Team Gunston was a
privateer team founded by
Rhodesia
Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' Succession of states, successor state to th ...
n racing driver
John Love to enter his own cars in
Formula One
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and
sports car racing
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between 1962 and 1975. He also entered cars under his own name, i.e. John Love. Commonly the vehicles were entered for Love himself, but he also provided cars for a number of other drivers during the period.

At the
1968 South African Grand Prix
The 1968 South African Grand Prix, formally the 2nd AA Grand Prix of South Africa (Afrikaans: ''Tweede AA Suid-Afrikaanse Grand Prix''), was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami Circuit on Monday 1 January 1968. It was race 1 of 12 in both t ...
Team Gunston became the first Formula One team to implement
sponsorship brands as a livery when they entered a private
Brabham
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car.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(
key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.)
References
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Formula One entrants
South African auto racing teams
World Sportscar Championship teams
Auto racing teams disestablished in 1975