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Michael May

  • 1961
  • MAY
  • Born 18 August 1934 in Stuttgart, Germany

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position17.5
  • Avg finish11
  • Retirement rate50%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+11
  • Points scored0
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak–
  • Longest points-scoring streak–
  • TeamsLotus (1961)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1961Lotus20–

Every race

3 entries, 2 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 3 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1961Monaco Grand PrixLotus13DNF
French Grand PrixLotus22P11
German Grand PrixLotus–DNS

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Jim Clark19610:10:2+5.97%0 : 4Compare
Stirling Moss19610:00:2+6.98%0 : 9Compare
Innes Ireland19610:10:1+5.41%0 : 3Compare
Henry Taylor19610:11:0–0 : 0Compare
Ian Burgess19611:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Willy Mairesse19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Lucien Bianchi19610:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Cliff Allison19610:01:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Michael May came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.