Mike Conway (born 19 August 1983) is a British professional racing driver. He lives in Sevenoaks,

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and is currently competing in the

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with Toyota Gazoo Racing.

Biography

Conway who was born in

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, attended

Sevenoaks Prep School Sevenoaks Prep School is a co-educational, day preparatory school for 385 pupils aged 2–13 in Sevenoaks in south-east England. The school is situated on the Sackville estate, on grounds bordering the park of Knole House. It was founded in 1 ...

from 1986 to 1996.

Karting to F3

Like many racing drivers, he started

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at the age of eight at Rye House in

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. After that, he went on to be the Formula A British Karting Champion, then raced in

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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

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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

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, as well as managing 13th in the BP Ultimate Masters at

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, having started 16th, while 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

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and Mark Blundell, and signed for the Räikkönen Robertson Racing team, owned by then

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driver

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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

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, 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.

GP2

He also made his GP2 debut at

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in June 2006, when he replaced the injured

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in a DPR Direxiv car. Having stalled at the start of Race One, he battled home to 11th place. In Race 2 he finished 11th again. Conway also won the National Racing Driver of the Year Award at the 2006 McLaren

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Awards. He then signed up to drive a full season for

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in the

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, taking a podium finish at

, and also signed as a test driver with the Honda Racing F1 Teambr>
He remained in the series for 2008 GP2 Series season, 2008, having signed for the Trident Racing team, after testing for several other team

At

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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 la

At

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he also finished 8th in the feature race, but this time he 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.

IndyCar

Mike Conway - August 2014 - Sarah Stierch

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. Conway signed with

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to compete in the IndyCar Series full-time in

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. 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

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ran low on fuel and stuttered between turns 3 and 4, resulting in Conway's Dallara-

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being launched into the air. Conway suffered a broken leg during the crash and was flown straight to the

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. Conway also received a compression fracture of one of his

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and has been fitted with back brace. The injuries effectively ended his participation in the rest of the 2010 Izod IndyCar Series season. On 1 February 2011,

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announced that Conway had been signed to a full-time ride for the 2011 IndyCar season. 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. Mike Conway 2012 Detroit GP

Conway moved to the A. J. Foyt Enterprises team for the 2012 season. 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

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, his best result of the season. In the week leading up to the final race of the 2012 season—held at the

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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

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. 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

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. In

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, 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

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he ran only the road courses and street circuits for

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winning both the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as well as the Honda Indy Toronto Doubleheader.

Sports car racing

Toyota TS050 Conway Silverstone 2018 Village

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

. 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

. 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

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and Alexander Wurz.

Formula E

In July 2014 it was announced that Conway would race in

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with the

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Team. However, on 5 September, Conway announced he had left the team.

Motorsports career results

Career summary

† – As Conway was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete GP2 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete IndyCar Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) : ¹ ''The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after

died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.''

Indianapolis 500

Complete V8 Supercar results

† Not Eligible for points

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Formula E results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Mike 1983 births Living people People from Sevenoaks English racing drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Ford drivers GP2 Series drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers IndyCar Series drivers North American Formula Renault drivers Supercars Championship drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers International GT Open drivers American Le Mans Series drivers Formula E drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Double R Racing drivers David Price Racing drivers Super Nova Racing drivers Trident Racing drivers Dreyer & Reinbold Racing drivers Andretti Autosport drivers A. J. Foyt Enterprises drivers Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing drivers Dale Coyne Racing drivers G-Drive Racing drivers Ed Carpenter Racing drivers Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers Venturi Grand Prix drivers Action Express Racing drivers European Le Mans Series drivers Dragon Racing drivers TDS Racing drivers Comtec Racing drivers Level 5 Motorsports drivers Alan Docking Racing drivers Manor Motorsport drivers