Opinion: Why you should keep an eye on Formula Two
Formula 2 has a patchy history of sending top talent to Formula 1 greatness, but it has plenty of cult heroes, and Mike Thackwell is high among them.
Aged 19 in 1980, the New Zealander became the youngest F1 starter, driving for Tyrrell at the Canadian GP, only to be involved in a multi-car collision that stopped the race and not take the restart, which muddied the record books. He then became mired in F2, with injury and doubts about his fitness plaguing his campaigns, before he shone in Casiobacked Ralt-Hondas. Second to team-mate Jonathan Palmer in 1983, he finally waltzed to the European F2 title in 1984.
Too unconventional and laid-back for F1, he never did get the break he deserved. After a brief spell in Group C sports cars and cameos in F2 successor F3000, he turned his back on racing at 30. Now brother-in-law to David Brabham, he has never returned. He subsequently worked as a teacher and ran a surf shack. But to us, he will always be a mercurial talent whose absence was F1’s loss.
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