About Mike Conway
Michael Robert Conway (born 19 August 1983) is a British professional racing driver competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Racing. In endurance racing, Conway has won two FIA World Endurance Championship titles, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2021 and 2026, all with Toyota. In formula racing, Conway was test driver for Honda in Formula One, and won multiple IndyCar Series races between 2009 and 2014. He also briefly raced in Formula E. == Early career == Conway who was born in Bromley, London, attended Sevenoaks Prep School from 1986 to 1996. === Karting to F3 === Conway began racing in karting at the age of eight at Rye House in Hertfordshire. After that, he went on to be the Formula A British Karting Champion, then raced in Formula Ford with Van Diemen. He was the Formula Renault UK Champion in 2004 and then entered the British F3 International Series in 2005, with the same Fortec Motorsport team with which he had competed in Formula Renault UK. In British F3, Conway was the highest placed rookie and finished third behind Alvaro Parente and Charlie Kimball, as well as managing 13th in the BP Ultimate Masters at Zandvoort, having started sixteenth. At the Macau Grand Prix, Conway ended up fourth in both the qualifying and the qualifying race around the Circuito da Guia, before a problematic Grand Prix saw him retire with engine failure, but classified fourteenth. Following that success, Conway was signed by 2MB Sports Management run by former Grand Prix drivers Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell, and signed for the Räikkönen Robertson Racing team, owned by then McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen and his race-manager Steve Robertson. In the 2006 season, Conway dominated the British F3 International Series, and clinched the title with three races remaining, as well as finishing first of the British F3 drivers in Race Two of the prestigious Pau Grand Prix, in France, a round of the British F3 International Series for 2006 - Romain Grosjean won the race.
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