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On February 1, 2011, [[Andretti Autosport]] announced that Conway had been signed to a full-time ride for the 2011 IndyCar season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.andrettiautosport.com/News_February_2011.html#News_Feb_1_2011|title=ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT SIGNS MIKE CONWAY TO FULLTIME INDYCAR DRIVE IN 2011|work=andrettiautosport.com|date=1 February 2011|accessdate=1 February 2011}}</ref> He won his first IndyCar race at Long Beach on April 17, 2011. |
On February 1, 2011, [[Andretti Autosport]] announced that Conway had been signed to a full-time ride for the 2011 IndyCar season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.andrettiautosport.com/News_February_2011.html#News_Feb_1_2011|title=ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT SIGNS MIKE CONWAY TO FULLTIME INDYCAR DRIVE IN 2011|work=andrettiautosport.com|date=1 February 2011|accessdate=1 February 2011}}</ref> He won his first IndyCar race at Long Beach on April 17, 2011. |
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During the [[2012 Indianapolis 500]] Conway Returned to racing at Indianapolis after failing to qualify for the race the year before. He qualified near the back but appeared to have a strong car coming up several positions during the race. On lap 79 Conway enter the pits during a scheduled green flag pit stop period. He made contact with one of his crew members damaging his front wing but not injuring the crew member. The damage when unnoticed by the crew who hurried up the pit stop to keep Conway in contention. A few laps later Conway lost control of his car spinning in front of [[Will Power]] and making contact with power causing him to hit the inside wall. At the same time Conway's car turned around backwards and flew airborne into the fence topside first. Conway was uninjured in the incident, but due to damage he was unable to finish the race and was scored in 29th position |
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== Motorsports career results == |
== Motorsports career results == |
Revision as of 12:25, 29 May 2012
Mike Conway | |
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Mike Conway at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Bump Day for the 2009 Indianapolis 500. | |
Nationality | |
Born | Bromley, Kent (England) | August 19, 1983
IndyCar Series career | |
Debut season | 2009 |
Current team | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |
Car number | 14 |
Former teams | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (2009-2010) Andretti Autosport (2011) |
Starts | 23 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 17th in 2009, 2011 |
Previous series | |
2001 2001 2002 2003-04 2003 2005-06 2006-08 | UK FFord Winter Series UK Junior FFord UK FFord Championship Formula Renault UK Formula Renault UK Winter Series British F3 Championship GP2 Series |
Championship titles | |
2004 2006 | Formula Renault UK Champion British F3 Champion |
Awards | |
2006 | National Driver of the Year |
Mike Conway, born 19 August 1983, is a British racing driver. He lives in Sevenoaks, Kent and is currently competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series.
Biography
Conway who was born in Bromley, Kent, England attended Sevenoaks Prep School from 1986 to 1996.
Karting to F3
Like many racing drivers, he started karting at the age of eight at Rye House in Hertfordshire. After that, he went on to be the Formula A British Karting Champion, race in Formula Ford with Van Diemen, become the Formula Renault UK Champion in 2004 and then into the British F3 International Series in 2005, with the same Fortec Motorsport team that he had been with in FRenault UK.
In British F3, he was the highest placed rookie and finished 3rd behind Alvaro Parente and Charlie Kimball, as well as managing 13th in the BP Ultimate Masters at Zandvoort, having started 16th, while at the Macau Grand Prix, Conway ended up fourth in both the qualifying and the qualifying race around the Circuito da Guia, before a problematic Grand Prix saw him finish 14th.
Following that success he was signed by 2MB Sports Management run by former Grand Prix drivers Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell, and signed for the Räikkönen Robertson Racing team, owned by then McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen and his race-manager Steve Robertson. In the 2006 season, Mike dominated the British F3 International Series, and clinched the title with three races remaining, as well as winning Race Two of the prestigious Pau Grand Prix, in France, a round of the British F3 International Series for 2006. While at the Macau Grand Prix, after qualifying 11th, he finished 7th in the qualifying race, before becoming the first British driver to win the Grand Prix since Darren Manning in 1999.
GP2
He also made his GP2 debut at Silverstone in June 2006, when he replaced the injured Olivier Pla in a DPR Direxiv car. Having stalled at the start of Race One, he battled home to 11th place. In Race 2 he finished 11th again.
Conway also won the National Racing Driver of the Year Award at the 2006 McLaren Autosport Awards.
He then signed up to drive a full season for Super Nova Racing in the 2007 GP2 Series, taking a podium finish at Silverstone, and also signed as a test driver with the Honda Racing F1 Team [1]. He remained in the series for 2008, having signed for the Trident Racing team,[1] after testing for several other teams [2]. At Monaco he took his first GP2 series win (and first 2008 podium) in the sprint race, earning pole position by finishing 8th in the feature race (in which he ran third before being hit by backmarker Javier Villa on the final lap)[3]. At Magny-Cours he also finished 8th in the feature race, but this time he faded to finish 6th in a wet sprint race. He eventually finished 12th in the drivers' championship, an improvement of two positions on the previous year.
IndyCar
During 2008, Conway was given an opportunity to test an IndyCar Series car at Infineon Raceway and surprised several series regulars by being top of the times during one session.[2] Conway signed with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing to compete in the IndyCar Series full–time in 2009.
On the final lap of the 2010 Indianapolis 500, Conway was battling side by side with Ryan Hunter-Reay when the two cars became entangled as Hunter-Reay's Dallara ran low on fuel and stuttered between turns 3 and 4, resulting in Conway's Dallara-Honda being launched into the air. Conway suffered a broken leg during the crash and was flown straight to the Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis.[3] Conway also received a compression fracture of one of his thoracic vertebrae and has been fitted with back brace. The injuries effectively ended his participation in the rest of the 2010 Izod IndyCar Series season.[4]
On February 1, 2011, Andretti Autosport announced that Conway had been signed to a full-time ride for the 2011 IndyCar season.[5] He won his first IndyCar race at Long Beach on April 17, 2011.
During the 2012 Indianapolis 500 Conway Returned to racing at Indianapolis after failing to qualify for the race the year before. He qualified near the back but appeared to have a strong car coming up several positions during the race. On lap 79 Conway enter the pits during a scheduled green flag pit stop period. He made contact with one of his crew members damaging his front wing but not injuring the crew member. The damage when unnoticed by the crew who hurried up the pit stop to keep Conway in contention. A few laps later Conway lost control of his car spinning in front of Will Power and making contact with power causing him to hit the inside wall. At the same time Conway's car turned around backwards and flew airborne into the fence topside first. Conway was uninjured in the incident, but due to damage he was unable to finish the race and was scored in 29th position
Motorsports career results
Career summary
* Season in progress.
Complete GP2 series 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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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2006 | DPR Direxiv | VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SMR FEA |
SMR SPR |
EUR FEA |
EUR SPR |
ESP FEA |
ESP SPR |
MON FEA |
GBR FEA 11 |
GBR SPR 11 |
FRA FEA |
FRA SPR |
GER FEA |
GER SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
TUR FEA |
TUR SPR |
ITA FEA |
ITA SPR |
29th | 0 |
2007 | Super Nova Racing | BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 5 |
ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 12 |
MON FEA Ret |
FRA FEA 9 |
FRA SPR Ret |
GBR FEA 2 |
GBR SPR 5 |
EUR FEA 18 |
EUR SPR 15 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 8 |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR Ret |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR 9 |
BEL FEA 5 |
BEL SPR 5 |
VAL FEA 16 |
VAL SPR 9 |
14th | 19 |
2008 | Trident Racing | ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 8 |
TUR FEA 9 |
TUR SPR 5 |
MON FEA 8 |
MON SPR 1 |
FRA FEA 8 |
FRA SPR 6 |
GBR FEA 14 |
GBR SPR 4 |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 9 |
HUN FEA 6 |
HUN SPR 11 |
EUR FEA Ret |
EUR SPR 8 |
BEL FEA 7 |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA 13 |
ITA SPR Ret |
12th | 20 |
American open–wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
IndyCar Series
Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
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2009 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Honda | STP 22 |
LBH 21 |
KAN 19 |
INDY 18 |
MIL 20 |
TXS 19 |
IOW 8 |
RIR 18 |
WGL 6 |
TOR 22 |
EDM 20 |
KTY 17 |
MDO 20 |
SNM 3 |
CHI 16 |
MOT 22 |
HMS 15 |
17th | 261 | |
2010 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Honda | SAO 8 |
STP 19 |
ALA 9 |
LBH 10 |
KAN 14 |
INDY 19 |
TXS Inj |
IOW Inj |
WGL Inj |
TOR Inj |
EDM Inj |
MDO Inj |
SNM Inj |
CHI Inj |
KTY Inj |
MOT Inj |
HMS Inj |
25th | 110 | |
2011 | Andretti Autosport | Honda | STP 23 |
ALA 22 |
LBH 1 |
SAO 6 |
INDY DNQ |
TXS1 24 |
TXS2 17 |
MIL 12 |
IOW 24 |
TOR 22 |
EDM 8 |
MDO 26 |
NHM 25 |
SNM 16 |
BAL 23 |
MOT 9 |
KTY 18 |
LVS C |
17th | 260 |
2012 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | STP 20 |
ALA 7 |
LBH 22 |
SAO 19 |
INDY |
DET |
TXS |
MIL |
IOW |
TOR |
EDM |
MDO |
QIN |
SNM |
BAL |
FON |
18th* | 62* |
Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) |
Top 10s (Non-podium) |
Indianapolis 500 Wins |
Championships |
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4 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Indianapolis 500
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team | Note |
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2009 | Dallara | Honda | 27 | 18 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Completed every lap |
2010 | Dallara | Honda | 15 | 19 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Accident |
2011 | Dallara | Honda | DNQ | Andretti Autosport | Did Not Qualify |
References
- ^ "Conway signs for Trident Racing". autosport.com. 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ^ "Conway flies in Panther test". autosport.com. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ Beer, Matt (30 May 2010). "Conway breaks leg in huge crash". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ Beer, Matt (1 June 2010). "Conway sidelined for three months". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT SIGNS MIKE CONWAY TO FULLTIME INDYCAR DRIVE IN 2011". andrettiautosport.com. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
External links
- 1983 births
- British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- English racing drivers
- Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- Indianapolis 500 drivers
- IndyCar Series drivers
- Living people
- McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominees
- North American Formula Renault drivers
- People from Sevenoaks