Michael May (racing driver)
Michael May ( born August 18, 1934 in Stuttgart ) is a retired Swiss racing driver.
May 1959 launched in various Formula Junior race and achieved three wins in ten races. For 1960, use the Solitude Grand Prix in Formula 2 was planned, but this did not materialize.
In the season 1961 May sat down next to the German Wolfgang Seidel team Scuderia Colonia with a Lotus 18 at the Formula 1 race in part. For the Grand Prix of Monaco, he qualified on the 13th on the grid but retired due to problems with the oil line from. His second race, the Grand Prix of France, he could finish position of 22 from starting thanks to many failures in eleventh place. Furthermore, there was a participation in the Grand Prix of Germany planned on the Nordschleife, the May, however, could not start due to a training accident. In addition, May took part in three World Cup not scoring runs, but in each case in which he retired.
Following the accident at the Grand Prix of Germany May retired from active motorsport and was later involved in Porsche and Ferrari in the development of a new fuel injection system.