Mike Thackwell
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 New Zealand
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| Automobile / Formula 1 world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | 1980 Canadian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1984 Canadian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1980 Candy Tyrrell Team · 1984 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Mike Thackwell (born March 30, 1961 in Auckland ) is a former New Zealand racing driver .
Career
At the start of the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix , at the age of 19, Thackwell was the youngest Formula 1 driver to date (before Ricardo Rodríguez ) to ever take part in a Formula 1 race. He was considered a great young talent, but his career was interrupted by a serious accident in which he sustained head injuries and a badly broken foot.
He took part in five Grand Prix, but was only able to take the qualification hurdle twice.
In 1983 he became vice-European champion in Formula 2 alongside Jonathan Palmer in the team on Ralt - Honda . 1984 he won the Formula 2 European Championship alongside Roberto Moreno in the team Ralt-Honda and was in the next year runner up in the successor series F3000 .
After he ended his motorsport career at the age of 26, he became a helicopter pilot on an oil rig. Today he lives in England and works as a teacher.
statistics
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1985 |
 Porsche Kremer Racing
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Porsche 962C |
Franz Konrad
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 Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Rank 9 | |
| 1986 |
 Kouros Racing Team
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Clean C8 |
 John Nielsen
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failure | engine | |
| 1987 |
Kouros Sauber Mercedes
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Clean C9 |
Henri Pescarolo
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 Hideki Okada
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failure | accident |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Thackwell, Mike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand Formula 1 driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland , New Zealand |