Tim Mayer
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| First start: | 1962 USA Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1962 USA Grand Prix | ||||||||
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Timothy "Tim" Mayer (born February 22, 1938 in Dalton , Pennsylvania , † February 28, 1964 Longford , Tasmania , Australia ) was an American automobile racing driver .
Career
Tim Mayer began his career in Formula Junior in 1959 . He also studied English literature at the renowned Yale University . In 1962 he competed in the automobile world championship with a factory-fitted Cooper T53 . At the US Grand Prix in Watkins Glen , however, Mayer had to retire after 31 of 100 laps with a gearbox defect. It was his only race in the automobile world championship. The following year he started again in Formula Junior, this time for the team of Ken Tyrrell , who was racing Cooper cars at the time . Despite the inferior material and the superior racing cars from Brabham and Lotus , Mayer was able to achieve good results. Bruce McLaren promoted Mayer's talent and got him a contract for the 1964 World Automobile Championship .
In the winter of 1963/64 Mayer drove together with Bruce McLaren in the Cooper in the Tasman series . Here, too, his talent showed and he was able to get good points results. The American had a fatal accident in the last race of the season. After a driving error, Mayer lost control of his car. His car hit a barrier, crashed into a group of trees and Mayer was thrown out of the cockpit . He died on the way to the hospital six days after his 26th birthday.
His brother Teddy Mayer later became team principal for the McLaren racing team .
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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| 1962 | Team Lotus | Cooper T53 | Climax 1.5 L4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
| total | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 |
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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 | |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Mayer, Tim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayer, Timothy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dalton , Pennsylvania , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1964 |
| Place of death | Longford , Tasmania , Australia |