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Anthony Francis O'Connell Maggs (9 February 1937 – 2 June 2009) was a South African racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to .
Maggs participated in 27 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting at the 1961 British Grand Prix. He achieved three podiums, and scored a total of 26 championship points. He was the first South African to take part in a Formula One Grand Prix.
Maggs then moved to Scuderia Centro Sud for 1964 and despite the fact that their BRM P57s were not current machinery achieved two points finishes out of three race starts. He also returned to Formula Two with an MRP Lola Cars and with David Piper won the Kyalami 9 Hours race in the latter's Ferrari GTO.
In 1965, Maggs raced only once in Formula One, for Reg Parnell Racing, in the South African Grand Prix at East London but continued with success in both Formula Two and sports cars. However, in a national race at Pietermaritzburg he crashed his Brabham and a young spectator standing in a restricted area was hit and killed. Maggs immediately retired from motor sport to concentrate on his business interests.
Maggs died on 2 June 2009, from cancer.
| 1961 ! Louise Bryden-Brown ! Team Lotus 18 ! Coventry Climax Straight-4 | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | ! NC ! 0 | |||
| 1962 !rowspan=2 | Cooper Car Company ! Cooper T55 ! Coventry Climax Straight-4 | NED | MON | GER | !rowspan=2 7th !rowspan=2 | 13 | ||||||
| 1963 ! Cooper Car Company ! Cooper T66 ! Coventry Climax V8 | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | RSA ! 8th ! 9 | ||
| 1964 ! Scuderia Centro Sud ! BRM P57 ! BRM V8 | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | USA | MEX ! 12th ! 4 | ||
| 1965 ! Reg Parnell Racing ! Team Lotus 25 ! BRM V8 | RSA | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA | MEX ! NC ! 0 |
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