# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-thackwell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:08:03.356Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-thackwell"
name: "Mike Thackwell"
slug: "mike-thackwell"
description: "Michael Christopher Thackwell is a former racing driver from New Zealand, who participated in a number of prominent racing categories, including Formula 1. The seventh youngest driver ever to qualify for a Grand Prix, he participated in five of them, making his first start on 28 September 1980 at the Canadian Grand Prix. He scored no championship points. He had previously attempted unsuccessfully to qualify for the Dutch Grand Prix which was held on 31 August 1980."
tagline: "New Zealand racecar driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2011_11_2_Imperial_Palace_Harrahs_Auto_collection-1-64_-_Flickr_-_Moto%40Club4AG.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1961-03-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.12
  momentum:             0.1651112706389088
  historical:           15.78430933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  250
  category: null
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    title: "Mike Thackwell"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Thackwell"
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    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Thackwell"
    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Thackwell"
    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "مایک تکول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Thackwell"
    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Thackwell"
    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Thackwell"
    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Thackwell"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Thackwell"
    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Thackwell"
    title: "Mike Thackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Thackwell"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump