RACING DRIVER

Mike Hailwood

1940 - 1981

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Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood (2 April 1940 – 23 March 1981) was a British racing driver and motorcycle road racer, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1958 to 1967, and Formula One between 1963 and 1974. Nicknamed "The Bike", Hailwood was a nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion, with four titles in the premier 500cc class with MV Agusta, and won 76 motorcycle Grands Prix across 10 seasons. Hailwood took 14 victories at the Isle of Man TT. After his motorcycle racing career concluded, he went on to compete in Formula One and other classes of car racing, becoming one of the few men to compete at Grand Prix level in both motorcycle and car racing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Hailwood has received more than 799,714 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Mike Hailwood is the 74th most popular racing driver (down from 71st in 2019), the 1,250th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,206th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 26

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  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Mike Hailwood ranks 74 out of 1,080. Before him are Maurice Trintignant, Colin McRae, Patrick Tambay, Michele Alboreto, Jean Alesi, and José Froilán González. After him are Carlos Pace, Jochen Mass, Jean-Louis Schlesser, Lucien Bianchi, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, and Sebastian Vettel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Mike Hailwood ranks 123. Before him are Max Mosley, Lei Feng, Jerzy Buzek, Ali Saibou, Jean-Luc Dehaene, and Adel Emam. After him are Katharine Ross, Shozo Tsugitani, Richard Pryor, Ricky Nelson, Roger Ailes, and Elke Sommer. Among people deceased in 1981, Mike Hailwood ranks 52. Before him are Stefan Wyszyński, Bernard Lee, Rómulo Betancourt, Duško Popov, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. After him are Christy Brown, Heinz Kohut, Albert Cohen, Mao Dun, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, and Josep Pla.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mike Hailwood ranks 1,250 out of 8,785. Before him are Glenn Tipton (1947), Frank Lampard (1978), Alan Shearer (1970), Michael Scot (1175), Thomas Reid (1710), and Martin Lowry (1874). After him are Charles Rolls (1877), Robert Adam (1728), Frank Williams (1942), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Thomas Simpson (1710), and Keith O'Brien (1938).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Mike Hailwood ranks 14. Before him are John Surtees (1934), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Stirling Moss (1929), Lewis Hamilton (1985), Damon Hill (1960), and Colin McRae (1968). After him are Tom Pryce (1949), Roger Williamson (1948), David Purley (1945), Peter Collins (1931), David Coulthard (1971), and John Watson (1946).

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