Team Gunston

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Team Gunston was a privateer team founded by Rhodesian racing driver John Love to enter his own cars in Formula One and sports car racing between 1962 and 1975. He also entered cars under his own name, i.e. John Love. Commonly the vehicles were entered for Love himself, but he also provided cars for a number of other drivers during the period.

Key Information

Full name	Team Gunston John Love
Base	South Africa
Founder(s)	John Love
Noted staff	John Love
Noted drivers	John Love Sam Tingle Ian Scheckter Eddie Keizan
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	1962 South African Grand Prix
Races entered	11 [1]
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
Final entry	1975 South African Grand Prix
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At the 1968 South African Grand Prix Team Gunston became the first Formula One team to implement sponsorship brands as a livery when they entered a private Brabham car.^[2]

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine(s)	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1962	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D		NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	RSA
					John Love									8
1963	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D		MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA
					John Love										9
1965	John Love	Cooper T55	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D		RSA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX
					John Love	Ret
1967	John Love	Cooper T79	Climax FPF 2.8 L4	F		RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX
					John Love	2
1968	Team Gunston	Brabham BT20 LDS Mk 3	Repco 620 3.0 V8	D F		RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX
					John Love	9
					Sam Tingle	Ret
	John Love	Cooper T79	Climax FPF 2.8 L4		Basil van Rooyen	Ret
1969	Team Gunston	Lotus 49 Brabham BT24	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Repco 620 3.0 V8	D F		RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX
					John Love	Ret
					Sam Tingle	8
1970	Team Gunston	Lotus 49 Brabham BT26A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D G		RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX
					John Love	8
					Peter de Klerk	11
1971	Team Gunston	March 701 Brabham BT26A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F		RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA
					John Love	Ret
					Jackie Pretorius	Ret
1972	Team Gunston	Surtees TS9 Brabham BT33	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F		ARG	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA
					John Love		16
					Willie Ferguson		DNS
1974	Team Gunston	Lotus 72E	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA
					Ian Scheckter			13
					Paddy Driver			Ret
1975	Team Gunston	Lotus 72D	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA
					Guy Tunmer			11
					Eddie Keizan			13