Sam Tingle

{{Short description|Rhodesian racing driver (1921{{ndash}}2008)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Use South African English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox F1 driver

|name = Sam Tingle

|image = 1965 Sam Tingle Formula 1 LDS Race Car-1 (29891690293).jpg

|caption = LDS F1 car driven by Tingle in 1965

|nationality = {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland ({{f1|1963}})
{{flagicon|RHO|1964}} Rhodesian (1964) ({{F1|1965}}, {{f1|1967}}–{{F1|1968}})
{{flagicon|RHO}} Rhodesian ({{f1|1969}})

|birth_date = {{birth date|1921|8|24|df=y}}

|birth_place = Manchester, England, UK

|death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|19|1921|8|24|df=y}}

|death_place = Somerset West, South Africa

|Years = {{F1|1963}}, {{F1|1965}}, {{F1|1967}}–{{F1|1969}}

|Team(s) = LDS, non-works Brabham

|Races = 5

|Championships = 0

|Wins = 0

|Podiums = 0

|Points = 0

|Poles = 0

|Fastest laps = 0

|First race = 1963 South African Grand Prix

|First win =

|Last win =

|Last race = 1969 South African Grand Prix

}}

Sam Ashworth Tingle (24 August 1921 – 19 December 2008){{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Sam_Tingle |title=Sam Tingle | work=oldracingcars.com |accessdate=28 May 2016}} was an English-born racing driver from Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.{{ Cite web | url = http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/866.html | title = Sam Tingle – Zimbabwe | publisher = ESPN | access-date = 2016-12-27}}{{ Cite web | url = http://chicanef1.com/indiv.pl?name=Sam%20Tingle&type=D&nc=1 | title = Sam Tingle (Driver) | publisher = ChicaneF1.com | access-date = 2016-12-27}}

Tingle was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, and made his Formula One debut on 28 December 1963.

He was one of only two drivers from Rhodesia to successfully enter a Formula One race, the other being John Love.{{ Cite web | url = http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/844.html | title = John Love – Zimbabwe | publisher = ESPN | access-date = 2016-12-27}} A third Rhodesian racer, Clive Puzey, failed to qualify in his Formula One attempt.{{ Cite web | url = http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/878.html | title = Clive Puzey – Zimbabwe | publisher = ESPN | access-date = 2016-12-27}} He died in Somerset West, South Africa, aged 87.

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