Formula One drivers from South Africa Formula One drivers from South Africa There have been 23 Formula One drivers from South Africa, with 18 of them having started at least one Grand Prix, and only 4 of them having started more than four races. Jody Scheckter is by far the most prolific and successful South African driver, being the only one to have won a race. During his nine-year career Scheckter won ten races and the 1979 World Drivers' Championship. There has not been a driver from South Africa in Formula One since 1980. There are no South African drivers currently competing in Formula One, and
Adam Wilcox (racing driver) Adam Wilcox (racing driver) Adam Wilcox (born 26 June 1976) is a British racing driver. Adam Wilcox has been racing since he was eight years old and has won eight major championship titles. Starting in karting, by 1994 he became the 250cc FIA European Karting Champion which he sealed at the Osterichring in Austria and moved onto Car racing in 1995, driving a Formula Renault car with Haywood Racing finishing 4th in his first car racing season against some very experienced opposition. He went through the Junior ranks competing in the UK Formula Vauxhall Championship finishing runner-up in 1996 and