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Rhodesian Surtees

John Love

Rhodesian
10 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

John Love

John Love was a Rhodesian Formula 1 driver who competed between 1962 and 1972. across 10 races, taking 0 wins, 1 podiums and 0 pole positions for Cooper-Climax, Brabham-Repco, Lotus-Ford and 3 other teams.

Number
-
Nationality
Rhodesian
Team
Surtees
Career
1962–1972

Career Stats

Seasons
10
Races
10
Wins
0
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Fastest Laps
0
WDC
0

Teammate Duels

John Love
Career vs all teammates qualifying + race
Love 2 Qualifying 22 Teammate
8%
92%
2–22 across 24 weekends
Love 2 Race 8 Teammate
20%
80%
2–8 across 10 weekends
By teammate
Q
0–1
Q
0–1
vs Tim Schenken 1972
Q
0–1
Q
1–0
Q
0–1
Q
0–1
vs Jochen Rindt 1965–1970
Q
0–4
R
1–1
vs Dave Charlton 1968–1970
Q
0–2
R
1–0
+8 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 10 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.

Sort by
Key
Podium 1 Finished 5 DNF · mech 4

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.

Podium 1 Finished 5 DNF · mech 4

Season by Season

Year Pos Team Points Wins Races Best
1972
35
Surtees 0 0 1 P16
1971
44
March-Ford 0 0 1 -
1970
29
Team Lotus 0 0 1 P8
1969
28
Lotus-Ford 0 0 1 -
1968
26
Brabham-Repco 0 0 1 P9
1967
11
Cooper-Climax 6 0 1 P2
1965
38
Cooper-Climax 0 0 1 -
1964
40
Cooper-Climax 0 0 1 -
1963
24
Cooper-Climax 0 0 1 P9
1962
22
Cooper-Climax 0 0 1 P8
Career10 seasons
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P16
Finished P35
1972 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P44
1971 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P8
Finished P29
1970 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P28
1969 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P9
Finished P26
1968 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P2
Finished P11
1967 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P38
1965 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
-
Finished P40
1964 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P9
Finished P24
1963 standings →
Wins
0
Races
1
Best
P8
Finished P22
1962 standings →

Race by Race · All Seasons

Year Race Team Grid Finish Pts Status
1972 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Surtees 26
16
0 Spun off
1971 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix March-Ford 21 R 0 Differential
1970 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Team Lotus 22
8
0 +2 Laps
1969 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Lotus-Ford 10 R 0 Ignition
1968 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Brabham-Repco 17
9
0 +5 Laps
1967 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Cooper-Climax 5
2
6 Finished
1965 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Cooper-Climax 18 R 0 Halfshaft
1964 Italian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix Cooper-Climax 0 F 0 Did not qualify
1963 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Cooper-Climax 13
9
0 +5 Laps
1962 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Cooper-Climax 12
8
0 +4 Laps
Grid
26
Finish
16
Δ Pos
+10
Points
0
Spun off
Grid 26 → P16 ▲ 10
Race result →