26 Facts About Mike Conway

Michael Robert Conway was born on 19 August 1983 and is a British professional racing driver.

Mike Conway who was born in Bromley, London, attended Sevenoaks Prep School from 1986 to 1996.

Mike Conway began racing in karting at the age of eight at Rye House in Hertfordshire.

Mike Conway was the Formula Renault UK Champion in 2004 and then entered the British F3 International Series in 2005, with the same Fortec Motorsport team with which he had competed in Formula Renault UK.

At the Macau Grand Prix, Mike 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.

Mike Conway made his GP2 debut at Silverstone in June 2006, when he replaced the injured Olivier Pla in a DPR Direxiv car.

Mike Conway won the National Racing Driver of the Year Award at the 2006 McLaren Autosport Awards.

Mike Conway then signed to drive a full season for Super Nova Racing in the 2007 GP2 Series, taking a podium finish at Silverstone, and signed as a test driver with the Honda Racing F1 Team [1].

Mike Conway remained in the series for 2008, having signed for the Trident Racing team, after testing for several other teams [2].

Mike Conway eventually finished 12th in the drivers' championship, an improvement of two positions on the previous year.

Mike Conway suffered a broken leg during the crash and was flown straight to the Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis.

Mike Conway received a compression fracture of one of his thoracic vertebrae and was fitted with a back brace.

On 1 February 2011, Andretti Autosport announced that Mike Conway had been signed to a full-time ride for the 2011 IndyCar season.

Mike Conway 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 made his racing return to the Indianapolis 500, having failed to qualify the year before.

On lap 79 Mike Conway entered the pits during a scheduled green flag pit stop period.

Mike Conway made contact with one of his crew members damaging his front wing but not injuring the crew member.

Mike Conway was uninjured in the incident, but due to damage he was unable to finish the race and was scored in 29th position.

Mike Conway later finished in third place in Toronto, his best result of the season.

Mike 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 Dan Wheldon.

In 2013, Mike 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 2013, Mike Conway decided to enter sports car racing to supplement his IndyCar career, becoming a full-time driver for G-Drive Racing in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Mike Conway began the Le Mans 24 Hours well by overtaking the Porsches of Timo Bernhard and Neel Jani to take the lead in the opening hour.

Drama followed at Le Mans: Mike Conway had re-taken a lead he had lost during the second hour, which later became substantial because of reliability struggles for the entire LMP1 field.

Fuji proved to be a standout race for Mike Conway, who took the lead from teammate Sebastien Buemi in the pits at the halfway mark and extended it to almost 15 seconds, resulting in his first win of the year.

However, Mike Conway would be forced to miss Le Mans after he fractured his ribs and collarbone in a cycling accident a day before the race.