Clive Puzey (born 11 July 1941) is a Rhodesian former racing driver. He began taking part in the

South African Formula One Championship The South African Formula One Championship, was a national Formula One motor racing championship held in South Africa between 1960 and 1975, including races in Rhodesia and Portuguese Mozambique. The front-running cars in the series were recen ...

in 1963 with a

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18/21, finishing seventh in the

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the following year. He was born in

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. Puzey's only Formula One World Championship Grand Prix attempt came when he entered the

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with his Lotus-Climax, but he failed to pre-qualify. He was one of only six drivers from

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(divided in modern-day Zambia and Zimbabwe) to enter a World Championship Formula One race. He continued to race in the South African Formula One Championship until 1969, scoring three podiums in 1966. After his racing career ended, Puzey ran a garage in his home town of Bulawayo until 2000. Being an outspoken critic of

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's government, he was repeatedly threatened until he left the country and moved to

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Non-championship Formula One results

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Notes and references

*"The Formula One Record Book" - John Thompson, 1974. *www.forix.com Sportspeople from Bulawayo Zimbabwean people of British descent White Rhodesian people Zimbabwean exiles Rhodesian Formula One drivers 1941 births Living people Zimbabwean emigrants to Australia {{F1-bio-stub