John Love
John Love's Surtees TS9
Born(1924-12-07)7 December 1924
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
Died25 April 2005(2005-04-25) (aged 80)
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962–1964)
Rhodesia Rhodesian (1964) (1965 and 1967–1968)
Rhodesia Rhodesian (1969–1972)
Active years1962–1965, 1967–1972
TeamsCooper, privateer (Cooper, Brabham, Lotus, March, Surtees)
Entries10 (9 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums1
Career points6
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1962 South African Grand Prix
Last entry1972 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.

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.

He owned the Jaguar dealership in Bulawayo and had his own stock car racing team in the 1980s. 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
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
Cooper T79 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
Austin Mini Cooper AIN
6		 BRH
6		 OUL
?
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

  1. ↑ "British Saloon Car Championship - 1962". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ↑ I.P. Maclaren, ed. (1981), Some Renowned Rhodesian Senior Schools 1892 - 1979, Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, p. 155, ISBN 9780869202005
  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. ↑ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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