RACING DRIVER

Mike Thackwell

1961 - Today

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Michael Christopher Thackwell (born 30 March 1961) is a former racing driver from New Zealand, who participated in a number of prominent racing categories, including Formula 1. The sixth youngest driver ever to qualify for a Grand Prix, he participated in five of them, making his first start on 28 September 1980 at the Canadian Grand Prix. He scored no championship points. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Thackwell has received more than 122,925 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mike Thackwell is the 773rd most popular racing driver (down from 760th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 111th in 2019) and the 7th most popular New Zealander Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mike Thackwells by language

Over the past year Mike Thackwell has had the most page views in the with 16,536 views, followed by Japanese (3,174), and Italian (1,864). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (200.00%), Slovenian (50.45%), and Bulgarian (38.97%)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Mike Thackwell ranks 773 out of 1,080Before him are Kalle Rovanperä, André Testut, Ian Stewart, Tarso Marques, John Riseley-Prichard, and John Fitch. After him are Gigi Galli, Enrique Bernoldi, Chanoch Nissany, Paul Russo, Bruce Halford, and Jean-Claude Rudaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Mike Thackwell ranks 581Before him are Vida Vencienė, Reggie Fils-Aimé, Gillian Gilbert, Jorge Guasch, Koichi Hashiratani, and Michael Schulz. After him are Peter Beardsley, Kasi Lemmons, Tim Meadows, Håkan Hardenberger, Lucas Belvaux, and Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Mike Thackwell ranks 121 out of 303Before him are Jim Bolger (1935), Georgina Beyer (1957), Walter Buller (1838), Andrew Dominik (1967), John Walker (1952), and Dudley Storey (1939). After him are Simon Dickie (1951), Archie Thompson (1978), Geoffrey Palmer (1942), Robert Muldoon (1921), Dean O'Gorman (1976), and Warren Cole (1940).

Among RACING DRIVERS In New Zealand

Among racing drivers born in New Zealand, Mike Thackwell ranks 7Before him are Bruce McLaren (1937), Denny Hulme (1936), Chris Amon (1943), Howden Ganley (1941), John Nicholson (1941), and Graham McRae (1940). After him are Liam Lawson (2002), Brendon Hartley (1989), Tony Shelly (1937), Hayden Paddon (1987), and Mitch Evans (1994).