Mike Beuttler
Born |
Cairo, Egypt | 13 April 1940
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Died |
29 December 1988 48) Los Angeles, California, USA | (aged
Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality |
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Active years | 1971–1973 |
Teams | Non-works March |
Entries | 29 (28 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1971 British Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1973 United States Grand Prix |
Michael Simon Brindley Bream Beuttler (13 April 1940 – 29 December 1988) was a British Formula One driver who raced privately entered March cars. He was born in Cairo, Egypt.
He was a talented Formula Three graduate from the late 1960s, who then graduated to Formula Two and then to Formula One in 1971. The finance for the team came from a group of stockbroker friends from whom the team took its name – at first Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing, and in 1973 it became Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie-Durlacher Racing. He raced on one occasion, at the 1971 Canadian Grand Prix, for the works March team. Beuttler's best result was a seventh place in the 1973 Spanish Grand Prix.
Beuttler retired from racing the following year and eventually moved to the United States, where he died of complications resulting from AIDS in 1988, in Los Angeles, aged 48. As of 2016 he is the only known gay F1 driver.[1][2]
Beuttler was also the brother-in-law of politician Alan Clark.
Complete Formula One results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Points |
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1971 | Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing | March 711 | Cosworth V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR Ret |
GER DSQ |
AUT NC |
ITA Ret |
NC | 0 | ||||||
STP March | CAN NC |
USA | ||||||||||||||||||
1972 | Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing | March 721G | Cosworth V8 | ARG | RSA | ESP DNQ |
MON 13 |
BEL Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR 13 |
GER 8 |
AUT Ret |
ITA 10 |
CAN NC |
USA 13 |
NC | 0 | |||
1973 | Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie-Durlacher | March 721G | Cosworth V8 | ARG 10 |
BRA Ret |
RSA NC |
NC | 0 | ||||||||||||
March 721G/731 | ESP 7 |
BEL 11 |
MON Ret |
SWE 8 |
FRA | GBR 11 |
NED Ret |
GER 16 |
AUT Ret |
ITA Ret |
CAN Ret |
USA 10 |
References
- ↑ "Gay Automotive:the coming out story of Mike Beutller". www.dailygossip.org. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
- ↑ "» Remembering Mike Beuttler – Richard's F1". Retrieved 2016-06-14.
- Philippe Vogel et le sport automobile (French)
- mikebeuttler.hautetfort.com/
- www.comultipress.fr/spip/spip.php?article165