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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
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

Complete Formula One Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Pos

Template:1965 Results/15

1966 Did not compete

Template:1967 Results/15 Template:1968 Results/15

1969 Did not compete

Template:1970 Results/15 Template:1971 Results/15 Template:1972 Results/15 Template:1973 Results/15 Template:1974 Results/15 Template:1975 Results/15

Key
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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