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DRIVERS: MIKE SPARKEN (MICHAEL POBEREJSKY)

Name: Mike Sparken (Michael Poberejsky)
Nationality: France
Date of birth: June 16, 1930 - Neuilly sur Seine, nr Paris

Michael Poberejsky was a wealthy Ferrari sports car amateur who raced under the pseudonym of 'Mike Sparken'. He drove a Gordini in the 1955 British Grand Prix. In the late 1980s he completed the rebuild of a rare Alfa Romeo 158 which he personally owned.