Mike Conway | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Bromley, London, England | 19 August 1983
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2013 |
Current team | Toyota Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
Car number | 7 |
Former teams | G-Drive Racing (2013) |
Starts | 74 |
Wins | 22 |
Poles | 22 |
Fastest laps | 12 |
Best finish | 1st in 2019-20, 2021 |
Previous series | |
2001 2001 2002 2003–04 2003 2005–06 2006–08 2009-2014 | UK FFord Winter Series UK Junior FFord UK FFord Championship Formula Renault UK Formula Renault UK Winter Series British F3 Championship GP2 Series IndyCar |
Championship titles | |
2019-20 2006 2004 | FIA World Endurance Championship British Formula 3 Championship Formula Renault UK |
Awards | |
2006 | National Driver of the Year |
Michael Robert Conway (born 19 August 1983) is a British professional racing driver. He lives in Sevenoaks, Kent and is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing.
Conway who was born in Bromley, London, attended Sevenoaks Prep School from 1986 to 1996.
Conway began racing in karting at the age of eight at Rye House in Hertfordshire. After that, he went on to be the Formula A British Karting Champion, then raced in Formula Ford with Van Diemen. He was the Formula Renault UK Champion in 2004 and then entered the British F3 International Series in 2005, with the same Fortec Motorsport team with which he had competed in Formula Renault 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 16t. 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 retire with engine failure, but classified 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 finishing first of the British F3 drivers in Race Two of the prestigious Pau Grand Prix, in France, a round of the British F3 International Series for 2006 - Romain Grosjean won the race. 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.
Conway 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 to 11th place. In race two he also finished 11th.
Conway won the National Racing Driver of the Year Award at the 2006 McLaren Autosport Awards.
He then signed to drive a full season for Super Nova Racing in the 2007 GP2 Series, taking a podium finish at Silverstone, and signed as a test driver with the Honda Racing F1 Team . He remained in the series for 2008, having signed for the Trident Racing team, [1] after testing for several other teams . 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. At Magny-Cours he finished 8th in the feature race, but 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.
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 was fitted with a back brace. The injuries effectively ended his participation in the rest of the 2010 Izod IndyCar Series season. [4]
On 1 February 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 17 April 2011, but the remainder of the year was disappointing, as Conway only managed to score three more top-10 finishes and failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500; he finished 17th in the championship.
Conway moved to the A. J. Foyt Enterprises team for the 2012 season. [6] He also made his racing return to the Indianapolis 500, having failed to qualify 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 entered 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 went 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. He later finished in third place in Toronto, his best result of the season.
In the week leading up to the final race of the 2012 season—held at the Fontana superspeedway—Conway informed the Foyt team that he no longer felt comfortable competing on oval tracks, and asked not to race. He was replaced by Wade Cunningham. Conway's decision stemmed from injuries after a crash at the 2010 Indianapolis 500 and the debate over IndyCar competing on oval tracks after the October 2011 death of Dan Wheldon. [7]
In 2013, Conway ran a one race deal with Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing at Long Beach finishing 25th with an electrical issue, then signed with Dale Coyne Racing for the doubleheader events of the year, winning his first race out at the Belle Isle Park Course. In 2014 he ran only the road courses and street circuits for Ed Carpenter Racing winning both the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as well as the Honda Indy Toronto Doubleheader. [8]
In 2013, Conway decided to enter sports car racing to supplement his Indycar career. He became a full-time driver for G-Drive Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Conway and co-drivers John Martin and Roman Rusinov were excluded from a 3rd-place finish at Le Mans in LMP2 but took four class wins in the season to finish 3rd in the LMP2 Drivers trophy.
In 2014, in addition to Indycar Conway joined Toyota Racing as a test and reserve driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship. [9] He raced in Austin, Bahrain and São Paulo, collecting a race win.
The Brit soon became a full-time driver at Toyota for the 2015 season, racing with Stéphane Sarrazin and Alexander Wurz.
As of 2023 Conway has won the FIA World Endurance Championship twice, (2019-20, 2021) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans once in 2021
In July 2014 it was announced that Conway would race in Formula E with the Dragon Racing Team. [10] However, on 5 September, Conway announced he had left the team. [11]
† – As Conway was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
(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 | IMO FEA | IMO SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | SIL FEA 11 | SIL SPR 11 | MAG FEA | MAG SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 29th | 0 |
2007 | Super Nova International | BHR FEA Ret | BHR SPR 5 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 12 | MON FEA Ret | MAG FEA 9 | MAG SPR Ret | SIL FEA 2 | SIL SPR 5 | NÜR FEA 18 | NÜR SPR 15 | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 8 | IST FEA Ret | IST SPR Ret | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 9 | SPA FEA 5 | SPA SPR 5 | VAL FEA 16 | VAL SPR 9 | 14th | 19 |
2008 | Trident Racing | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 8 | IST FEA 9 | IST SPR 5 | MON FEA 8 | MON SPR 1 | MAG FEA 8 | MAG SPR 6 | SIL FEA 14 | SIL SPR 4 | HOC FEA Ret | HOC SPR 9 | HUN FEA 6 | HUN SPR 11 | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 8 | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 13 | MNZ SPR Ret | 12th | 20 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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2009 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara | 24 | 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 | [12] | ||
2010 | SAO 8 | STP 19 | ALA 9 | LBH 10 | KAN 14 | INDY 19 | TXS | IOW | WGL | TOR | EDM | MDO | SNM | CHI | KTY | MOT | HMS | 25th | 110 | [13] | ||||||
2011 | Andretti Autosport | 27 | STP 23 | ALA 22 | LBH 1 | SAO 6 | INDY DNQ | TXS 24 | TXS 17 | MIL 12 | IOW 24 | TOR 22 | EDM 8 | MDO 26 | NHM 25 | SNM 16 | BAL 23 | MOT 9 | KTY 18 | LVS 1 C | 17th | 260 | [14] | |||
2012 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Dallara DW12 | 14 | STP 20 | ALA 7 | LBH 22 | SAO 19 | INDY 29 | DET 9 | TXS 16 | MIL 16 | IOW 20 | TOR 3 | EDM 11 | MDO 21 | SNM 14 | BAL 16 | FON | 21st | 233 | [15] | |||||
2013 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 17 | STP | ALA | LBH 25 | SAO | INDY | 23rd | 185 | [16] | ||||||||||||||||
Dale Coyne Racing | 18 | DET 1 | DET 3 | TXS | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR 7 | TOR 7 | MDO | SNM | BAL | HOU 16 | HOU 9 | FON | |||||||||||
2014 | Ed Carpenter Racing | 20 | Chevrolet | STP 16 | LBH 1 | ALA 14 | IMS 19 | INDY | DET 21 | DET 11 | TXS | HOU 17 | HOU 13 | POC | IOW | TOR 15 | TOR 1 | MDO 13 | MIL | SNM 14 | FON | 23rd | 252 | [17] |
Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) | Top 10s (Non-podium) | Indianapolis 500 wins | Championships |
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6 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team | Note |
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2009 | Dallara IR-05 | Honda HI7R V8 | 27 | 18 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Completed every lap |
2010 | Dallara IR-05 | Honda HI7R V8 | 15 | 19 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Accident |
2011 | Dallara IR-05 | Honda HI7R V8 | DNQ | Andretti Autosport | Did not qualify | |
2012 | Dallara DW12 | Honda HI12TT V6 t | 29 | 29 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Accident |
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Final pos | Points |
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2012 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | HAM R5 | HAM R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | PHI R10 | PHI R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SAN Q | SAN R20 | BAT R21 | SUR R22 14 | SUR R23 16 | YMC R24 | YMC R25 | YMC R26 | WIN R27 | WIN R28 | SYD R29 | SYD R30 | NC | 0 † |
† Not Eligible for points
* Season still in progress.
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2013 | G-Drive Racing | John Martin Roman Rusinov | Oreca 03-Nissan | LMP2 | 327 | EX | EX |
2015 | Toyota Racing | Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin | Toyota TS040 Hybrid | LMP1 | 387 | 6th | 6th |
2016 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi Stéphane Sarrazin | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 381 | 2nd | 2nd |
2017 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi Stéphane Sarrazin | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 154 | DNF | DNF |
2018 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi José María López | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 386 | 2nd | 2nd |
2019 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi José María López | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 385 | 2nd | 2nd |
2020 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi José María López | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | LMP1 | 381 | 3rd | 3rd |
2021 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi José María López | Toyota GR010 Hybrid | Hypercar | 371 | 1st | 1st |
2022 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi José María López | Toyota GR010 Hybrid | Hypercar | 380 | 2nd | 2nd |
2023 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Kamui Kobayashi José María López | Toyota GR010 Hybrid | Hypercar | 103 | DNF | DNF |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
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2015–16 | Venturi Formula E Team | Spark SRT01-e | Venturi VM200-FE-01 | BEI | PUT | PDE | BUE 15 | MEX 12 | LBH 10 | PAR 14 | BER 8 | LDN 9 | LDN 13 | 16th | 7 | ||
2016–17 | Faraday Future Dragon Racing | Spark SRT01-e | Penske 701-EV | HKG | MRK | BUE | MEX | MCO | PAR 14 | BER | BER | NYC | NYC | MTL | MTL | 24th | 0 |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2016 | Thiriet by TDS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | IMO | RBR | LEC 1 | SPA | EST | 14th | 26 |
* Season still in progress.
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2017 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Dane Cameron Eric Curran Seb Morris | Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 639 | 14th | 6th |
2018 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Eric Curran Stuart Middleton Felipe Nasr | Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 808 | 2nd | 2nd |
2020 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Filipe Albuquerque Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 822 | 7th | 7th |
2021 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Pipo Derani Chase Elliott Felipe Nasr | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 783 | 8th | 6th |
2022 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Pipo Derani Tristan Nunez | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 761 | 4th | 4th |
2023 | Vasser Sullivan Racing | Ben Barnicoat Jack Hawksworth | Lexus RC F GT3 | GTD Pro | 729 | 20th | 3rd |
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