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.

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, Lederle 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. 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.

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 18th 1 1963 Neville Lederle Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSADNA NC 0 1965 Scuderia Scribante Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 RSA 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 RANDNA NAT RSA 1962 Neville Lederle Lotus 18 Ford Straight-4 CAP BRX LOM LAV GLV PAU AIN INT NAP MAL CLP RMS SOL KAN MED DAN OUL MEX Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 RAN NAT 1964 Scuderia Scribante Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 DMT NWT SYR AIN INT SOL MED RAN