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Mike Conway
Mike Conway
Driver Details
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom British
P.O.B. Flag of the United Kingdom Bromley, London, United Kingdom
D.O.B. 18 August 1983[1]
Date of Death Unknown
Début Flag of Argentina 2016 Buenos Aires ePrix
Final Race Flag of France 2017 Paris ePrix
Titles 0
Teams Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team
Flag of the United States Dragon Racing
Formula E Career
Total Entries 8 (8 Starts)
Wins Points FanBoosts
0 7 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 0
First Win Unknown

Mike Conway (born 18 August 1983) is a British driver, who was announced to be competing in the inaugural 2014/15 FIA Formula E Championship for Dragon Racing.[1] However, Conway pulled out of the championship before the season opening 2014 Beijing ePrix, focusing on his FIA World Endurance Championship drive with Toyota.

Having commentated at the 2015 Monaco ePrix on the live broadcast of the race, Conway returned to his WEC commitments, until being contacted by the Venturi Formula E Team in early 2016.[2] Conway would then replace Jacques Villeneuve after the Canadian broke his ties with the team ahead of the 2016 Buenos Aires ePrix, with Conway ultimately completing the 2015/16 campaign for the Monegasque squad.[2]

After a fairly anonymous season, Conway would be dropped from Venturi and left without a drive outside his WEC commitments. Yet, partway through the following 2016/17 campaign the Brit would be asked to return to his original team Dragon Racing, who required a stand in driver for Loïc Duval, who was to miss the 2017 Paris ePrix due to his DTM commitments.[3]

Background[]

Conway made his name in Formula Renault, taking the 2004 championship, before being promoted to the British Formula Three championship in 2006.[1] Honda F1 selected Conway for their young driver programme in 2007, which ultimately saw him take victory at Monaco in GP2 a year later.[1] Conway then moved out to America in order to compete in Indy Car, after Honda pulled out of Formula One.[1] He would return to Europe in 2013, entering the World Endurance Championship, but continued to enter street races in Indy Car.[1]

Formula E History[]

Conway was named as a driver for Dragon Racing in July 2014, using two Spark-Renault SRT_01Es in the inaugural 2014/15 season.[1] Conway had already completed the 2014 Donington Test for the team, completing 80 laps for them over four days of the test. Conway, however, would not race at the inaugural 2014 Beijing ePrix, as he pulled out of the championship a few days before it started.[1] His vacant seat was filled by Oriol Servià in time for the first ePrix.

Racing Returns[]

Conway would reappear in the Formula E paddock as a commentator for the 2015 Monaco ePrix on the official Formula E live feed, but was not expected to return as a driver. The Brit was not included in the entry list for the 2015/16 FIA Formula E Championship, until a fall out between Venturi and driver Jacques Villeneuve in the build up to the 2016 Buenos Aires ePrix.[2] Conway was contacted by the team shortly after, taking over the seat vacated by the Canadian in time for the Buenos Aires round.[2]

A quiet FE debut saw Conway claim fifteenth, almost forty seconds off the back of race winner Sam Bird.[4] Next time out in Mexico City and Conway spent most of the race battling for points, only to fall shy of the final points position on the final lap, missing out by under a second.[5] Despite this late setback, Conway's confidence was on the rise, and in an equally dramatic late battle, the Brit claimed his maiden points finish at the 2016 Long Beach ePrix, fending off a late charge from Nicolas Prost.[6]

After a race hampered by a poor qualifying result in Paris, Conway made his way back into the points at the 2016 Berlin ePrix, spending much of the race fighting with the sister car of Loïc Duval for eighth.[7] Another tenth place finish followed in the penultimate race of the season, before an ambitious energy strategy in the season finale saw Conway throw away a strong start to finish the race down in thirteenth.[8] Come season end, Conway had scored seven points, enough to give him sixteenth in the final standings.

Dragon Demands[]

Venturi decided to drop Conway at the end of the season, having tempted German endurance ace Maro Engel to the team at the behest of their sponsors.[9] Without a drive in FE Conway returned to focus solely on his WEC programme with Toyota, leading them through their pre-season preparations, before once again being approached by an FE team needing a stand in.[3] This time, it was former team Dragon Racing who required the Brit's services, for regular runner Duval would be absent due to his DTM.[3]

The change would come at the 2017 Paris ePrix, with Conway taking over the #6 pair of Penske 701-EVs alongside regular Dragon racer Jérôme d'Ambrosio.[3] Conway's return proved to be a quiet one, the Brit ending the race in fourteenth despite fighting for the tail of the end of the points throughout.[10] Duval would ultimately return to his seat at the following round in Berlin with little fuss, leaving Conway on the side-lines once again.

Full Formula E Record[]

Shown below are a series of tables outlining Mike Conway's career in Formula E in statistical form.

Formula E Entries[]

The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Mike Conway during their FE career:

Mike Conway's Overall Formula E Record
Year Entrant No. Car Pos. Pts.
2014/15 Flag of the United States Dragon Racing 6 Spark-Renault SRT_01E Test driver
2015/16 Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team 12 Venturi VM200-FE-01 16th 7
2016/17 Flag of the United States Faraday Future Dragon Racing 6 Penske 701-EV 24th 0

Career Results[]

Below is a table showing Mike Conway's full Formula E record.

FIA Formula E Championship Record
Year Rounds Pos. Pts.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2015/16 Flag of China Flag of Malaysia Flag of Uruguay Flag of Argentina Flag of Mexico Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Germany Flag of Russia Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom 16th 7
15th 12th 10th 14th 8th CAN 10th 13th
2016/17 Flag of Hong Kong Flag of Morocco Flag of Argentina Flag of Mexico Flag of Monaco Flag of France Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of Canada Flag of Canada 24th 0
14th
Results Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Second DSQ Disqualified
3rd Third DNS Did Not Start
7th Points Finish 16th Non-Points Finish
NC Not Classified CAN Race Cancelled
INJ Driver Injured Italics Fastest Lap
Bold Pole Position G Group Fastest Lap

References[]

Videos and Images:

References:

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 'Driver's Club: Mike Conway', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, (2014), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/drivers-club/mike-conway.aspx (Accessed 23/04/2015)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 'Conway to race for Venturi in Argentina', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 22/01/2016), http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/january/mike-conway-to-race-for-venturi-in-buenos-aires.aspx, (Accessed 23/01/2016)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 'Conway to replace Duval for Paris ePrix', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 18/04/2017), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2017/april/conway-to-replace-duval-for-paris-eprix/, (Accessed 18/04/2017)
  4. 'Bird holds off Buemi for BA win', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 06/02/2016), http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/february/bird-holds-off-buemi-for-ba-win.aspx, (Accessed 22/03/2016)
  5. 'Fans power di Grassi to marvellous Mexico victory', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/03/2016), http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/march/fans-power-di-grassi-to-marvellous-mexico-victory.aspx, (Accessed 19/03/2016)
  6. 'Di Grassi's Shoreline sensation', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 02/04/2016), http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/april/di-grassi-s-shoreline-sensation/, (Accessed 03/04/2016)
  7. 'Buemi win cuts di Grassi's lead to just one point', fiaformula.com, (FIA Formula E, 21/05/2016), http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/may/buemi-win-cuts-di-grassi-s-lead-to-just-one-point/, (Accessed 21/05/2016)
  8. 'VISA London ePrix 2016 (Sunday: 50 Minute Highlights) - Formula E', youtube.com, (YouTube: FIA Formula E Championship, 10/07/2016), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIYayuaajSY, (Accessed 18/09/2016)
  9. 'MARO ENGEL JOINS VENTURI FORMULA E TEAM: VENTURI LINE UP CONFIRMED FOR SEASON THREE', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 08/08/2016), http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/august/maro-engel-joins-venturi-formula-e-team/, (Accessed 09/08/2016)
  10. 'Buemi hands Renault e.dams emotional Paris win', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 20/05/2017), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2017/may/buemi-hands-renault-edams-emotional-paris-win/, (Accessed 21/05/2017)
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Entrants
ABT Schaeffler Audi SportAmlin AndrettiDS Virgin RacingDragon RacingMahindra RacingNextEV TCRRenault e.DamsTeam AguriTrulli Formula E TeamVenturi Formula E Team
Manufacturers
ABT SchaefflerAndretti TEDSMahindra & MahindraMotomaticaNextEVRenaultSparkVenturi Automobiles
Cars
Spark-Renault SRT 01E
ABT Schaeffler FE01Andretti ATEC-01DS Virgin DSV-01Mahindra M2ElectroMotomatica JT-01NextEV FormulaE 001Renault Z.E. 15Venturi VM200-FE-01
Drivers
1 Nelson Piquet Jr. • 2 Sam Bird • 4 Stéphane Sarrazin • 6 Loïc Duval • 7 Jérôme d'Ambrosio • 8 Nicolas Prost • 9 Sébastien Buemi • 10 Vitantonio Liuzzi/Jarno Trulli • 11 Lucas di Grassi • 12 Jacques Villeneuve/Mike Conway • 18 Salvador Duran • 21 Bruno Senna • 23 Nick Heidfeld/Oliver Rowland • 25 Jean-Éric Vergne • 27 Robin Frijns • 28 Simona de Silvestro • 55 António Félix da Costa/René Rast • 66 Daniel Abt • 77 Nathanaël Berthon/Ma Qing Hua
E-Prix
BeijingPutrajayaPunta del EsteBuenos AiresMexico CityLong BeachParisBerlinLondon ILondon II
2016 Moscow ePrix
Tests
2015 Donington Test2015 Punta del Este Test
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Entrants
ABT Schaeffler Audi SportDS Virgin RacingFaraday Future Dragon RacingMahindra RacingMS Amlin AndrettiNextEV NIOPanasonic Jaguar RacingRenault e.DamsTecheetahVenturi Formula E Team
Manufacturers
ABT SchaefflerAndretti TEDSJaguarMahindra & MahindraNextEVPenskeRenaultVenturi Automobiles
Cars
Spark-Renault SRT 01E
ABT Schaeffler FE02Andretti ATEC-02DS Virgin DSV-02Jaguar I-Type IMahindra M3ElectroNextEV FormulaE 002Penske 701-EVRenault Z.E. 16Venturi VM200-FE-02
Drivers
2 Sam Bird • 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. • 4 Stéphane Sarrazin/Tom Dillmann • 5 Maro Engel • 6 Loïc Duval/Mike Conway • 7 Jérôme d'Ambrosio • 8 Nicolas Prost • 9 Sébastien Buemi/Pierre Gasly • 11 Lucas di Grassi • 19 Felix Rosenqvist • 20 Mitch Evans • 23 Nick Heidfeld • 25 Jean-Éric Vergne • 27 Robin Frijns • 28 António Félix da Costa • 33 Ma Qing Hua/Esteban Gutiérrez • 37 José María López/Alex Lynn • 47 Adam Carroll • 66 Daniel Abt • 88 Oliver Turvey
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