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Fact File

Country:	South Africa
Location:	East London, Eastern Cape
Races held:	3
First race:	1962
Last race:	1965
No. of winning drivers:	2
No. of winning constructors:	2
Races won from pole:	2 (66.7%)
Race winner avg start position:	1.3
Home driver winners:	0

Races

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Date	Round	Grand Prix	Race Result
1	29 December 1962 ^DT ^CT	9 of 9	South Africa	1962 South African Grand Prix
2	28 December 1963	10 of 10	South Africa	1963 South African Grand Prix
3	1 January 1965	1 of 10	South Africa	1965 South African Grand Prix

Race Winners

Year	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin	Race Time
1962	South Africa	Graham Hill	BRM	2	49.800s	2hr 08m 03.300s
1963	South Africa	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	1m 06.800s	2hr 10m 36.900s
1965	South Africa	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	29.000s	2hr 06m 46.000s

Polesitters

Year	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin	Pole Time
1962	South Africa	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	DNF	0.300s	1:29.300
1963	South Africa	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.100s	1:28.900
1965	South Africa	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	0.900s	1:27.200

Fastest Laps

Year	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Lap Time
1962	South Africa	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:31.000
1963	South Africa	Dan Gurney	Brabham-Climax	1:29.100
1965	South Africa	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:27.600

Statistics

Wins

Driver

Bold: win from pole position

Driver	Wins	From Pole	Year(s)
Jim Clark	2	2	1963, 1965
Graham Hill	1	–	1962

Constructor

Constructor	Wins	1-2	Year(s)
Lotus (1958-94)	2	–	1963, 1965
BRM	1	–	1962

Podiums

Driver

Highlight: Home driver

Driver	Podiums	1st	2nd	3rd	Year(s)
Graham Hill	3	1	–	2	1962 1963 1965
Jim Clark	2	2	–	–	1963 1965
John Surtees	1	–	1	–	1965
Bruce McLaren	1	–	1	–	1962
Tony Maggs	1	–	–	1	1962
Dan Gurney	1	–	1	–	1963

Constructor

Constructor	Podiums	1st	2nd	3rd	Year(s)
BRM	3	1	–	2	1962 1963 1965
Cooper	2	–	1	1	1962 1962
Lotus (1958-94)	2	2	–	–	1963 1965
Brabham	1	–	1	–	1963
Ferrari	1	–	1	–	1965

Pole positions

Driver

Bold: pole & win

Driver	Poles	Pole & Win	Year(s)
Jim Clark	3	2	1962, 1963, 1965

Constructor

Constructor	Poles	1-2	Year(s)
Lotus (1958-94)	3	–	1962, 1963, 1965

Fastest laps

Driver

Bold: win & fastest lap

Driver	Fastest Laps	Win & F.Lap	Year(s)
Jim Clark	2	1	1962, 1965
Dan Gurney	1	–	1963

Constructor

Constructor	Fastest laps	Year(s)
Lotus (1958-94)	2	1962, 1965
Brabham	1	1963