Alex Blignaut (30 November 1932 in

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– 15 January 2001 in Honeydew, Johannesburg) was a

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and motor racing team owner from

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Career

Blignaut raced locally in South Africa for many years and made two appearances in the

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under the "Team Valencia" banner, in 1963 and 1964, finishing 12th on both occasions. He also entered the

1965 South African Grand Prix The 1965 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Prince George Circuit, East London on 1 January 1965. It was race 1 of 10 in both the 1965 World Championship of Drivers and the 1965 International Cup for Formula One Manufac ...

, a World Championship event, but withdrew before the meeting took place. He later turned to team ownership, setting up the "Alex Blignaut Racing Team" and entering cars in the

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throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, earning many race wins. Among the drivers who competed for Blignaut were

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and

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. Keizan also drove Blignaut's Tyrrell

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in the World Championship South African Grands Prix in 1973 and 1974. Blignaut was later secretary of SAMRaC (South African Motor Racing Club), the club which organised the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami. He died in 2001 after an accident on his farm, when he electrocuted himself while repairing a piece of machinery.Mario Bauer, "Grand Prix Insider", 30 November 2008
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Results

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Non-Championship Formula One results

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References

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