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Ann Bradshaw, a motorsport PR consultant who first met Beuttler in the early s, said: "There was no stigma with Mike, he was a nice gentle person - everyone knew he was gay, it wasn't a secret and it was accepted. Formula One would now welcome its first openly gay driver, according to Germany's four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Only four drivers in F1 history have publicly come out as LGBTQ+: Ralf Schumacher, Mike Beuttler, Mário de Araújo Cabral, and Lella Lombardi.

I don't think the word 'out' really existed when he was racing. In , Beuttler achieved his best-ever finish, seventh in the Spanish Grand Prix. Overall, he scored five top finishes in his career. Mike Beuttler raced in 28 Grands Prix during his career. Mike Beuttler would often be accompanied by Anne Ries de Loen at races.

Lewis Hamilton has been one of several F1 drivers to voice their support for Ralf Schumacher after the former racer came out as gay, with the seven-time world champion hopeful that it will “liberate others to be able to do the same”. Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher, younger brother of seven times world champion and Ferrari great Michael, announced on Sunday he was in a same-sex relationship.

Ralf Schumacher, who won six Grands Prix races during a year career in Formula 1, has come out publicly as gay via an Instagram post with who we believe is his boyfriend. Then, in late , they learned from his family that he had died in Los Angeles of Aids, aged Beuttler remains the only known gay male driver to have competed at the highest level of motorsport.

But then the UK was plunged into financial turmoil by the oil crisis, and his team did not have the money to stay in the sport. Only four drivers in F1 history have publicly come out as LGBTQ+: Ralf Schumacher, Mike Beuttler, Mário de Araújo Cabral, and Lella Lombardi.

Beuttler got the reputation of being a very rough racer, because he did not like being overtaken and would block anyone who got in his way - and the nickname 'Blocker' was born. Beuttler raced in F1 for three seasons, from to His path to the sport began to open up after he had success in the late s in Formula 3 and then moved to Formula 2, most notably winning at Vallelunga in Italy in Phillips met Beuttler in , and got to know the driver well as he competed in Formula 2.

Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher, younger brother of seven times world champion and Ferrari great Michael, announced on Sunday he was in a same-sex relationship.

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He did so at a time when F1 was an especially macho environment. Mike Beuttler scored five top finishes in F1 between to Mike Beuttler raced against many of the all-time Formula 1 greats in the early s - and then disappeared. He wouldn't. Matt Bishop, a Racing Pride ambassador and Aston Martin F1 chief communications officer, said: "In the early s, people didn't talk about being gay.

Even the British driver's closest motorsport friends heard nothing from him over the final 14 years of his life. Lewis Hamilton has been one of several F1 drivers to voice their support for Ralf Schumacher after the former racer came out as gay, with the seven-time world champion hopeful that it will “liberate others to be able to do the same”.

James Hunt, the world champion, famously had the phrase, 'Sex, the breakfast of champions' embroidered on his overalls and many drivers had reputations for being womanisers. Ralf Schumacher, who won six Grands Prix races during a year career in Formula 1, has come out publicly as gay via an Instagram post with who we believe is his boyfriend. The racing world of the s is a very different place to that of the s.

His career was financed by stockbroker friends and in he raced as a semi-works March driver, with Lauda and Ronnie Peterson as his team-mates at the Canadian Grand Prix.