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{{Former F1 driver|
  Name = Mike Parkes |
  Nationality = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] |
  Years = {{F1|1959}}, {{F1|1966}}-{{F1|1967}} |
  Team(s) =  [[Fry (racing team)|Fry]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] |
  Races = 7 (6 starts) |
  Championships = 0 |
  Wins = 0 |
  Podiums = 2 |
  Points = 14 |
  Poles = 1 |
  Fastest laps = 0 |
  First race = [[1959 British Grand Prix]] |
  First win =  |
  Last win =  |
  Last race = [[1967 Belgian Grand Prix]] |
}}
'''Michael Johnson Parkes''' ([[September 24]], [[1931]] in [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[Surrey]] - [[August 28]], [[1977]] nr. [[Turin]], [[Italy]] <ref name="WATN">{{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/bydriver/watn.asp?letter=P |title= The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? |accessdate=2007-07-29 |last=Jenkins |first=Richard |publisher=OldRacingCars.com}}</ref>) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[racing driver]] from [[England]].  

He participated in 7 [[Formula One]] World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on [[July 18]], [[1959]].  He achieved two podiums, and scored a total of 14 championship points.  He also secured one [[pole position]]. Parkes was a [[London, England]] bachelor who worked as an automotive engineer when not racing cars.<ref name=bachelor>''Sebring 'Crasher' Swept By Ferrari'', [[Los Angeles Times]], March 22, 1964, Page B5.</ref>

==Sports car career==
[[Image:1965-05-23 Ferrari Südkehre.jpg|thumb|262px|right|Parkes at 1965 [[1000km Nürburgring]] in front of [[Graham Hill]], both in [[Ferrari]]s]]
[[Willy Mairesse]] and Parkes came in second in the [[1000km Nürburgring]] race in May 1962. Their [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] placed after the winning car of the same [[marque]] driven by [[Phil Hill]] and [[Olivier Gendebien]]. The race was 44 laps.<ref>''Phil Hill Wins Neurburgring'', Los Angeles Times, May 28, 1962, Page B6.</ref> Parkes finished a mere car length
behind [[Graham Hill]] in the 28th [[Royal Automobile Club]] tourist trophy race in August 1963.<ref>''Datelines In Sports'', Los Angeles Times, August 25, 1963, Page K5.</ref>[[Umberto Maglioli]] and Parkes drove one of the Ferraris which claimed the top five
qualifying positions for the 1964 [[12 Hours of Sebring]]. The Ferraris were stocked with new power plants. Parkes was clocked at 3:10.4.<ref>''Ferraris Taking Over Top 5 Sebring Spots'', Los Angeles Times, March 20, 1964, Page B7</ref> In the race Parkes established a speed record and completed the most miles ever for a winner. Parkes and Maglioli,
working together for the first time, finished a considerable distance ahead of the Ferrari of [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]] and [[Nino Vaccarella]].<ref name=bachelor/> Parkes teamed with [[Jean Guichet]] in
a Ferrari to capture the 1,000 kilometer Classic of [[Monza, Italy]] in April 1965. Tommy Spichiger, 30, of Switzerland, died instantly on the 34th lap of the race when his Ferrari 365 [[prototype]] went off the track and
burst into flames. Parkes and Guichet led from led most of the in their Ferrari prototype after taking the lead from [[John Surtees]] and [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]].<ref>''Swiss Driver Dies at Monza'', Los Angeles Times, April 26, 1965, Page B3.</ref> Parkes and Guichot placed 2nd to Surtees and Scarfiotti in a 620 mile race at the Neurburgring in May 1965. The winning pair led the full 44 laps. It was a 4th consecutive victory for Ferrari.<ref>''Ferrari Pair Wins Race Marred by Driver Death'', Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1965, Page B3</ref> Dan Gurney eclipsed the time of Parkes in the sole factory Ferrari in the final
practice for the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring. The blue [[Ford]] was clocked at 2:54.6, 2 seconds faster than a lap run by Parkes the previous day. In a Ferrari P3 prototype, Parkes lap was so fast ''that none of the time-speed conversion charts would accept it.'' Parkes and Bob Bondurant started 2nd after Gurney and his co-driver, [[Jerry Grant]].<ref>''Gurney
Roars 107 m.p.h. in Final Tineup'', Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1966,
A5</ref> Surtees and Parkes were in a Ferrari prototype in their victory
in a 620 mile Monza sports car event in April 1966<ref>''Datelines:Monza'', Los Angeles Times, April 26, 1966, Page B3</ref> [[Chris Amon]] and [[Lorenzo Bandini]] were triumphant in a 100
lap, 1,000 kilometer Monza race in April 1967. The drove a 4,000 cubic centimter Ferrari for an average speed of 122.30 m.p.h. Parkes and
Scarfiotti placed 2nd with a 5:10:59.2. The winning time was 5 hours seven minutes, 43 seconds. The Ferraris were in front after the [[Chaparral Cars|Chaparral]] of [[Phil Hill]] and [[Mike Spence]] had to make pit stops following the 17th and 18th laps.<ref>''Ferraris Run 1-2 at Monza'', Los Angeles, April 26, 1967, Page C5.</ref> Parkes competed in a 1,000 kilometer sports car race in [[Argentina]] in January 1971. He was paired with [[Joakim Bonnier]] in a 5,000 c.c. Ferrari
entered and owned by the Swiss Filippinetti stable which maintained operations in [[Modena]].<ref>''Ferrari To Enter New Car In Argentine Race Jan. 10, New York Times, January 3, 1971, Page S6.</ref>

==Formula One competition==

Parkes secured 2nd place in the [[1966 French Grand Prix]] at [[Rheims]]
driving a Ferrari. [[Jack Brabham]] won the race and his teammate, [[Denny Hulme]], came in 3rd, in a [[Brabham]] [[Repco]].<ref>Brabham Wins Formula One Race at Rheims'', Los Angeles Times, July 4, 1966, Page B6.</ref> Parkes won an international Formula One race at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]]
by one third of a lap over Brabham in April 1967. This event was the last prior to the
1967 European rounds of the Formula One World Championship, which began
at the [[1967 Monaco Grand Prix]] on May 7. The 52 lap race was the first Formula One contest for Parkes in his native country. He completed the 152.36 mile competition in 1:19:39.25 with an average speed of 114.65 m.p.h.<ref>''English Race Driver Wins In Ferrari, Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1967, Page I8.</ref> Ferrari Auto Works chose to enter two cars in the [[1967 Syracuse Grand Prix]]. This was a Formula One race that did not count toward the Formula One World Championship. Parkes and Scarfiotti were assigned 1966 model single seaters.<ref>''Ferrari to Enter Two Cars at Syracuse'', Los Angeles Times, May 17, 1967, Page C6.</ref>

Parkes' Formula One career ended after he broke both legs in a crash at the [[1967 Belgian Grand Prix]], but he raced into the 1970s in [[sports cars]]. He was killed in a road accident in 1977.
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==Complete Formula One World Championship results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! WDC
! Points 
|-
| [[1959 Formula One season|1959]]
! [[Fry (racing team)|David Fry]]
! [[Fry (racing team)|Fry]] (F2)
! [[Coventry Climax|Climax]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[1959 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1959 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>
| [[1959 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small></small>
| 
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[1966 Formula One season|1966]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312|312/66]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[V12 engine|V12]]
| [[1966 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1966 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small></small>
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[1966 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>2</small>
| [[1966 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1966 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1966 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| '''[[1966 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br /><small>2</small>
| [[1966 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1966 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small></small>
|
|
! 8th
! 12
|-
| [[1967 Formula One season|1967]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 312|312/66]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[V12 engine|V12]]
| [[1967 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1967 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1967 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br /><small>5</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1967 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
| [[1967 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1967 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1967 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1967 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1967 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1967 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1967 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small></small>
! 16th
! 2
|}

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==References==
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==External links==
[http://www.mikeparkes.eu www.mikeparkes.eu] Fuller biography and over 150 photos 

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