Sam Tingle

Sam Ashworth Tingle (24 August 1921 – 19 December 2008)^[1] was an English-born racing driver from Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.^[2][3]

Sam Tingle

LDS F1 car driven by Tingle in 1965
Born	(1921-08-24)24 August 1921 Manchester, England, UK
Died	19 December 2008(2008-12-19) (aged 87) Somerset West, South Africa
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1963) Rhodesian (1964) (1965, 1967–1968) Rhodesian (1969)
Active years	1963, 1965, 1967–1969
Teams	LDS, non-works Brabham
Entries	5
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1963 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1969 South African Grand Prix

Tingle was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, and made his Formula One debut on 28 December 1963.^[1]

He was one of only two drivers from Rhodesia to successfully enter a Formula One race, the other being John Love.^[4] A third Rhodesian racer, Clive Puzey, failed to qualify in his Formula One attempt.^[5] He died in Somerset West, South Africa, aged 87.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WDC	Points
1963	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk1	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA Ret			NC	0
1965	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk2	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	RSA 13	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX			NC	0
1967	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk3	Climax FPF 2.7 L4	RSA Ret	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX		NC	0
1968	Team Gunston	LDS Mk3	Repco 620 3.0 V8	RSA Ret	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	NC	0
1969	Team Gunston	Brabham BT24	Repco 620 3.0 V8	RSA 8	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX		NC	0

Complete Formula One non-championship results

(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	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk1	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL	SOL	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN Ret	NAT Ret	RSA 8
1962	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk1	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	CAP Ret	BRX	LOM	LAV	GLV	PAU	AIN	INT	NAP	MAL	CLP	RMS	SOL	KAN	MED	DAN	OUL	MEX	RAN 8	NAT 8
1963	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk1	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	LOM	GLV	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN	INT	ROM	SOL	KAN	MED	AUT	OUL	RAN Ret
1964	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk2	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	DMT	NWT	SYR	AIN	INT	SOL	MED	RAN 4
1965	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk2	Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5 L4	CAP 5	ROC	SYR	SMT	INT	MED
		LDS Mk3	Climax FPF 2.7 L4							RAN 7
1966	Sam Tingle	LDS Mk3	Climax FPF 2.7 L4	RSA 5	SYR	INT	OUL