About Michael May (racing driver)
Michael[1] May (born 18 August 1934) is a former racing driver and engineer from Switzerland. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 14 May 1961. He scored no championship points. == Racing career == May studied engineering. In 1956, he and his brother Pierre entered the 1956 1000km of Nürburgring in a modified Porsche 550 Spyder. The car was equipped with an adjustable elevated wing above the cockpit that generated downforce (or down thrust) for enhanced braking and cornering speeds to reduce lap times. During qualifying, the car lapped the circuit four seconds faster than the Porsche factory team 550s. Porsche racing director Huschke von Hanstein protested and May was not allowed to start the race with the wing. In 1961, May made his debut in Formula One with Wolfgang Seidel's team Scuderia Colonia. Driving a Lotus 18, May qualified 13th for the Monaco Grand Prix but was forced to retire due to an oil leak.
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