Neville Lederle

Neville Lederle (25 September 1938 – 17 May 2019) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, scoring a single championship point.

Neville Lederle
Born(1938-09-25)25 September 1938
Theunissen, Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa
Died17 May 2019(2019-05-17) (aged 80)
Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality South African
Active years1962, 1965
Teamsnon-works Lotus
Entries2 (1 start)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points1
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1962 South African Grand Prix
Last entry1965 South African Grand Prix

Early life

Lederle was born in Theunissen, Orange Free State and schooled at St Andrews in Bloemfontein.

Formula One career

Starting out in Formula One with his Ford-engined Lotus 18 in 1961, he retired from the Rand Grand Prix and only managed 14th in the Cape Grand Prix in January 1962. Later that year, however, he acquired a Lotus 21 with a Climax engine and came fifth in the 1962 Rand Grand Prix and fourth in the Natal Grand Prix. This form led him to a sixth place in the World Championship South African Grand Prix and thus a World Championship point in his first event at that level.

In 1963 Lederle broke a leg in practice for the Rand 9 Hours sports car race and missed a large part of the 1964 season whilst recovering. He returned with his Lotus 21 for the end-of-season 1964 Rand Grand Prix where he finished 10th, but he narrowly failed to qualify for January's 1965 South African Grand Prix.[1] After this disappointment, Lederle effectively retired from racing to concentrate on business interests, which included a Volkswagen dealership.

Death

Lederle died at his home in Knysna on 17 May 2019.[2]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WDC Points
1962 Neville Lederle Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 NED MON BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA RSA
6
18th 1
1963 Neville Lederle Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA
DNA
NC 0
1965 Scuderia Scribante Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 RSA
DNQ
MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0

Non-Championship

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1961 Neville Lederle Lotus 18 Ford Straight-4 LOM GLV PAU BRX VIE AIN SYR NAP LON SIL SOL KAN DAN MOD FLG OUL LEW VAL RAN
DNA
NAT
Ret
RSA
1962 Neville Lederle Lotus 18 Ford Straight-4 CAP
14
BRX LOM LAV GLV PAU AIN INT NAP MAL CLP RMS SOL KAN MED DAN OUL MEX
Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 RAN
5
NAT
4
1964 Scuderia Scribante Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 DMT NWT SYR AIN INT SOL MED RAN
10

References

  1. "Roy Hesketh Circuit". No Championship Race. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. "Former SA Formula One star passes away". Big News Network. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
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