John Love (racing driver)

John Love

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 racing driver from Rhodesia. 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.

Love was born in Bulawayo. 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.^[1]

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. 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 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.

Love owned the Jaguar dealership in Bulawayo and had his own stock car racing team in the 1980s.

He died, aged 80, of cancer in 2005.^[2]

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 Straight-4	NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	RSA 8					NC	0
1963	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax Straight-4	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA 9				NC	0
1964	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T73	Climax V8	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA DNQ	USA	MEX				NC	0
1965	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax Straight-4	RSA Ret	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX				NC	0
1967	John Love	Cooper T79	Climax Straight-4	RSA 2	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX			11th	6
1968	Team Gunston	Brabham BT20	Repco V8	RSA 9	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX		NC	0
1969	Team Gunston	Lotus 49	Cosworth V8	RSA Ret	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX			NC	0
1970	Team Gunston	Lotus 49	Cosworth V8	RSA 8	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	NC	0
1971	Team Peco/Gunston	March 701	Cosworth V8	RSA Ret	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			NC	0
1972	Team Gunston	Surtees TS9	Cosworth V8	ARG	RSA 16	ESP	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA		NC	0

References

1. Carrick, Peter Motor Cycle Racing Hamlyn Publishing, 1969, p.72 ISBN 0 600 02506 3 Accessed 2014-02-13
2. Jenkins, Richards. "Where are they now – John Love". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 7 December 2012.

External links

• F1 Rejects - To Have Loved and Lost