Welcome to the Official
Mike Hailwood™ M.B.E., G.M. Website....
Few sportsmen have made
such an indelible impact on the fast moving worlds of
motorcycle and car racing as the legendary MIKE HAILWOOD™.
The son of a millionaire who bought him the best machinery
that money could buy, he quickly cast aside the 'rich
man's kid' image which had been thrust upon him to earn
the respect and admiration of his peers through the
enormity of his talent, the strength of his personality
and his outrageous sense of fun.
He won nine motorcycle World Championships
between 1961 and 1967, then turned to motor racing,
following in the wheel tracks of John Surtees, with
whose cars he became European Formula 2 Champion and
began his Formula 1 career. In time he might well have
added a Formula 1 World Championship to his list of
achievements, but his motor racing career ended abruptly
in 1974 when he crashed his McLaren on Germany's daunting
Nurburgring.
Disabled by his leg injuries, he retired to New Zealand,
where he quickly became bored, and by 1978, at the age
of 38, he was back at the Isle of Man, the scene of
so many of his earlier triumphs, not only to race bikes
once again, but to take on and beat the entire field.
His victorious return to 'The Island' has been described
as one of the most emotional moments of 20th century
sport.
From
the book 'A Man Called Mike' by Christopher Hilton
With many thanks for the support of photographers and
writers, Mick Woollett, Nick Nicholls, the late Volker
Rauch, Murray Walker, Ted Macauley, Christopher Hilton,
Peter Carrick; of Geoff and Peter Duke of Duke Marketing;
of expert engineers and good friends Steve Wynne, and
Nobby Clark; of fellow bike racers, some of which were
Mike’s closest friends, Paddy Driver, Luigi Taveri,
Tommy Robb, Ralph Bryans, Giacomo Agostini, Jim Redman,
Phil Read, and many more; of fellow car drivers, David
Hobbs, Peter Gethin, Derek Bell, John Watson, and especially
Richard Attwood.
A big thank you to all of our licensees and business
associates, we really appreciate your support, but extra
special thanks must go to two men, whose help has been
invaluable,
Lloyd J. Jassin for his legal expertise, and continued
hard work, advice and support since 1999; and to Jeremy
Gill, for his excellent work in re-designing and maintaining
this website. Both Lloyd and Jeremy have been such a
marvelous help and are an integral part of the success
of this website.
There are many more people to thank, especially all
of Mike's sponsors in the past, and you, Mike's fans,
so our apologies if we have not mentioned you here by
name, but you know who you are and we thank each and
every one of you most sincerely.
Warmly - - Pauline
& David Hailwood
©1999 -
2007, The Estate of Mike Hailwood. Mike Hailwood, Mike
the Bike, MH and For Love of the Sport are trademarks
of the Estate of Mike Hailwood in the European Union,
U.S.A., and other countries.
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