John Love
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| John Love | |
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Nationality  Rhodesian |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 1962-1965, 1967-1972 |
| Teams | privateer (various marques) |
| Races | 10 (9 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 1 |
| Career points | 6 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1962 South African Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1972 South African Grand Prix |
John Maxwell Lineham Love (born in Bulawayo, December 7, 1924 - died April 25, 2005) was a racing driver from Rhodesia. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on December 29, 1962. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 6 championship points.
Six times South African F1 Champion in the 1960s, this Rhodesian driver had originally shone in the European Formula Junior firmament back in 1961-62 at the wheel of a Cooper-Austin from Ken Tyrrell's team. An unfortunate accident at Albi resulted in a very badly broken arm and effectively thwarted his chances of moving into full-time F1, but he came close when he was nominated as Phil Hill's replacement in the works Cooper team for the 1964 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Nevertheless, he became a regular contestant in the South African Grand Prix and was leading the 1967 event at Kyalami in his 2.7 L Climax-engined Cooper when a misfire prompted him to make a precautionary stop for extra fuel and he dropped back to finish second behind the works Cooper-Maserati of Pedro Rodríguez.
Love owned the Jaguar dealership in Bulawayo and had his own stock car racing team in the 1980s.
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| Preceded by John Whitmore |
British Touring Car Champion 1962 |
Succeeded by Jack Sears |
| Preceded by none |
South African Formula One Champion 1964-1969 |
Succeeded by Dave Charlton |
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