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Michael Christopher Thackwell (born 30 March 1961) is a former racing driver from New Zealand, who participated in a number of prominent racing categories, including Formula 1. The sixth youngest driver ever to qualify for a Grand Prix, he participated in five of them, making his first start on 28 September 1980 at the Canadian Grand ...
Mike Thackwell (Auckland, 30 marzo 1961) è un ex pilota automobilistico neozelandese di Formula 1. Esordì nel 1980 al volante di una Arrows nelle prove del gran premio d'Olanda per sostituire Jochen Mass , ma non riuscì a qualificarsi.
- 5 (2 partenze)
- 1980, 1984
- ArrowsTyrrellRAM
23 gen 2020 · He earns minimum wage, telling me he takes home £80 a week. Not long after turning his back on the glamorous world of Formula 1 and Group C sports car racing, driving for the likes of Tyrell, Kremer, TWR Jaguar and Kouros-Sauber, Thackwell gave away all his material possessions.
- James Mills
James Mills. Mike Thackwell and sister Lisa came to Britain from Australia, the children of a Kiwi Speedway rider. Lisa raced in the Renault 5 Cup and Ford Fiestas before marrying David Brabham. Mike’s career trajectory was different. Hailed as a wunderkind, he made the first of his two Formula 1 starts aged 19 for Tyrrell in 1980.
7 lug 2014 · He was racing’s blue-eyed boy: effortless speed, natural confidence, a Grand Prix driver at 19. Mike Thackwell had talent to throw away – and that’s what he did, to go surfing instead.
- Rob Widdows
30 mar 2020 · Described as ‘a teenage sensation’ and a ‘maverick’, Mike Thackwell is widely felt to have been one of the great lost talents in motor racing and after leaving F1 and motorsport, he worked as a special needs teacher, a helicopter pilot, a steeplejack and miner.
22 mag 2016 · Costui è Mike Thackwell e questa è la sua storia. Una storia pazza, strana, romantica con un finale che sembra l’inizio di un romanzo alla Hemingway. Da zero a trecento in 19 anni di vita e da trecento a trecentouno fino ai 27. Poi basta. Mike Thackwell: il fenomeno mancato.
