John Love (racing driver)

John Love
	John Love's Surtees TS9
Born	7 December 1924; Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
Died	25 April 2005 (aged 80); Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962–1964); Rhodesian (1964) (1965 and 1967–1968); Rhodesian (1969–1972)
Active years	1962–1965, 1967–1972
Teams	Cooper, privateer (Cooper, Brabham, Lotus, March, Surtees)
Entries	10 (9 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	6
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1962 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1972 South African Grand Prix

John Maxwell Lineham Love (7 December 1924 – 25 April 2005) was a Rhodesian racing driver. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 29 December 1962. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of six championship points. He also won the 1962 British Saloon Car Championship, now known as the British Touring Car Championship.^[1] All but one of his Formula One entries were in races held within Africa, either as championship or non-championship rounds.

Love was born in Bulawayo. He attended Gifford High School.^[2] He started his car racing career in a single-seat Cooper F3 with a Manx Norton 500 cc engine after racing a Triumph Grand Prix motorcycle, which Love then-allowed Jim Redman to ride when starting his race career, in recognition of Redman's assistance in preparing and maintaining Love's Cooper.^[3]

Six times South African Formula One Champion in the 1960s, he 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 Formula One, 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.^{[citation needed]}

He was a regular contestant in the South African Grand Prix from 1965 to 1972. He was leading the 1967 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in his 2.7 L Climax-engined Cooper, when a misfire prompted him to make a precautionary stop for extra fuel. He dropped back to finish second behind the works Cooper-Maserati of Pedro Rodríguez.^[4]^[5]

Love would dominate racing in southern Africa in the 1960s, winning the South African Formula One Championship six times in succession from 1964 to 1969. He would also win his home race, the Rhodesian Grand Prix, six times.^{[citation needed]}

He owned the Jaguar dealership in Bulawayo and had his own stock car racing team in the 1980s.^{[citation needed]} He died in 2005, aged 80, from cancer, in Bulawayo.^[6]

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
1962	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	RSA 8					NC	0
1963	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA 9				NC	0
1964	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T73	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA DNQ	USA	MEX				NC	0
1965	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	RSA Ret	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX				NC	0
1967	John Love	Cooper T79	Climax FPF 2.7 L4	RSA 2	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX			11th	6
1968	Team Gunston	Brabham BT20	Repco 620 3.0 V8	RSA 9	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX		NC	0
1969	Team Gunston	Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA Ret	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX			NC	0
1970	Team Gunston	Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA 8	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	NC	0
1971	Team Peco/Gunston	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA Ret	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			NC	0
1972	Team Gunston	Surtees TS9	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	RSA 16	ESP	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA		NC	0

Complete Formula One non-championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1961	A.H. Pillman	LDS Mk1	Porsche Flat-4	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL	SOL	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN WD	NAT DNS	RSA WD
1962	A.H. Pillman	LDS Mk1	Porsche Flat-4	CAP 9	BRX	LOM	LAV	GLV	PAU	AIN	INT	NAP	MAL	CLP	RMS	SOL	KAN	MED	DAN	OUL	MEX	RAN
1962	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax Straight-4																				NAT 6
1963	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax Straight-4	LOM	GLV	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN	INT	ROM	SOL	KAN	MED	AUT	OUL	RAN 4
1964	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax Straight-4	DMT	NWT	SYR	AIN	INT	SOL	MED	RAN 8
1965	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax Straight-4	CAP 2	ROC	SYR	SMT	INT	MED
1965	John Love	Cooper T79	Climax Straight-4							RAN 4
1966	John Love	Cooper T79	Climax Straight-4	RSA 6	SYR	INT	OUL

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts	Class
1962	Cooper Car Co.	Morris Mini Cooper	A	SNE ?	GOO Ret	AIN 11	SIL 7	CRY 5							1st	58	1st
1962	Cooper Car Co.	Austin Mini Cooper	A						AIN 6	BRH 6	OUL ?				1st	58	1st
1963	Cooper Car Co.	Morris Mini Cooper	A	SNE	OUL	GOO ?	AIN	SIL	CRY	SIL	BRH	BRH	OUL	SIL	NC	0	NC
1964	Cooper Car Co.	Austin Mini Cooper S	A	SNE	GOO	OUL	AIN	SIL	CRY	BRH	OUL Ret				NC	0	NC
Source:^[7]

References

^ "British Saloon Car Championship - 1962". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ I.P. Maclaren, ed. (1981), Some Renowned Rhodesian Senior Schools 1892 - 1979, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, p. 155, ISBN 9780869202005
^ Carrick, Peter. Motor Cycle Racing Hamlyn Publishing, 1969, p. 72; ISBN 0 600 02506 3; retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ Loubser, André. Kyalami: A Reflection on the History of the Original Circuit 1961-1987. Aquarius Publishing. p. 66.
^ "1967 South African Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014.
^ Jenkins, Richards. "Where are they now – John Love". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

External links

F1 Rejects - To Have Loved and Lost

Sporting positions
Preceded by John Whitmore	British Saloon Car Championship Champion 1962	Succeeded by Jack Sears
Preceded by Neville Lederle	South African Formula One Championship Champion 1964–1969	Succeeded by Dave Charlton

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[1] "British Saloon Car Championship - 1962". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[SRRSS-2] I.P. Maclaren, ed. (1981), Some Renowned Rhodesian Senior Schools 1892 - 1979, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, p. 155, ISBN 9780869202005

[Carrick-3] Carrick, Peter. Motor Cycle Racing Hamlyn Publishing, 1969, p. 72; ISBN 0 600 02506 3; retrieved 13 February 2014.

[4] Loubser, André. Kyalami: A Reflection on the History of the Original Circuit 1961-1987. Aquarius Publishing. p. 66.

[5] "1967 South African Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014.

[6] Jenkins, Richards. "Where are they now – John Love". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 7 December 2012.

[7] Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

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