Later Career
Thackwell's debut in a Tyrrell was unsuccessful and returning to Formula Two he suffered a massive testing accident which may have affected his driving afterwards. His career stalled until he rejoined the works Ralt team in 1983, coming second in that year's F2 championship and winning the final championship in 1984, during which year he had a few more F1 drives, and finished the 1984 season in CART for Penske Racing after foot injuries at Sanair during practice for the Molson 300 sidelined Penske ace Rick Mears. Despite further race wins in Formula 3000 and success in sports cars for Jaguar and Sauber-Mercedes, Thackwell failed to re-establish himself in F1 and turned his back on the sport at the end of 1987. He is widely felt to have been one of the great 'lost talents' - a driver in the wrong place at the wrong time. Thackwell now lives on the South Coast of England and is interested in watersports, particularly surfing.
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