| John Love | ||
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| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality | {{{{{natflag}}}}} Rhodesian 
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| Date of Birth | 7/12/1924 | |
| Date of Death | 25/4/2005 | |
| Début | III Lombank Trophy 1962 | |
| Championships | 1 (1962) | |
| Previous Teams | Cooper Car Co. | |
| Career Statistics | ||
| Total Entries | 0 (0 Starts) | |
| Pole Positions | 0 | |
| Fastest Laps | 0 | |
| Wins | 0 (0 in Class) | |
| Total Points | 0 | |
John Maxwell Lineham Love was a British Touring Car Championship champion and class winner, whom raced in the series from 1962 until 1964.[1] Love (born in the Republic of Rhodesia in 1924) was the second driver to win the BTCC using a Mini Cooper, and would go on to drive in the Formula One World Championship.[1]
Background[]
Love's racing career began when he entered a series of Formula 3 races in Southern Africa.[1] From this he began to enter a Triumph bike in motorcycle racing, before allowing Jim Redman to use the bike when Redman began his motorsport career.[1] Love came to Europe in 1961, entering the Formula Junior championship, before stepping up to Formula One, and the BSCC in 1962.[1]
BTCC History[]
Love was signed by the Cooper Car Co. to race in both the BSCC and in a number of Formula One races during 1962.[1] The move was immediately successful (in the BSCC atleast) as Love won his class on his debut at Snetterton.[2] A retirement at the second round was followed by six successive class victories, including some epic battles with the Class B Sunbeams and herd of Jaguars that populated Class D.[2] As a result, Love became the second driver in two years to win the championship in their debut season (after John Whitmore).[2]
In 1963 and 1964, Love's interest in the BSCC fell away, as he pursued his chance to drive in Formula One. Three more appearances would yield only one finish, a seventh place, across the two years, with Love not returning to the championship after 1964.
BTCC Record[]
A table containing John Love's best results in the BTCC. The figures after the information about the car used indicate John Love's best finish at that meeting.
| John Love's BTCC Record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Pos | Pts | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 1962 | Cooper Car Co. | 1st | 52 | Morris Mini Cooper | bgcolor="#E52525" rowspan="2" style="border-radius:5px; color:white;"|A | 1 | R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1963 | bgcolor="Purple" style="color:white; border-radius:7px;"|NC | N | 7 | N | ||||||||||||
| 1964 | N | R | - | - | - | |||||||||||