Trevor Blokdyk

Trevor Blokdyk

Nation:	South Africa
Automobile world championship
First start:	1963 South African Grand Prix
Last start:	1963 South African Grand Prix
Constructors
1963  Scuderia Lupini
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

John Trevor Blokdyk (born November 30, 1935 in Krugersdorp , † March 19, 1995 in Hekpoort ) was a South African speedway champion and racing car driver .

Career

In his younger years Blokdyk was South African speedway champion several times before he first came to Europe in the early 1960s to compete in Formula Junior . When he did not succeed, he returned to South Africa for a year to compete in national races. A year later he was seen again on European racing tracks. Blokdyk, who was a quick and fair driver, was again involved in Formula Junior. He finished second in the races in Nogaro and Caserta.

Blokdyk financed his races out of his own pocket and was rarely able to contest an entire season. He moved several times between Europe and South Africa until late in the 1960s. He drove in Formula 3 for a long time , had his strongest season in 1965 when he was fighting for the overall lead until a serious accident in Alpi put him out of action for three months.

Blokdyk also tried twice in the automobile world championship . At the South African Grand Prix in 1963 and 1965, he drove a private Cooper . In 1963 he was twelfth, but in 1965 he did not qualify. He raced in his home country until the mid-1970s, and after his retirement earned his living as a farmer. Popular in South Africa, the driver died of a heart attack at the age of 59 .

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1963	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper T51	Maserati 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
total				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
1963
										12
1965
	DNQ

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

literature

• Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8

Web links

• Image: Trevor Blokdyk at a young age