Mike Beuttler

Mike Beuttler
Born (1940-04-13)13 April 1940
Cairo, Egypt
Died 29 December 1988(1988-12-29) (aged 48)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality United Kingdom British
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
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

  1. ↑ "Gay Automotive:the coming out story of Mike Beutller". www.dailygossip.org. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  2. ↑ "» Remembering Mike Beuttler – Richard's F1". Retrieved 2016-06-14.


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