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Mike Thackwell Date of birth 30 March 1961 (1961-03-30) (age 49) Formula One World Championship career Nationality New Zealander Active years 1980, 1984 Teams Arrows, Tyrrell, RAM Races 5 (2 starts) Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First race 1980 Dutch Grand Prix Last race 1984 German Grand Prix Michael Thackwell (born 30 March 1961) is a former Formula One driver from Auckland, New Zealand. The second youngest driver ever to qualify for a Grand Prix, he participated in five, making his first start on 28 September 1980 at the Canadian Grand Prix. He scored no championship points. He had previously attempted unsuccessfully to qualify for the Dutch Grand Prix which was held on 31 August 1980. For nearly 30 years he was often listed as the youngest driver to start a Formula One event, although this claim was arguable. In his debut race, Alan Jones and Nelson Piquet collided on the first lap under the bridge after the star/finish line and were subsequently hit by a number of other cars, including Jean-Pierre Jarier and Derek Daly, both Tyrrell drivers. Mike Thackwell negotiated his way through the carnage and returned to the start/finish line undamaged as the race had been stopped. As both Jarier's and Daly's cars were too badly damaged to repair quickly, Thackwell was instructed by Ken Tyrrell to give up his car for Jarier. The race was then restarted after the wreckage was cleaned up. Under Formula One regulations, when the race is stopped on the first lap, the racing on that lap is annulled and the race starts anew when the cars take to the grid for the second time. If a driver was involved in the first lap incident and then can not bring their car back to the second start, they have technically not taken part in the Grand Prix. This is because the Grand Prix actually begins from the second start and the original start is stricken from the results.[1] Using these criteria, Ricardo Rodriguez was in fact the youngest race starter. Sebastian Vettel became in August 2006 the youngest driver to appear at a Grand Prix meeting, but only as a test driver, and then at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, Jaime Alguersuari, at 19 years 125 days, broke Thackwell's record. Thackwell's debut in a Tyrrell was unsuccessful and returning to Formula Two he suffered a massive testing accident (which many claim permanently affected his driving). His career stalled until he rejoined the works Ralt team in 1983, coming second in that year's F2 championship and winning the final championship in 1984, during which year he had a few more F1 drives, and finished the 1984 season in CART for Penske Racing after foot injuries at Sanair during practice for the Molson 300 sidelined Penske ace Rick Mears. Despite further race wins in Formula 3000 and success in sports cars for Jaguar and Sauber-Mercedes, Thackwell failed to re-establish himself in F1 and turned his back on the sport at the end of 1987. He is widely felt to have been one of the great 'lost talents' - a driver in the wrong place at the wrong time. Thackwell now lives on the South Coast of England and is interested in watersports, particularly surfing. Contents 1 Complete European Formula Two Championship results 2 Complete International Formula 3000 results 3 Complete Formula One results 4 References // Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts 1980 March Racing March/802 BMW THR Ret HOC Ret NÜR 10 VAL 4 PAU 4 SIL 3 ZOL 6 MUG 18 ZAN Ret PER 9 MIS Ret HOC 8th 11 1981 Ralt Racing Ltd. Ralt Honda SIL 1 HOC 3 THR DNA NÜR DNA VAL DNA MUG 5 PAU 6 PER DSQ SPA Ret DON 5 MIS 3 MAN 15 6th 22 1982 Horag Racing March BMW SIL Ret HOC Ret THR NÜR Ret MUG 8 VAL 9 PAU 3 SPA 3 HOC 10 DON Ret MAN PER MIS 10th 8 1983 Ralt Racing Ltd. Ralt Honda SIL 2 THR 2 HOC 3 NÜR 7 VAL 3 PAU 8 JAR 1 DON 2 MIS Ret PER 3 ZOL 2 MUG 2 2nd 51 1984 Ralt Racing Ltd. Ralt Honda SIL 1 HOC 2 THR 1 VAL 1 MUG 1 PAU 1 HOC 9 MIS 1 PER 1 DON 4 BRH Ret 1st 72 Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 1985 Ralt Racing Ltd. SIL 1 THR 2 EST NC VAL Ret PAU Ret SPA 1 DIJ 2 PER 1 ZEL 9 ZAN 2 DON Ret 2nd 45 1986 Hotz-Horag Racing/FTL SIL 4 VAL PER 9 ZEL BIR BUG 8th 10.5 Ralt Racing Ltd. PAU 1 SPA IMO MUG JAR Ret 1988 Ralt Racing Ltd. JER VAL PAU 7 SIL MON PER BRH BIR BUG ZOL DIJ - 0 Complete Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 1980 Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A3 Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA USW BEL MON FRA GBR GER AUT NED DNQ ITA NC 0 Candy Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 010 CAN Ret USA DNQ 1984 Skoal Bandit F1 Team RAM 02 Hart V8 BRA RSA BEL SMR FRA MON CAN Ret DET DAL GBR NC 0 Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 012 Cosworth V8 GER DNQ AUT NED ITA EUR POR References ^ Sporting Regulations: See Articles 155 through 157 Sporting positions Preceded by Jonathan Palmer European Formula Two Champion 1984 Succeeded by Christian Danner (International Formula 3000) Records Preceded by Ricardo Rodríguez 19 years, 208 days (1961 Italian GP) Youngest Driver to start a Formula One race 19 years, 182 days (1980 Canadian Grand Prix) Succeeded by Jaime Alguersuari 19 years, 125 days (2009 Hungarian GP)