Mike Conway
Galileo Connect are proud to sponsor British driver Mike Conway of Trident Racing in the 2008 GP2 Series. Ian Wright Chairman of Galileo Connect has had a long standing relationship with Mark Blundell and Martin Brundle who support Mike through their sports management company 2MB. Galileo Connect are happy to continue their support of great British talent.
Born 19th August 1983, Mike started racing at the age of eight at Rye House in Hertfordshire. In recent years Mike has been the Formula A British Karting Champion, the Formula Renault Champion (2004) and the top British driver in the British Formula 3 series, coming third in 2005 with Fortec Motorsport.
In 2006, Mike became the British F3 champion and Macau Grand Prix winner.
In 2007, Mike raced with Super Nova International and was the only British driver challenging for the GP2 title.
2008 will see him race his second season of the series but this year driving with new team Trident Racing.
Mike’s Success to Date on the way to the GP2 Series
2007
- GP2 Series - 14th
2006
- British Formula 3 - Champion
- F3 Macau GP - Winner
2005
- British Formula 3 - 3rd
- GP2 Series - 28th (One Round)
- F3 Macau GP - 14th
- Masters of F3 - 13th
2004
- British Formula Renault 2.0 - Champion
2003
- British Formula Renault 2000 - 4th
- British Formula Renault 2000 Winter Series - 2nd
2002
- British Formula Ford - 4th
2001
- British Formula Ford Zetec Junior - 6th
- British Formula Ford - 6th
1992-2000
- Karting
Mike took a week off from his GP2 commitments this year and entered, as a way to familiarize with the new Valencia Street Circuit, the fourth round of the International GT Open. Trident Racing, had the chance to let Mike have a first glimpse of the Spanish racetrack, built around Valencia`s port and marina. Mike was paired behind the wheel of a Dodge Viper Competition Coupe. Though the main target was to get a grip with the circuit, Mike did it literally by winning the first race of the weekend with a considerable margin. As set by the rulebook, paid the price of their Race 1 win with a higher time handicap during the driver change on Race 2, but eventually managed to end up in 4th.
The first race of the GP2 Main Series at Valencia Street Circuit was one of the shortest ever for Trident Racing. Mike's run was halted after just 2 laps due to a clutch problem.
Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Managing Director
"Today we experienced what is probably was our worst day of the 2008 season, even though I usually don't like to call misfortune into play. Both our drivers were forced to stop in the first two laps: Ho Pin Tung was involved in a crash on lap 1, while Mike Conway was stopped by a minor clutch problem when the hydraulic pump's connector went off, leaving him with a full clutch on. It's a tough end of the season, as we keep not taking advantage of our true potential during the races. In that kind of moments though, it's necessary too keep working head down, and trust the value of our technical package and of our drivers. In terms of strategy, we decided not to turn any pre-grid lap and to line-up directly in order to save fuel, as we knew it would have become an issue. In the end our calculations, though not useful for us, proved right, and several cars had to slow down due to the lack of fuel. We hope to see a rulebook update in the future to prevent teams from facing that kind of issues, and preserve the top-class talent and show always provided by the GP2 Series".
GP2 Series 2008 (Dates & Locations for the 2008 Series)
| Dates | Location | Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th - 27th April | Barcelona, Spain | 8th Place | |||||
| 10th - 11th May | Istanbul, Turkey | 5th Place | |||||
| 23rd - 24th May | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | 1st Place | |||||
| 21st - 22nd June | Magny-Cours, France | 6th Place | |||||
| 5th - 6th July | Silverstone, Great-Britain | 4th Place | |||||
| 19th - 20th July | Hockenheim, Germany | 9th Place | |||||
| 2nd - 3rd Aug | Budapest, Hungary | 6th Place | |||||
| 23rd - 24th August | Europe, Valencia | ||||||
| 6th - 7th September | Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium | ||||||
| 13th - 14th September | Monza, Italy |
Links
www.mikeconway.co.uk
www.tridentracing.it
www.gp2series.com
