Neville Lederle


Neville Lederle 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, 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. 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

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910WDCPoints
1962Neville LederleLotus 21Climax Straight-4NEDMONBELFRAGBRGERITAUSARSA
6
18th1
1963Neville LederleLotus 21Climax Straight-4MONBELNEDFRAGBRGERITAUSAMEXRSA
DNA
NC0
1965Scuderia ScribanteLotus 21Climax Straight-4RSA
DNQ
MONBELFRAGBRNEDGERITAUSAMEXNC0

Non-Championship

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415161718192021
1961Neville LederleLotus 18Ford Straight-4LOMGLVPAUBRXVIEAINSYRNAPLONSILSOLKANDANMODFLGOULLEWVALRAN
DNA
NAT
Ret
RSA
1962Neville LederleLotus 18Ford Straight-4CAP
14
BRXLOMLAVGLVPAUAININTNAPMALCLPRMSSOLKANMEDDANOULMEX
1962Neville LederleLotus 21Climax Straight-4RAN
5
NAT
4
1964Scuderia ScribanteLotus 21Climax Straight-4DMTNWTSYRAININTSOLMEDRAN
10