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	25 September 1938 Theunissen, Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa
Died	17 May 2019 (aged 80) Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	South African
Active years	1962, 1965
Teams	non-works Lotus
Entries	2 (1 start)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	1
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1962 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1965 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.

External links

• F1 Rejects interview