David William Charlton (born October 27, 1936 in Brotton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom – died February 24, 2013 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa) was a motor racing driver who competed in Formula One, mainly in the South African Grand Prix. He competed in 13 races, starting 11 but scoring no points. He is considered to be one of the best drivers to have come from South Africa, and won the South African Formula One Championship six times in a row from 1970 to 1975.
He drove for the works teams of Brabham and Lotus, and competed with privately entered Lotuses, Brabhams and McLarens.
Formula One Career
Formula One Statistical Overview
Formula One Record
Year | Entrant | Team | WDC Points | WDC Pos. | Report |
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1965 | Ecurie Tomahawk | Lotus-Ford | 0 | NC | Report |
1966 | Did not compete | ||||
1967 | Scuderia Scribante | Brabham-Climax | 0 | NC | Report |
1968 | Scuderia Scribante | Brabham-Repco | 0 | NC | Report |
1969 | Did not compete | ||||
1970 | Scuderia Scribante | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
1971 | Brabham Racing Organisation | Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | ||||
1972 | Scribante Lucky Strike Racing | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
1973 | Scribante Lucky Strike Racing | Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
1974 | Scribante Lucky Strike Racing | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
1975 | Lucky Strike Racing | McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 0 | NC | Report |
Career Statistics
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Career Results
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Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pts | Pos
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1966 | Did not compete
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1969 | Did not compete
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Key | |||||
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Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | ||
1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | ||
2nd | Podium finish | DSQ | Disqualified | ||
3rd | DNQ | Did not qualify | |||
5th | Points finish | DNPQ | Did not pre-qualify | ||
14th | Non-points finish | TD | Test driver | ||
Italics | Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap | DNS | Did not start | ||
18th† | Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) | NC | Non-classified finish (<90% race distance) | ||
4thP | Qualified for pole position | [+] More Symbols |
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