Michael May (born 18 August 1934 in Stuttgart, Germany) 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 (or down thrust) 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.