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Team Gunston was a privateer team founded by Rhodesian racing driver John Love to enter his own cars in Formula One and sports car racing between 1962 and 1975. He also entered cars under his own name, i.e. John Love. Commonly the vehicles were entered for Love himself, but he also provided cars for a number of other drivers during the period.
Full name | Team Gunston John Love |
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Base | South Africa |
Founder(s) | John Love |
Noted staff | John Love |
Noted drivers | John Love Sam Tingle Ian Scheckter Eddie Keizan |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 1962 South African Grand Prix |
Races entered | 11 [1] |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Final entry | 1975 South African Grand Prix |
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At the 1968 South African Grand Prix Team Gunston became the first Formula One team to implement sponsorship brands as a livery when they entered a private Brabham car.[2]
Complete Formula One World Championship results
edit(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap.)
References
edit- ^ "Team Gunston's results at chicanef1.com". Formula One Results. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "'SA was ahead of the curve' - 50 years of sponsorship in F1". wheels24.co.za. Retrieved 4 October 2018.