
1966 ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa Ferrari 330P3 United StatesUnited States Bob Bondurant failure Gearbox damage
1970 United StatesUnited States NART Ferrari 312P Coupe United StatesUnited States Chuck Parsons Rank 6

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 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd
1960 Gawaine Baillie Lotus Elite ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM
DNF DNF
1961 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250TRI United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly PES
2
1962 Scuderia Ferrari
Maranello Concessionaires
Ferrari 330LM GTO
Ferrari 250 GTO
United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MAY ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany BER GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance TAV ItalyItaly CCA United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT GermanyGermany ONLY United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI FranceFrance PAR
2 DNF 3 2
1963 Scuderia Ferrari
John Coombs
Ferrari 330LMB
Ferrari 250P
Ferrari 250 GTO
United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly MAY GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly CON GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly MON GermanyGermany WIS FranceFrance TAV GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT SwitzerlandSwitzerland OVI GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly MON FranceFrance TDF United StatesUnited States BRI
DNF DNF DNF 3 2 2
1964 Scuderia Ferrari
Maranello Concessionaires
Ferrari 275P
Ferrari 250 GTO
United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR ItalyItaly MON BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly CON GermanyGermany ONLY GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance REI GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT SwitzerlandSwitzerland SIM GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MON FranceFrance TDF United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI FranceFrance PAR
1 1 2 DNF 3
1965 Scuderia Ferrari
Maranello Concessionaires
Ferrari 275P
Ferrari 275P2
Ferrari 330P
Ferrari 330P2
Ferrari 365P2
United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly BOL ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MUG GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance REI ItalyItaly BOZ GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE SwitzerlandSwitzerland OVI GermanyGermany ONLY United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI
1 DNF 9 2 DNF 2
1966 Scuderia Ferrari
George Drummond
Ferrari 330P3
Ferrari Dino 206S
Ferrari 250LM
United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly MUG ItalyItaly CCE GermanyGermany HOK SwitzerlandSwitzerland SIM GermanyGermany ONLY AustriaAustria ZEL
DNF 1 DNF 1 DNF DNF 8th
1967 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 330P4 United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MON BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM GermanyGermany HOK ItalyItaly MUG United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly CCE AustriaAustria ZEL SwitzerlandSwitzerland OVI GermanyGermany ONLY
2 2 5 2
1970 NART
Scuderia Filipinetti
Ferrari 312P
Ferrari 512S
United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM United StatesUnited States WAT AustriaAustria ZEL
5 6th 13 8th 6th 4th DNF
1971 Scuderia Filipinetti Ferrari 512S
Lola T212
ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly MON BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM AustriaAustria ZEL United StatesUnited States WAT
7th DNF 5 DNF
1972 Scuderia Filipinetti Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly MON BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM AustriaAustria ZEL United StatesUnited States WAT
7th

literature

  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

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