Team Gunston

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Team Gunston
Full nameTeam Gunston
John Love
Base South Africa
Founder(s)John Love
Noted staffJohn Love
Noted drivers John Love
Sam Tingle
Ian Scheckter
Eddie Keizan
Formula One World Championship career
First entry 1962 South African Grand Prix
Races entered11 [1]
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
Final entry 1975 South African Grand Prix

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.

Love's Surtees TS9 John Love Surtees TS9 2019 Silverstone Classic (48557930052).jpg
Love's Surtees TS9

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

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap.)

YearEntrantChassisEngine(s)TyresDrivers123456789101112131415
1962 John Love Cooper T55 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 D NED MON BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA RSA
Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963).svg John Love 8
1963 John Love Cooper T55 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 D MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA
Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963).svg John Love 9
1965 John Love Cooper T55 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 D RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX
Flag of Rhodesia (1964-1968).svg John Love Ret
1967 John Love Cooper T79 Climax FPF 2.8 L4 F RSA MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER CAN ITA USA MEX
Flag of Rhodesia (1964-1968).svg John Love 2
1968 Team Gunston Brabham BT20
LDS Mk 3
Repco 620 3.0 V8 D
F
RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX
Flag of Rhodesia (1964-1968).svg John Love 9
Flag of Rhodesia (1964-1968).svg Sam Tingle Ret
John Love Cooper T79 Climax FPF 2.8 L4 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Basil van Rooyen Ret
1969 Team Gunston Lotus 49
Brabham BT24
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Repco 620 3.0 V8
D
F
RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg John Love Ret
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg Sam Tingle 8
1970 Team Gunston Lotus 49
Brabham BT26A
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 D
G
RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA MEX
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg John Love 8
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Peter de Klerk 11
1971 Team Gunston March 701
Brabham BT26A
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 F RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg John Love Ret
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jackie Pretorius Ret
1972 Team Gunston Surtees TS9
Brabham BT33
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 F ARG RSA ESP MON BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg John Love 16
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Willie Ferguson DNS
1974 Team Gunston Lotus 72E Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ian Scheckter 13
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Paddy Driver Ret
1975 Team Gunston Lotus 72D Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G ARG BRA RSA ESP MON BEL SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Guy Tunmer 11
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Eddie Keizan 13

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References

  1. "Team Gunston's results at chicanef1.com". Formula One Results. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  2. "'SA was ahead of the curve' - 50 years of sponsorship in F1". wheels24.co.za. Retrieved 4 October 2018.