1961 - Today
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 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mike Thackwell is the 760th most popular racing driver (down from 737th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 112th in 2019) and the 8th most popular New Zealander Racing Driver.
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Among racing drivers, Mike Thackwell ranks 760 out of 888. Before him are Gary Brabham, Bill Brack, Skip Barber, Eric Brandon, Rodger Ward, and Marc Coma. After him are Dave Morgan, Dario Franchitti, Don Branson, Art Cross, Rinaldo Capello, and John Cordts.
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 754
1935 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 755
1936 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 756
1920 - 1982
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 757
1921 - 2004
HPI: 37.85
Rank: 758
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 759
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 760
1944 - 2018
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 761
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 762
1920 - 1966
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 763
1918 - 2005
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 764
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 765
1935 - Present
HPI: 37.62
Rank: 766
Among people born in 1961, Mike Thackwell ranks 554. Before him are Randa Siniora, Johann Passler, Howard Gordon, Bruce Timm, Vyacheslav Ivanenko, and Alberto Vaquina. After him are Danuta Stenka, Brad Gilbert, Wolfram Wuttke, İsmet Yılmaz, Al Jean, and Kasi Lemmons.
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 548
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 549
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.85
Rank: 550
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.77
Rank: 551
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 552
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 553
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 554
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 555
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 556
1961 - 2015
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 557
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.57
Rank: 558
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.54
Rank: 559
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 560
Among people born in New Zealand, Mike Thackwell ranks 111 out of 248. Before him are John Walker (1952), Jay Ryan (1981), Onny Parun (1947), Brendon Hartley (1989), Callan Mulvey (1975), and Geoffrey Palmer (1942). After him are Laurel Hubbard (1978), Chris Rankin (1983), Tim Bevan (1957), Lucky Diamond Rich (1971), Ricki Herbert (1961), and Hayley Westenra (1987).
1952 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 105
1981 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 106
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.35
Rank: 107
1989 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 108
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.05
Rank: 109
1942 - Present
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 110
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 111
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 112
1983 - Present
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 113
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.28
Rank: 114
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 115
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 116
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.05
Rank: 117
Among racing drivers born in New Zealand, Mike Thackwell ranks 8. Before him are Denny Hulme (1936), Chris Amon (1943), Graham McRae (1940), Howden Ganley (1941), John Nicholson (1941), and Brendon Hartley (1989). After him are Tony Shelly (1937) and Mitch Evans (1994).
1936 - 1992
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 2
1943 - 2016
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 3
1940 - 2021
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 5
1941 - 2017
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 6
1989 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.73
Rank: 8
1937 - 1998
HPI: 36.45
Rank: 9
1994 - Present
HPI: 21.73
Rank: 10