Biography
Lukas "Luki" Botha was born in Pretoria on 16 January 1930. He raced sports cars and in endurance events, first in a Dart, then in a Lotus 23 and finally in an Elva Mk VII fitted with a Porsche engine. With the Elva he finished fifth overall at the Grande Premio de Angola. He moved up to Formula One with a Brabham BT11 powered by a Climax engine.
Botha made his only World Championship start in 1967, driving a privately entered Brabham in the South African Grand Prix. A mechanical problem struck after 38 laps, but he carried on and completed 60 laps. He was not classified. He gave up racing after a crash at a race in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, in which nine spectators lost their lives. Botha died on 1 October 2006.
Source: Wikipedia, “Luki Botha”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rates
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