Mike Beuttler

Mike Beuttler

Born	(1940-04-13)13 April 1940 Cairo, Egypt
Died	29 December 1988(1988-12-29) (aged 48) Los Angeles, California, USA
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1971–1973
Teams	Non-works March
Entries	29 (28 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1971 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1973 United States Grand Prix

Michael Simon Brindley Bream Beuttler (13 April 1940 – 29 December 1988) was a British Formula One driver who raced privately entered March cars. He was born in Cairo, Egypt.

He was a talented Formula Three graduate from the late 1960s, who then graduated to Formula Two and then to Formula One in 1971. The finance for the team came from a group of stockbroker friends from whom the team took its name – at first Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing, and in 1973 it became Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie-Durlacher Racing. He raced on one occasion, at the 1971 Canadian Grand Prix, for the works March team. Beuttler's best result was a seventh place in the 1973 Spanish Grand Prix.

Beuttler retired from racing the following year and eventually moved to the United States, where he died of complications resulting from AIDS in 1988, in Los Angeles, aged 48. As of 2018 he is the only known gay F1 driver.

Beuttler was also the brother-in-law of politician Alan Clark.

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1971	Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	March 711	Cosworth V8	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR Ret	GER DSQ	AUT NC	ITA Ret							NC	0
	STP March												CAN NC	USA
1972	Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing	March 721G	Cosworth V8	ARG	RSA	ESP DNQ	MON 13	BEL Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 13	GER 8	AUT Ret	ITA 10	CAN NC	USA 13				NC	0
1973	Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie-Durlacher	March 721G	Cosworth V8	ARG 10	BRA Ret	RSA NC													NC	0
		March 731					ESP 7	BEL 11	MON Ret	SWE 8	FRA	GBR 11	NED Ret	GER 16	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA 10

References

• Philippe Vogel et le sport automobile (French)
• mikebeuttler.hautetfort.com/
• www.comultipress.fr/spip/spip.php?article165