Mike Spence

Mike Spence
Driver Information
Born	30 December 1936(1936-12-30) Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died	7 May 1968(1968-05-07) (aged 31) Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Nationality	UK
Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics
Status	Deceased (fatal accident)
Seasons Active	1963–1968
Teams	Lotus (1963–1966) BRM (1967–1968)
World Titles	0
Races	39 (37 starts)
Poles	0
Wins	0
Podium	1
Fastest Laps	0
Points	27
First Race	1963 Italian Grand Prix
Last Race	1968 South African Grand Prix

Michael Henderson "Mike" Spence (30 December 1936, Croydon, Surrey – 7 May 1968, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 8 September 1963. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 27 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races, as well as sports car and Indianapolis racing.

Spence was killed during practice for the 1968 Indianapolis 500.

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1961	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	Non-championship only
1962: Did not compete
1963	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	0	NC	Report
1964	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	4	12th	Report
		Lotus-Ford Cosworth
1965	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	10	8th	Report
	Scuderia Scribante
1966	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	10	8th	Report
	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus-BRM
1967	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	9	10th	Report
	Reg Parnell Racing
1968	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	0	NC	Report

• Bold indicates a driver who wins the World Championship.
• Italics donates an entrant used in non-championship races.

Career Statistics

Entries	39
Starts	37
Pole Positions	0
Race Wins	0
Podiums	1
Fastest Laps	0
Points	27
Laps Raced	1718
Distance Raced	9,106 km (5,658 mi)

Wins

Non-Championship

No.	Event
1	1965 Race of Champions
2	1966 South African Grand Prix

Career Results

World Championship

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	Pos
1963													0	NC
							13th
1964													4	12th
					9th	8th	Ret	6th	7th	4th
1965													10	8th
	4th		7th	7th	4th	8th	Ret	11th	Ret	3rd
1966													4	13th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	Ret	5th	Ret	DNS
1967													9	10th
	Ret	6th	8th	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	5th	Ret	5th
1968													0	NC
	Ret

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

Non-Championship

Complete Non-Championship Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Pts	Pos
1961																								—	—
													Ret						2nd
1964																								—	—
			3rd	6th		Ret	5th	16th
1965																								—	—
		1st	Ret	DNS	3rd	Ret	WD
1966																								—	—
	1st		Ret	Ret
1967																								—	—
	7th	6th	6th	Ret
1968																								—	—
	Ret	Ret

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

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V T E	Teams and Drivers
1963 Teams and Drivers Teams Alfa Special • ATS • Brabham • BRP • Cooper • De Tomaso • Ferrari • Gilby • LDS • Lola • Lotus • Porsche • Scirocco • Stebro Engines Alfa Romeo • ATS • Borgward • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Ford • Maserati • Porsche Non-Works Entrants André Pilette • Bernard Collomb • David Prophet • Ecurie Filipinetti • Ecurie Maarsbergen • Frank Dochnal • Ian Raby Racing • John Love • Kurt Kuhnke • Lawson Organisation • Otelle Nucci • Reg Parnell Racing • RRC Walker Racing Team • Sam Tingle • Scuderia Centro Sud • Scuderia Lupini • Scuderia Settecolli • Selby Auto Spares • Siffert Racing Team • Ted Lanfear • Tim Parnell
1964 Teams and Drivers Teams ATS • Brabham • BRM • BRP • Cooper • Ferrari • Honda • Lotus • Porsche • Scirocco Engines ATS • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Ford • Honda • Porsche Non-works Entrants Revson Racing • Bernard Collomb • Maurice Trintignant • DW Racing Enterprises • Reg Parnell Racing • R.R.C. Walker Racing Team • North American Racing Team • Siffert Racing Team • Ecurie Maarsbergen • Scuderia Centro Sud • Bob Gerard Racing • John Willment Automobiles • Ian Raby Racing • Derrington-Francis Racing Team • Fabre Urbain Drivers Amon • Anderson • Arundell • Attwood • Baghetti • Bandini • Barth • de Beaufort • Bonnier • Brabham • Bucknum • Cabral • Clark • Collomb • Gardner • "Geki" • Ginther • Gurney • Hailwood • Hansgen • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • Love • Maggs • McLaren • Mitter • Pilette • Raby • Revson • Rindt • P. Rodríguez • Rudaz • Scarfiotti • Sharp • Siffert • Solana • Spence • Surtees • J. Taylor • T. Taylor • Trintignant
1965 Teams and Drivers Teams Alfa Special • Brabham • BRM • Cooper • Ferrari • Honda • LDS • Lotus Engines Alfa Romeo • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Ford • Honda Non-works Entrants R.R.C. Walker Racing Team • DW Racing Enterprises • Reg Parnell Racing • John Willment Automobiles • Otelle Nucci • Lawson Organisation • Scuderia Scribante • Ted Lanfear • Ecurie Tomahawk • Scuderia Centro Sud • Bob Gerard Racing • Ian Raby Racing Drivers Amon • Anderson • Attwood • Bandini • Baghetti • Bandini • Bassi • Bianchi • Blokdyk • Bondurant • Bonnier • Brabham • Bucknum • Bussinello • Charlton • Clark • Gardner • "Geki" • Ginther • Gregory • Gubby • Gurney • Hailwood • Hawkins • Hill • Hulme • Ireland • de Klerk • Lederle • Love • Maggs • McLaren • Mitter • Niemann • Pieterse • Pretorius • Prophet • Puzey • Raby • Rhodes • Rindt • Rodríguez • Rollinson • Scarfiotti • Serrurier • Siffert • Solana • Spence • Stewart • Surtees • Tingle • Vaccarella
1966 Teams and Drivers Teams Brabham • BRM • Cooper • Ferrari • Honda • Lotus • Matra • McLaren • Shannon Engines BRM • Climax • Cosworth • Ferrari • Ford • Honda • Maserati • Repco • Serenissima • Weslake Non-works Entrants Reg Parnell Racing • Team Chamaco-Collect • Bernard White Racing • R.R.C. Walker Racing Team • Anglo-Suisse Racing Team • DW Racing Enterprises • David Bridges • Caltex Racing Team • Tyrrell Racing Organisation • Roy Winkelmann Racing • Martinelli-Sonvico • Chris Amon Racing • J.A. Pearce Engineering Drivers Ahrens • Amon • Anderson • Arundell • Baghetti • Bandini • Beltoise • Bondurant • Bonnier • Brabham • Bucknum • Courage • Clark • "Geki" • Ginther • Gurney • Hahne • Herrmann • G. Hill • P. Hill • Hulme • Ireland • Ickx • Irwin • Lawrence • Ligier • McLaren • Mitter • Moser • Parkes • Rees • Rindt • Rodríguez • Scarfiotti • Schlesser • Siffert • Solana • Spence • Stewart • Surtees • J. Taylor • T. Taylor • Wilson
1967 Teams and Drivers Teams Brabham • BRM • Cooper • Eagle • Ferrari • Honda • LDS • Lola • Lotus • Matra • McLaren • Protos Engines ATS • BMW • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Honda • Maserati • Weslake Non-Works Entrants Bernard White Racing • Castrol Oils Ltd. • Charles Vögele Racing • DW Racing Enterprises • Ecurie Ford-France • Joakim Bonnier Racing Team • Reg Parnell Racing • Rob Walker Racing Team • Ron Harris Racing Team • Roy Winkelmann Racing • Scuderia Scribante • Tyrrell Racing Organisation Drivers Ahrens • Amon • Anderson • Attwood • Bandini • Baghetti • Bandini • Beltoise • Bonnier • Botha • Brabham • Charlton • Clark • Courage • Fisher • Ginther • Gurney • Hart • Hahne • Hill • Hulme • Hobbs • Ickx • Irwin • Jones • Ligier • Love • McLaren • Mitter • Moser • Oliver • Parkes • Pease • Redman • Rees • Rindt • Rodríguez • Scarfiotti • Schlesser • Servoz-Gavin • Siffert • Solana • Spence • Stewart • Surtees • Tingle • Wietzes • Williams
1968 Teams and Drivers Teams Brabham • BRM • Cooper • Eagle • Ferrari • Honda • LDS • Lola • Lotus • Matra • McLaren Engines BMW • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Honda • Maserati • Matra • Repco • Weslake Non-works Entrants Bernard White Racing • Caltex Racing Team • Castrol Oils Ltd. • Charles Vögele Racing • Joakim Bonnier Racing Team • John Love • Matra International • Rob Walker Racing Team • Scuderia Scribante • Team Gunston • Team Pretoria Drivers De Adamich • Ahrens • Amon • Andretti • Attwood • Bell • Beltoise • Bonnier • Brabham • Brack • Charlton • Clark • Courage • Elford • Gardner • Gurney • Hahne • Hill • Hobbs • Hulme • Ickx • Love • McLaren • Moser • Oliver • Pease • Pescarolo • Pretorius • Redman • Rindt • Rodríguez • Van Rooyen • Scarfiotti • Schlesser • Servoz-Gavin • Siffert • Solana • Spence • Stewart • Surtees • Tingle • Unser • Widdows

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