  the hon. john miles (born june 14, 1943 in london) is a british former racing driver from england. he participated in 15 formula one world championship grands prix, making his debut on july 6, 1969, in the lotus 63 4-wheel drive f1 car for which he was the official team lotus test driver. he scored a total of 2 championship points with a fifth place in the 1970 south african grand prix. ==early career== in 1963/64, miles was the overall champion of the autosport veedol sports and saloon championship, with 15 outright wins from 17 races, driving the lotus elan sports car . he drove a lotus 41, formula 3 car for the works team in 1967-68, winning four international f3 events in 1968. s. taylor. lunch with john miles. motorsport.oct 2014. vol 80, no 10, p92. ==formula one== thumb|left|lotus 63 4wd in 1969, miles had to develop the lotus 63 4wd car while world champion graham hill and jochen rindt refused to drive this design, considering it a death trap. in five gps, miles finished only once, in 10th place. in between, the car was given twice to mario andretti, but he did not finish either. john miles did qualify mid grid for the canadian gp at mosport, which difficult combination of fast sweeping bends suited the 4 wheel drive, lotus 63, which was a 'disaster'on twisty tracks. s.taylor. lunch with john miles. motor sport. oct 2014, p93. after graham hill had broken his legs in late 1969, he did not return to team lotus, driving lotus cars for rob walker racing team instead. miles was promoted to number two lotus f1 driver behind jochen rindt for the 1970 formula one season. in the 1970 south african grand prix, where a total of five lotus cars were entered he finished fifth in a lotus 49, with hill behind him. miles had driven most of the race with petrol leaking over him, but colin chapman, expressed dissatisfaction, he had not taken beltoise for 4th. for the spanish gp, the new lotus 72 was entered, but miles failed to qualify for the race which rindt had to abandon early. due to the problems which the 72, the updated lotus 49c was used in mo
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