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South African McLaren

Dave Charlton

South African
9 Seasons in F1
Did You Know
The first F1 World Championship race was the 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone on 13 May 1950.

Profile

Dave Charlton

Dave Charlton was a South African Formula 1 driver who competed between 1965 and 1975. across 13 races, taking 0 wins, 0 podiums and 0 pole positions for Lotus-Ford, Brabham-Climax, Brabham-Repco and 3 other teams.

Number
-
Nationality
South African
Team
McLaren
Career
1965–1975

Career Stats

Seasons
9
Races
13
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Poles
0
Fastest Laps
0
WDC
0

Teammate Duels

Dave Charlton
Career vs all teammates qualifying + race
Charlton 9 Qualifying 16 Teammate
36%
64%
9–16 across 25 weekends
Charlton 1 Race 7 Teammate
13%
87%
1–7 across 8 weekends
By teammate
vs Emerson Fittipaldi 1971–1975
Q
0–7
R
0–1
vs Jochen Mass 1975
Q
0–1
R
0–1
vs Denny Hulme 1974
Q
0–1
R
0–1
vs Mike Hailwood 1974
Q
0–1
R
0–1
vs Ronnie Peterson 1973
Q
0–1
vs David Walker 1972
Q
1–2
vs Graham Hill 1970–1971
Q
2–0
R
0–1
vs Jackie Pretorius 1971
Q
1–0
+6 earlier teammates

Qualifying head-to-head by grid slot; race by classified finish. Only weekends where both cars were classified count.

Career Mosaic

Every start as a tile 13 tiles

One square per race across the whole career. Sort by outcome for the block of gold wins tapering to the red corner of retirements, or by chronological order to read the career start-to-finish.

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Key
Finished 3 DNF · mech 9 DNF · crash 1

Every tile is a clickable link — select one to open that race.

Season Outcomes

Outcome mix by season 100% stacked

Every season's races stacked into one bar, split by outcome — newest first. Gold and silver mark the strong years; red flags the retirements.

Finished 3 DNF · mech 9 DNF · crash 1
1975 McLaren
1974 McLaren
1973 Team Lotus
1972 Team Lotus
1971 Brabham
1970 Team Lotus
1968 Brabham-Repco
1967 Brabham-Climax
1965 Lotus-Ford

Season by Season

Year Pos Team Points Wins Races Best
1975
38
 McLaren 0 0 1 P14
1974
46
 McLaren 0 0 1 P19
1973
40
 Team Lotus 0 0 1 -
1972
40
 Team Lotus 0 0 4 -
1971
42
 Brabham 0 0 2 -
1970
32
 Team Lotus 0 0 1 P12
1968
43
 Brabham-Repco 0 0 1 -
1967
30
 Brabham-Climax 0 0 1 -
1965
51
 Lotus-Ford 0 0 1 -
Career9 seasons
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P14
McLaren
Finished P38
1975 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P19
McLaren
Finished P46
1974 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Team Lotus
Finished P40
1973 standings →
Wins
0
Races
4
Best
-
Team Lotus
Finished P40
1972 standings →
Wins
0
Races
2
Best
-
Brabham
Finished P42
1971 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P12
Team Lotus
Finished P32
1970 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Brabham-Repco
Finished P43
1968 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Brabham-Climax
Finished P30
1967 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Lotus-Ford
Finished P51
1965 standings →

Race by Race · All Seasons

Year Race Team Grid Finish Pts Status
1975 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix McLaren 20
14
 0 +2 Laps
1974 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix McLaren 20
19
 0 +7 Laps
1973 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Team Lotus 13 R 0 Accident
1972 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Team Lotus 26 R 0 Physical
1972 British Grand Prix British Grand Prix Team Lotus 24 R 0 Gearbox
1972 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Team Lotus 0 F 0 Did not qualify
1972 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Team Lotus 17 R 0 Fuel pump
1971 British Grand Prix British Grand Prix Lotus-Ford 13 R 0 Engine
1971 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Brabham 16 R 0 Engine
1970 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Team Lotus 13
12
 0 Engine
1968 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Brabham-Repco 14 R 0 Differential
1967 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Brabham-Climax 8 N 0 Not classified
1965 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Lotus-Ford 0 F 0 Did not prequalify
Grid
20
Finish
14
Δ Pos
+6
Points
0
+2 Laps
Grid 20 → P14 ▲ 6
Race result →