years championships birth_place races nationality points birth_date wins poles article_title name podiums
1961 0 stuttgart , württemberg , germany 3 -lrb- 2 starts -rrb- che swiss 0 18 august 1934 0 0 michael may -lrb- racing driver -rrb-
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michael may -lrb- racing driver -rrb-

michael may -lrb- born 18 august 1934 in stuttgart , germany -rrb- is a former racing driver from switzerland .
he participated in three formula one world championship grands prix , debuting on 14 may 1961 .
he scored no championship points .
after a crash during practice for the 1961 german grand prix , may concentrated on engineering , helping to develop a fuel injection system for porsche and ferrari .
may is generally credited with introducing the first manipulated elevated wing onto a racing car - a porsche 550 - to produce downforce -lrb- or down thrust -rrb- for enhanced braking and cornering speeds to reduce lap times .
he also worked in designing high-compression engines , improving fuel economy among other things .
the most notable example was his reworked ` fireball ' head for the ` high-efficiency ' high-compression jaguar v-12 he engine .
