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Mike Beuttler in Formula 1
Mike Beuttler started 28 Formula 1 races between 1971 and 1973, collecting no wins and 0 podiums. The table below walks the career season by season, with team, wins and points.
Mike Beuttler season by season
| Year | Team | Races | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | March-Ford | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | March | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | March | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Career totals
| Races | Wins | Podiums | Points | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
On and off the track
Mike Beuttler raced privately entered March cars in F1 from 1971 to 1973, funded by a group of stockbroker friends whose names formed the team title, Clarke Mordaunt Guthrie Racing. With the money gone, he left F1 after 1973 and later moved to the United States. He died in 1988, aged 48, of AIDS related complications, and is remembered today as F1's first known gay driver, a pioneer whose story has only recently been told with the care it deserves.
Mike Beuttler's milestones
Mike Beuttler (United Kingdom) debuted at the 1971 British Grand Prix, at Silverstone Circuit, and raced for the last time at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The on-track high point was a P7 finish at the 1973 Spanish Grand Prix. In all there were 28 starts across 17 circuits in 15 countries, averaging 0 points per race. The longest partnership of the career was with March: 23 races together.
The most productive year on points was 1971, with 0. To place the career in time, compare the debut season, 1971, with the final one, 1973, or see who took each title among the Formula 1 world champions.
Source: jolpica-f1 historical archive (Apache 2.0 license), successor to Ergast, snapshot of 2026-07-09. This site is independent and not affiliated with Formula One or any team, driver or circuit mentioned.
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