Neville Lederle

Lederle
Nationality South African
Date of Birth 25 September, 1938
Car Lotus 21 (1962, 65)
Races Entered 2
DNQ/DNPQ 1
Best Result 6th, Sth Africa, 1962

A remarkable debut in the World Championship saw Lederle earn a point for sixth. He went on to totally dominate the South African F1 series in 1963, but an accident that left him with a broken leg hastened his retirement, which came after an attempt to qualify for the South African GP of 1965.

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Career Summary
Before F1
1958-59 • Began club racing in England and South Africa in a Volkswagen Beetle.
1960 • Club racing and rallying in South Africa in a Porsche 356 Super 90.
• Junior Transvaal Summer Handicap, 3rd place in a Porsche 356 Super 90.
1971 • Competed through the Jim Russell Racing School in a Lotus 20 Ford.
Formula One
1961 • South African Drivers Championship, 3 starts in a Lotus 20 Ford.
1962 • South African Drivers Championship, 5th overall, Rookie of the Year, 1 heat win in a Lotus 20 Ford and Lotus 21 Climax.
• Rhodesian Grand Prix, 2nd place in a Lotus 21 Climax.
• Rand Grand Prix, 5th place in a Lotus 21 Climax.
• Natal Grand Prix, 3rd in race 2, 4th in final in a Lotus 21 Climax.
• World Championship, 1 start in the South African GP, =18th overall, 1 point in a private Lotus 21 Climax.
1963 • South African Drivers Championship, 1st overall, 8 race wins in a Lotus 21 Climax.
• Injured in practice for the Rand 9hrs in a Lotus 23 with Niemann.
1964 • Rand Grand Prix, 10th place on aggregate in a Scuderia Scribante Lotus 21 Climax.
1965 • World Championship, 1 entry in the South African GP, DNQ in a Scuderia Scribante Lotus 21 Climax.
• Retired from motor racing.

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