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The 1972 South African Grand Prix, formally the Sixth AA Grand Prix of South Africa (Afrikaans: Sesde AA Suid-Afrikaanse Grand Prix [1]), was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 4 March 1972. It was race 2 of 12 in both the 1972 World Championship of Drivers and the 1972 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers .
1977 South African Grand Prix: Pit-Straight [22] Shadow DN8: Tom Pryce: van Vuuren was a junior fire marshal in the pit lane. While crossing the track with another marshal to extinguish a fire that had engulfed Renzo Zorzi's vehicle, he was struck by Tom Pryce, who was unable to see van Vuuren. The impact killed van Vuuren instantly, while his ...
United States Grand Prix: Watkins Glen International: Tyrrell 006: Qualifying [38] Peter Revson (USA) March 22, 1974: 35 South African Grand Prix [note 13] Kyalami Racing Circuit: Shadow DN3: Test [39] Helmut Koinigg (AUT) October 6, 1974: 25 United States Grand Prix: Watkins Glen International: Surtees TS16: Race [40] Mark Donohue (USA) [note ...
Jody David Scheckter (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ k t ər /; born 29 January 1950) is a South African former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980.Scheckter won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1979 with Ferrari, and remains the only African driver to have won either a Formula One Grand Prix or the World Drivers' Championship; he won 10 Grands Prix across ...
Running 9 out of the 12 races, Revson finished on the podium four times with three third-place finishes and a season-best second-place finish at the 1972 Canadian Grand Prix. As part of his contract with McLaren, Revson was required to drive a McLaren Indy team entry in the Indy Car Triple Crown of 500 mile races for the 1972 USAC Championship ...
David William Charlton (27 October 1936 – 24 February 2013) was a racing driver from South Africa. [1]Charlton was born in Brotton, Yorkshire. [2] He participated in 13 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 1 January 1965.
It was a popular F1 event, but the Grand Prix was suspended right after the controversial 1985 race, due to the nation's policy of apartheid. [1] Following the end of apartheid in 1991, the race returned to the Formula One schedule in 1992 and 1993. The 1993 race was the last South African Grand Prix, as of 2025. Plans to revive the race in ...
Pace was killed in a private light aircraft accident near São Paulo, Brazil [1] on 18 March 1977, 13 days after fellow F1 driver Tom Pryce and marshal Jansen Van Vuuren lost their lives during the 1977 South African Grand Prix. [2] The Interlagos track, the scene of his only F1 win in 1975, was renamed Autódromo José Carlos Pace in his ...