Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart,
OBEThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born 11 June, 1939 in
MiltonMilton is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.It lies just on the outskirts of Dumbarton, on the main road to Glasgow and below the Overtoun Bridge....
,
West DunbartonshireWest Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs...
), better known as
Jackie, and nicknamed
The Flying Scot, is a Scottish former racing driver. He competed in
Formula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
between 1965 and 1973, winning three
World Drivers' Championships. He also competed in Can-Am. He is well-known in the
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as a
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of racing television broadcasts, and as a spokesman for
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, where his
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made him a distinctive presence. Between 1997 and 1999, in partnership with his son, Paul, he was team principal of the
Stewart Grand PrixStewart Grand Prix is a former Formula One constructor and racing team. The team was formed by three times Formula One champion Jackie Stewart and his son Paul Stewart in 1996. The team competed in F1, as the Ford works-supported team, for only three seasons, from 1997 to 1999...
Formula One racing team.
Early life
Jackie's family were
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car dealers and had built up a successful business, Dumbuck Garage, in Milton. His father had been an amateur motorcycle racer, and his brother
JimmyJames Robert Stewart was a British racing driver from Scotland who participated in a single World Championship Grand Prix, driving for Ecurie Ecosse. He was born in Milton, West Dunbartonshire. He also competed in several non-Championship Formula One races...
was a racing driver with a growing local reputation who drove for
Ecurie EcosseEcurie Ecosse was a motor racing team from Scotland. Founded in 1952 by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver David Murray and mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson, its most notable achievement was winning the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans and 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans...
and competed in the
1953 British Grand PrixThe 1953 British Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 18 July 1953 at Silverstone Circuit. It was part of the 1953 World Drivers' Championship, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used....
, until he went off at Copse Corner in the wet.
Jackie attended the primary school of Dumbarton Academy where he struggled in some lessons due to undiagnosed
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. As he result he was not allowed to continue into the secondary school and was allocated to a less academically demanding school called Hartfield where he was taught craft subjects. At the age of 13 he won a clay pigeon shooting competition and then went on to become a prize winning member of the Scottish shooting team, competing in the United Kingdom and abroad. He won the British, Welsh and Scottish
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championships and the 'Coupe De Nations' European championship. He also competed for a place in the British
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team for the
1960 Summer OlympicsThe 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy, in 1960...
, which was awarded to another competitor named Joe Wheater. His early involvement with cars was in the family business, where he worked as an apprentice
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and it was only natural that he would soon become involved in motor racing.
He took up an offer from Barry Filer, a customer of his family business, to test in a number of his cars at
Oulton ParkOulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, to Chester city centre, to Northwich and to Warrington with nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line set in rolling English countryside and forest. It...
. For 1961, Filer provided a
Marcos-History:The company was founded in Luton, in Bedfordshire, England, in 1959 by Jem Marsh and Frank Costin. Frank Costin had earlier worked on the De Havilland Mosquito fighter-bombers and from there he got the idea to use plywood for the chassis...
, in which Stewart scored four wins, and competed once in Filer's
AstonAston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in BuckinghamshireFrom 1994 until 2007...
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. In 1962, to decide if he was ready to turn pro, tested an
E-typeThe Jaguar E-Type or XK-E was a British automobile manufactured by Jaguar between 1961 and 1974. Its combination of good looks, high performance, and competitive pricing resulted in a great success for Jaguar, who sold more than 70,000 E-Types over its lifespan, and the E-Type became an icon of...
at Oulton Park, matching
Roy SalvadoriRoy Francesco Salvadori is a former motor racing driver and manager from England. He participated in 50 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 12 July 1952, and achieved two podiums, scoring a total of 19 Championship points.During a varied career he also won the 24 Hours of Le...
's times in a similar car the year before. He won two races, his first in England, in the E-type, and
David MurrayDavid Murray was a Scottish racing driver. He participated in 6 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 May 1950, and also founded the Ecurie Ecosse Scottish motor racing team, based at Merchiston Mews in Edinburgh.-Complete Formula One World Championship results:...
of
Ecurie EcosseEcurie Ecosse was a motor racing team from Scotland. Founded in 1952 by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver David Murray and mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson, its most notable achievement was winning the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans and 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans...
offered him a ride in the Tojeiro EE Mk2, then their
CooperThe Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...
T49, in which he won at
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. For 1963, he earned fourteen wins, a second, and two thirds, with just six retirements.
In 1964, he again signed with Ecurie Ecosse. More important,
Ken TyrrellKen Tyrrell was a British racing driver and the founder of the Tyrrell Formula One constructor.-Biography:...
, then running the
Formula JuniorFormula Junior is a formula racing class first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI . The class was intended to provide an entry level class where you could use inexpensive mechanical components from ordinary automobiles...
team for the
Cooper Car CompanyThe Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...
, heard of the young Scotsman from Goodwood's track manager and called up Jimmy Stewart to see if his younger brother was interested in a tryout. Jackie came down for the test at Goodwood, taking over a new, and very competitive,
Formula ThreeFormula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers...
T72-BMC
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was testing. Soon Stewart was besting McLaren's times, causing McLaren to return to the track for some quicker laps. Again, Stewart was quicker, and Tyrrell offered Stewart a spot on the team. This would be the beginning of a great partnership that would see them reach the pinnacle of the sport.
Racing career
In 1964 he drove in
Formula ThreeFormula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers...
for Tyrrell. His debut, in the wet at
SnettertonSnetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...
on 15 March, was dominant, taking an astounding 25 second lead in just two laps before coasting home to a win on a 44sec cushion. Within days, he was offered a
Formula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
ride with Cooper, but declined, preferring to gain experience under Tyrrell; he failed to win just two races (one to clutch failure, one to a spin) in becoming F3 champion.
After running John Coombs' E-type and practising in a
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at
Le MansLe Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans....
, he took a trial in an F1 Lotus 33-
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, in which he impressed
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and
Jim ClarkJim Clark OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland.He was the dominant driver of his era, winning two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965. At the time of his death, he had won more Grand Prix races and achieved more Grand Prix pole positions than any other driver...
(who, needless to say, were not easily impressed); Stewart again refused a ride in F1, but went instead to the Lotus
Formula TwoFormula Two, abbreviated to F2, is a type of formula racing. It was replaced by Formula 3000 in 1985, but the FIA announced in 2008 that Formula Two would return for 2009 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship...
team. In his F2 debut, he was second at the difficult
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circuit in a
Lotus 32The Lotus 32 was a Formula 2 racing car built by Team Lotus in 1964. It was developed from the Lotus 27 Formula Junior model. 12 cars were produced, but only 4 competed in the Ron Harris Team Lotus entrants . Jim Clark drove the Lotus 32 to win the 1964 Formula 2 Championship...
-
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.
While he signed with BRM alongside
Graham HillNorman Graham Hill was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He was born in Hampstead, London.Graham Hill is the only driver to win the so-called Triple Crown of Motorsport....
in 1965, a contract which netted him £4,000, his first race in an F1 car was for Lotus, as stand-in for an injured Clark, at the Rand Grand Prix in December 1964; the Lotus broke in the first heat, but he won the second. On his F1 debut in
South AfricaThe 1965 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at East London on January 1, 1965.- Race report :Jim Clark celebrated Hogmanay by dominating the race, leading from pole and breaking the 100mph barrier, winning by half a minute from Graham Hill and John Surtees and even had time...
, he scored his first Championship point, finishing sixth. His first major competition victory came in the
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in the late spring, and before the end of the year he won his first World Championship race at
MonzaThe 1965 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 12, 1965.- Race report :Jim Clark duelled for the lead through the first two-thirds of the race with Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart and John Surtees , until on lap 64 when his fuel pump failed...
, fighting wheel-to-wheel with teammate Hill's P261. Stewart finished his rookie season with three seconds, a third, a fifth, and a sixth, and third place in the World Drivers' Championship. He also piloted Tyrrell's unsuccessful F2 Cooper T75-BRM, and ran the Rover Company's revolutionary turbine car at Le Mans.
1966 saw him almost win the
Indianapolis 500The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or sometimes known simply as The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
on his first attempt, in John Mecom's Lola T90-Ford, only to be denied by a broken scavenge pump while leading by over a lap with eight laps to go; however, Stewart's performance, having had the race fully in hand and sidelined only by mechanical failure, won him
Rookie of the Year honours, the only occasion to date in race history a rookie winner (Hill, team mate at Indianapolis as well, and final leader after Stewart) was deemed surpassed in performance by another rookie.
Also, in 1966, a crash triggered his fight for improved safety in racing. On lap one of the
1966 Belgian Grand PrixThe 1966 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 12, 1966.This was the race of the infamous rain storm where Jackie Stewart came perilously close to losing his life at the Masta Kink.- Classification :- Notes :...
at
Spa-FrancorchampsThe Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It is also home to the all Volkswagen club event, 25 Hours of Spa, run by the Uniroyal Fun Cup. It is considered to be one of the most challenging race tracks in the world,...
, when sudden rain caused many crashes, he found himself trapped in his overturned BRM, getting soaked by leaking fuel. Any spark could cause a disaster. The marshals had no tools to help him, and it took his teammate Hill and
Bob BondurantRobert Bondurant is an American former racecar driver who raced for the Ferrari and Eagle teams in Formula One....
, who had both also crashed nearby, to get him out. Since then, a main switch for electrics and a removable steering wheel have become standard. Also, noticing the long and slow transport to a hospital, he brought his own doctor to future races, while the BRM supplied a medical truck for the benefit of all. It was a poor year all around; the BRMs were notoriously unreliable, although Stewart did win the
Monaco Grand PrixThe 1966 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Circuit de Monaco on May 22, 1966.- Race report :The first race of the new 3-litre engine series began at Monaco....
. Stewart had some success in other forms of racing during the year, winning the
1966 Tasman SeriesThe 1966 Tasman Series was the third Tasman Series season. It began on January 8, 1966 and ended on March 7 after eight races.-Races:- Standings :...
and the
1966 Rothmans 12 Hour International Sports Car RaceThe 1966 Rothmans 12 Hour International Sports Car Race was an endurance motor race for Sports Racing Cars, Improved Production Cars and Series Production Cars...
.
BRM's fortunes did not improve in 1967, during which Stewart came no higher than second at Spa, though he won F2 events for Tyrrell at
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,
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, Oulton Park, and
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in a
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M5S or M7S.
In Formula One, he gambled on a switch to Tyrrell's team, where he drove a Matra MS10-
CosworthCosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines for automobile racing . It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship, World Superbikes and, as of 2010, Formula One...
for the 1968 and 1969 seasons. Skill (and improving tyres from
DunlopDunlop Rubber was a company based in the United Kingdom which manufactured tyres and other rubber products for most of the 20th century. It was taken over by BTR plc in 1985. Since then, ownership of the Dunlop brands has been fragmented....
) brought a win in heavy rain at
ZandvoortThe 1968 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Zandvoort Circuit on June 23, 1968. It was the fifth round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after the race:Drivers' Championship standings...
. Another win in rain and fog at the
NürburgringThe 1968 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring on August 4, 1968. It was the eighth round of the 1968 Formula One season. The race was held in extremely wet conditions...
, where he won by a margin of four minutes, is considered as one of the finest ever, even though his rain tyres were probably better than those of the competition. He also took
Watkins GlenThe 1968 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 6, 1968 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York...
, but missed
JaramaThe 1968 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jarama Circuit on May 12, 1968. It was the second round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after the race:Drivers' Championship standings...
and
MonacoThe 1968 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Monte Carlo Circuit on May 26, 1968. It was the third round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after the race:Drivers' Championship standings...
due to an F2 injury at Jarama, had the car fail at
Mexico CityThe 1968 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hermanos Rodriguez Autodrome on November 3, 1968. It was the twelfth and final round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jo Siffert - 1:45.22...
, and so lost the driving title to Hill.
With wins at
KyalamiThe 1969 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami Circuit on March 1, 1969. It was the first round of the 1969 Formula One season.- Background :...
,
JaramaThe 1969 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Montjuïc circuit on May 4, 1969. It was the second round of the 1969 Formula One season....
,
ZandvoortThe 1969 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Zandvoort Circuit on June 21, 1968. It was the fourth round of the 1969 Formula One season.- Classification :- References :...
,
SilverstoneThe 1969 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit on July 19, 1968. It was the sixth round of the 1969 Formula One season.- Classification :-References:...
, and
MonzaThe 1969 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 7, 1969. The race was notable in that less than a fifth of second separated the winner from the fourth-placed driver, and is generally reckoned to be the closest 1-2-3-4 in Formula One history.-...
, Stewart became
world champion in 1969 in a
Matra MS80The Matra MS80 was the Ford Cosworth DFV-powered car that took Jackie Stewart to the Formula One World Championship title in 1969. The chassis was built in the Matra's F1 base at Vélizy-Villacoublay in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France.Although officially a Matra, it was basically run by...
-Cosworth. Until September 2005, when
Fernando AlonsoFernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, racing for the Renault team....
in a
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became champion, he was the only driver to have won the championship driving for a
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marque and, as Alonso's Renault was actually built in the UK, Stewart remains the only driver to win the world championship in a
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-built car.
For 1970, Matra (just taken over by
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) insisted on using their own
V12A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders, usually at a 60° angle to each other, but in some cases at a wider or narrower angle, with all 12 pistons driving a common crankshaft....
engines, while Tyrrell and Stewart wanted to keep the Cosworths as well as the good connection to Ford. As a consequence, the Tyrrell team bought a chassis from
March EngineeringMarch Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from Britain. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three, IndyCar...
; Stewart took the March 701-Cosworth to wins at the
Daily Mail Race of Champions and Jarama, but was soon overcome by Lotus' new
72The Lotus 72 was a Formula One car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe of Lotus for the 1970 Formula One season.- Development :The 72 was yet another innovative design by Chapman featuring inboard brakes, side mounted radiators in sidepods, as opposed to the nose mounted radiators which...
. The new Tyrell 001-Cosworth, appearing in August, suffered problems, but Stewart saw better days for it in 1971, and stayed on. Tyrrell continued to be sponsored by French fuel company
ElfElf Aquitaine was a French oil company which merged with TotalFina to form TotalFinaElf. The new company changed its name to Total in 2003...
, and Stewart raced in a car painted French Racing Blue for many years. Stewart also continued to race sporadically in Formula Two, winning at the Crystal Palace and placing at
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; a projected Le Mans appearance, to co-drive the muscular 4.5 litre
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917K with Steve McQueen, did not come off, for McQueen's inability to get insurance. He also tried Can-Am, in the
revolutionaryGround effect is term applied to a series of aerodynamic effects used in car design, which has been exploited to create downforce, particularly in racing cars. This has been the successor to the earlier dominant aerodynamic theory of streamlining...
Chaparral 2J, managing to beat the juggernaut McLarens at St. Jovite and Mid-Ohio.
Stewart went on to win the Formula One world championship in 1971 using the excellent
Tyrrell 003The Tyrrell 003 is a Formula One racing car which was designed for the 1971 Formula One season by Tyrrell's Chief Designer, Derek Gardner. It was effectively the same car as Tyrrell 001, with a redesigned nose section, longer wheelbase and narrower monocoque...
-Cosworth, winning
SpainThe 1971 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Montjuïc circuit on April 18, 1971. It was the second round of the 1971 Formula One season.- Classification :-References:...
,
MonacoThe 1971 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monaco on May 23, 1971.- Race report :Qualifying was extremely wet and so it was Friday morning times that really counted for the grid - for Mario Andretti this was particularly unfortunate as his car was stranded out on the track at this...
,
FranceThe 1971 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Circuit Paul Ricard on 4 July 1971.- Race report :The race was taking place for the first time at the brand new Paul Ricard circuit in the mountains outside Marseille.Jackie Stewart gained pole position-helped by extensive tyre testing...
,
BritainThe 1971 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Silverstone on July 17, 1971.- Race report :On one of the fastest circuits on the calendar, horsepower counted for everything...
,
GermanyThe 1971 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on 1 August 1971.The race returned to the Nürburgring after a year at the Hockenheimring after the safety was improved on the track...
, and
CanadaThe 1971 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Mosport Park on September 19, 1971- Classification :-Notes:* Fastest Lap: Denny Hulme - 1:43.5* The race was stopped after 64 laps due to the poor weather conditions-References:...
. He also did a full season in Can-Am, in a Lola T260-Chevrolet. and again in 1973. In the 1972 season he missed Spa, due to
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which was developed following frequent travelling, and had to cancel plans to drive a Can-Am McLaren, but won the Argentine, French, U.S., and Canadian Grands Prix, to come second to
Emerson FittipaldiEmerson Fittipaldi is a highly successful Brazilian automobile racing driver, winning championships in both Formula One and CART, and the Indianapolis 500 twice.-Family:...
in the drivers' standings. Stewart also competed in a
Ford Capri RS2600Ford Capri was a name used by the Ford Motor Company for three separate automobile models:* The Ford Consul Capri coupé, produced by Ford of Britain between 1961 and 1964* The Ford Capri coupé, produced by Ford Europe from 1969 to 1986...
in the
European Touring Car ChampionshipThe European Touring Car Championship was an international touring car racing series organized by the FIA. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1963 and 1988, and the second between 2000 and 2004...
, with F1 teammate
François CevertAlbert François Cevert Goldenberg was a French racing driver, who took part in the Formula One World Championship...
and other F1 pilots, at a time where the competition between Ford and
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was at a height. Stewart shared a Capri with F1 Tyrrell teammate François Cevert in the 1972 6 hours of Paul Ricard, finishing second. He also received an
OBEThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions...
.
Entering the 1973 season, Stewart had decided to retire. He nevertheless won at South Africa, Belgium, Monaco, Holland, and Austria. His last (and then record-setting) 27th victory came at the
NürburgringThe 1973 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on August 5, 1973.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Jackie Stewart - 7:07.8 * Fastest lap: Carlos Pace - 7:11.4...
with a convincing 1-2 for Tyrrell. "I felt more satisfied winning at the Nürburgring than on any other race track," Stewart later said. "Before going there, I would take one last look down my driveway, because I wasn't sure if I would come back." After the fatal crash of his teammate
François CevertAlbert François Cevert Goldenberg was a French racing driver, who took part in the Formula One World Championship...
in practice for the
1973 United States Grand PrixThe 1973 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 7, 1973 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
at
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, Stewart retired one race earlier than intended and missed what would have been his 100th GP.
Racing safety advocate
During Stewart's F1 career, the chances of an F1 driver who raced for five years being killed in a crash were two out of three.
At Spa-Francorchamps in 1966, he ran off the track while driving in heavy rain, and crashed into a telephone pole and a shed before coming to rest in a farmer's outbuilding. His steering column pinned his leg, while ruptured fuel tanks emptied their contents into the cockpit. There were no track crews to extricate him, nor were proper tools available. There were no doctors or medical facilities at the track, and Stewart was put in the bed of a pickup truck, remaining there until an ambulance finally arrived. He was first taken to the track's First Aid centre, where he waited on a stretcher, which was placed on a floor strewn with cigarette ends and other rubbish. Finally, another ambulance crew picked him up, but the ambulance driver got lost driving to a hospital in Liége. Ultimately, a private jet flew Stewart back to the UK for proper treatment.
After his crash at Spa, Stewart became an outspoken advocate for auto racing safety. Later, he explained, "If I have any legacy to leave the sport I hope it will be seen to be an area of safety because when I arrived in Grand Prix racing so-called precautions and safety measures were diabolical."
Stewart continued, commenting on his crash at Spa:
- "I lay trapped in the car for twenty-five minutes, unable to be moved. Graham
Norman Graham Hill was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He was born in Hampstead, London.Graham Hill is the only driver to win the so-called Triple Crown of Motorsport....
and Bob BondurantRobert Bondurant is an American former racecar driver who raced for the Ferrari and Eagle teams in Formula One....
got me out using the spanners from a spectator's toolkit. There were no doctors and there was nowhere to put me. They in fact put me in the back of a van. Eventually an ambulance took me to a first aid spot near the control tower and I was left on a stretcher, on the floor, surrounded by cigarette ends. I was put into an ambulance with a police escort and the police escort lost the ambulance, and the ambulance didn't know how to get to Liège. At the time they thought I had a spinal injury. As it turned out, I wasn't seriously injured, but they didn't know that."
- "I realised that if this was the best we had there was something sadly wrong: things wrong with the race track, the cars, the medical side, the fire-fighting, and the emergency crews. There were also grass banks that were launch pads, things you went straight into, trees that were unprotected and so on. Young people today just wouldn't understand it. It was ridiculous."
In response, Stewart campaigned with Louis Stanley (BRM team boss) for improved emergency services and better safety barriers around race tracks. "We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous." As a stop-gap measure, Stewart hired a private doctor to be at all his races, and taped a spanner to the steering shaft of his BRM in case it would be needed again. Stewart pressed for mandatory seat belt usage and full-face helmets for drivers, and today a race without those items is unthinkable. Likewise, he pressed track owners to modernize their track, including organizing driver boycotts of races at Spa-Francorchamps and the Nürburgring, until barriers, run-off areas, fire crews, and medical facilities were improved.
Stewart's work was not appreciated by track owners, race organizers, some drivers, and members of the press. "I would have been a much more popular World Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular." However, his race wins, combined with his popularity with the public and his business savvy, prevented his message from being silenced. Certainly, after his victory in the 1968 German GP at the 187-corner
Nordschleife -- in a torrential rain, driving with a broken wrist, winning by more than four minutes -- no one dared question his bravery as Stewart pushed for better safety standards.
Today, Stewart's legacy as a safety advocate in motor racing is as great as his legacy as a race winner.
Complete Formula One results
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| 1965 The 1965 Formula One season, which was the 16th season of FIA Formula One racing, featured the 16th World Championship of Drivers and the 8th International Cup for F1 Manufacturers. The two titles were contested concurrently over a ten round series which commenced on January 1 and ended on October...
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Owen Racing Organisation British Racing Motors was a British Formula One motor racing team. Founded in 1945, it raced from 1950 to 1977, competing in 197 Grands Prix and winning 17. In 1962, BRM won the Constructors' Title. At the same time, its driver, Graham Hill became World Champion...
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BRM P261The BRM P261, also known as the BRM P61 Mark II, is a Formula One motor racing car, designed and built by the British Racing Motors team in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. The BRM P261 was introduced for the 1964 Formula One season, and its design was an evolution of Tony Rudd's one-off BRM P61 car of...
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RSA The 1965 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at East London on January 1, 1965.- Race report :Jim Clark celebrated Hogmanay by dominating the race, leading from pole and breaking the 100mph barrier, winning by half a minute from Graham Hill and John Surtees and even had time...
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MON Results from the 1965 Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 30, 1965.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Graham Hill - 1:32.5* Fastest Lap: Graham Hill - 1:31.7 on lap 82...
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BEL Results from the 1965 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 13, 1965- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Graham Hill - 3:45.4* Fastest Lap: Jim Clark - 4:12.9 on lap 23* Lap Leaders: Jim Clark 32 laps ....
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FRA Results from the 1965 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Clermont-Ferrand on June 27, 1965- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Jim Clark - 3:18.3* Fastest Lap: Jim Clark - 3:18.9 on lap 34* Lap Leaders: Jim Clark 40 laps ....
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GBR Results from the 1965 Formula One British Grand Prix held at Silverstone on July 10, 1965- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:30.8* Fastest Lap: Graham Hill - 1:32.2 on lap 80* Lap Leaders: Jim Clark 80 laps ....
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NED Results from the 1965 Formula One Dutch Grand Prix held at Zandvoort on July 18, 1965- Race report :Honda capitalised on their long hours of testing at Zandvoort when Ginther claimed a front-row space with Graham Hill and Clark. He shot into the lead for the first 2 laps. Hill took the lead and...
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GER Results from the 1965 Formula One German Grand Prix held at Nürburgring on August 1, 1965- Race report :Graham Hill could still theoretically overhaul Clark for the championship. However Clark became Champion with a masterful performance, leading from pole to the flag and setting fastest lap, to...
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ITA The 1965 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 12, 1965.- Race report :Jim Clark duelled for the lead through the first two-thirds of the race with Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart and John Surtees , until on lap 64 when his fuel pump failed...
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USA The 1965 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 3, 1965 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
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MEX The 1965 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mexico City on October 24, 1965.- Race report :The Mexican Grand Prix provided a host of new records - the last race of the 1500cc era was the only one of the season not to be won by a British-powered car...
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BRM P261The BRM P261, also known as the BRM P61 Mark II, is a Formula One motor racing car, designed and built by the British Racing Motors team in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. The BRM P261 was introduced for the 1964 Formula One season, and its design was an evolution of Tony Rudd's one-off BRM P61 car of...
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MON The 1966 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Circuit de Monaco on May 22, 1966.- Race report :The first race of the new 3-litre engine series began at Monaco....
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BEL The 1966 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 12, 1966.This was the race of the infamous rain storm where Jackie Stewart came perilously close to losing his life at the Masta Kink.- Classification :- Notes :...
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FRA The 1966 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Reims-Gueux on July 3, 1966. It was the '60th Anniversary race' of Grand Prix racing, which had started with the GP of France in 1906....
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GBR The 1966 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on July 16, 1966.Jack Brabham and Graham Hill duelled at the start, until rain storms arrived on the circuit....
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NED The 1966 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Zandvoort on July 24, 1966.- Classification :-References:...
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GERThe 1966 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on August 7, 1966.- Race report :Another wet track provided a duel between Jack Brabham and John Surtees for the whole race. It was not until the Cooper's clutch failed two laps from the end that the Australian's win was guaranteed...
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ITA The 1966 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 4, 1966.- Race report :Jack Brabham was odds-on favourite for the Championship - only John Surtees could stop him and only then by winning all three remaining races. He was prevented from doing so by an impressive...
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USA The 1966 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 2, 1966 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
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MEX The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on October 23, 1966.- Race report :John Surtees dominated to take his first win since transferring from Ferrari to Cooper in mid season. He took the lead from Jack Brabham on lap 6 and was never challenged...
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Owen Racing Organisation British Racing Motors was a British Formula One motor racing team. Founded in 1945, it raced from 1950 to 1977, competing in 197 Grands Prix and winning 17. In 1962, BRM won the Constructors' Title. At the same time, its driver, Graham Hill became World Champion...
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RSA The 1967 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Kyalami on January 2, 1967.- Race report :For the first time, the Kyalami circuit near Johannesburg was being used. There were some changes in the driver line-ups: John Surtees was driving for Honda, Mike Spence signed for BRM whilst...
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NED The 1967 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Zandvoort on June 4, 1967.- Classification :-Notes:*Pole position: Graham Hill - 1:24.6*Fastest Lap: Jim Clark - 1:28.08...
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BEL The 1967 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 18, 1967.- Race report :Jim Clark led off the grid from pole position and maintained that position for the first 11 laps and was 20 seconds ahead of Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney when he had to come into the...
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GBR The 1967 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Silverstone on July 15, 1967.- Classification :-References:...
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ITA The 1967 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 10, 1967- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:28.5*Fastest Lap: Jim Clark - 1:28.5...
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USA The 1967 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 1, 1967 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
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MEX The 1967 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on October 22, 1967.- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:47.56*Fastest Lap: Jim Clark - 1:48.13...
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BRM P261The BRM P261, also known as the BRM P61 Mark II, is a Formula One motor racing car, designed and built by the British Racing Motors team in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. The BRM P261 was introduced for the 1964 Formula One season, and its design was an evolution of Tony Rudd's one-off BRM P61 car of...
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MON The 1967 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monaco on May 7, 1967.- Race report :The opening few laps were eventful - Jack Brabham spun in front of Bruce McLaren and Jo Siffert who collided taking avoiding action, whilst Jim Clark had to take to the escape road.Jackie Stewart swept...
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FRA The 1967 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans on July 2, 1967.- Race report :The new Bugatti circuit used the main pit straight at Le Mans, but then used an infield section comprising several second and third gear corners, which was universally unpopular...
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GERThe 1967 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Nürburgring on August 6, 1967.- Classification :Note: The race was run with both Formula One and Formula Two cars running together...
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CAN Results from the 1967 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Mosport Park on August 27, 1967- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jim Clark - 1:22.4*Fastest Lap: Jim Clark - 1:23.1- External links :*...
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Matra International Mécanique Avion TRAction or Matra was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobile, bicycles, aeronautics and weaponry which from 1994 was a subsidiary of Lagardère Group and which now operates under that name....
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Matra Mécanique Avion TRAction or Matra was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobile, bicycles, aeronautics and weaponry which from 1994 was a subsidiary of Lagardère Group and which now operates under that name....
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RSAThe 1968 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami Circuit on January 1, 1968. It was the first round of the 1968 Formula One season. The race, contested over 73 laps, was won by two time World Drivers' Champion and 1965 Indianapolis 500 winner Jim Clark for Lotus-Ford...
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ESPThe 1968 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jarama Circuit on May 12, 1968. It was the second round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after the race:Drivers' Championship standings...
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BEL The 1968 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit on June 9, 1968. It was the fourth round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Classification :- Notes :* Records:...
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NED The 1968 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Zandvoort Circuit on June 23, 1968. It was the fifth round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after the race:Drivers' Championship standings...
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FRA The 1968 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Rouen-Les-Essarts Circuit on July 7, 1968. It was the sixth round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Classification :- Notes :* Milestones:** 1st Win - Jacky Ickx...
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GBR The 1968 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Brands Hatch Circuit on July 20, 1968. It was the seventh round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Classification :- Notes :* Records:** 100th Grand Prix start - Jack Brabham...
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GERThe 1968 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring on August 4, 1968. It was the eighth round of the 1968 Formula One season. The race was held in extremely wet conditions...
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ITA The 1968 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Monza Autodrome on September 8, 1968. It was the ninth round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Classification :-References:...
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CAN The 1968 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Mont-Tremblant Circuit on September 22, 1968. It was the tenth round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Classification :-References:...
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USA The 1968 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 6, 1968 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York...
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MEX The 1968 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hermanos Rodriguez Autodrome on November 3, 1968. It was the twelfth and final round of the 1968 Formula One season.- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jo Siffert - 1:45.22...
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Matra Mécanique Avion TRAction or Matra was a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to automobile, bicycles, aeronautics and weaponry which from 1994 was a subsidiary of Lagardère Group and which now operates under that name....
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Ford The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands, Ford also owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, and a small stake...
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MS80The Matra MS80 was the Ford Cosworth DFV-powered car that took Jackie Stewart to the Formula One World Championship title in 1969. The chassis was built in the Matra's F1 base at Vélizy-Villacoublay in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France.Although officially a Matra, it was basically run by...
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MON The 1969 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on May 18, 1969. It was the third round of the 1969 Formula One season.- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after the race:...
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FRAThe 1969 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Charade Circuit on July 6, 1969. It was the fifth round of the 1969 Formula One season.- Classification :-References:...
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GBRThe 1969 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit on July 19, 1968. It was the sixth round of the 1969 Formula One season.- Classification :-References:...
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GER The 1969 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on 3 August 1969 with Formula Two cars competing by invitation. It was the seventh round of the 1969 World Championship for Drivers. The F2 entrants were not eligible for points in the World Championship.Gerhard Mitter was killed...
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ITAThe 1969 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 7, 1969. The race was notable in that less than a fifth of second separated the winner from the fourth-placed driver, and is generally reckoned to be the closest 1-2-3-4 in Formula One history.-...
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CAN Results from the 1969 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Mosport Park on September 20, 1969.- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jacky Ickx - 1:17.4*Fastest lap: 1:18.1 by Jacky Ickx on lap 30 and Jack Brabham on lap 62...
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USA The 1969 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 5, 1969 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
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MEX Results from the 1969 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix held at Mexico City on October 19, 1969.- Classification :- Notes :*Pole position: Jack Brabham - 1:42.90*Fastest lap: Jacky Ickx - 1:43.05 on lap 64-References:...
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MarchMarch Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from Britain. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three, IndyCar...
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Ford The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands, Ford also owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, and a small stake...
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ESP The 1970 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Jarama on April 19, 1970. It was the second round of the 1970 Formula One season.- Classification :-References:...
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MONThe 1970 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Circuit de Monaco on May 10, 1970. It was the third race of the 1970 Formula One season.-Report:...
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BEL The 1970 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 7, 1970- Classification :-Notes:* Fastest Lap: Chris Amon - 3:27.4*Last win: Dunlop* This was the last Formula One race to be held on the original Spa circuit....
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NED The 1970 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Zandvoort on June 21, 1970- Classification :-Notes:* Fastest Lap: Jacky Ickx - 1:19.23* Driver Piers Courage had a fatal accident in this race.-References:...
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GER The 1970 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Hockenheimring on 2 August 1970.On short notice following the drivers demand for improved safety at the Nürburgring, the race was moved to Hockenheim as this track already had been fitted with Armco. F1 returned to an updated Nürburgring in...
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AUT The 1970 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Österreichring on August 16, 1970.- Classification :-Notes:* Fastest Lap: Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni- 1:40.4* It was the only podium finish for the German driver Rolf Stommelen-References:...
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ITA The 1970 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 6, 1970- Classification :-Notes:* Fastest Lap: Clay Regazzoni - 1:25.2* First Grand Prix win for Clay Regazzoni...
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TyrrellThe Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one...
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USA The 1970 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 4, 1970 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
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MEX The 1970 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Mexico City on October 25, 1970.- Race report :The immense crowd of 200,000 proved almost uncontrollable and almost forced the cancellation of the race. They were crammed in front of the guard-rails, sat at the trackside and ran across the...
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ESP The 1971 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Montjuïc circuit on April 18, 1971. It was the second round of the 1971 Formula One season.- Classification :-References:...
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MON The 1971 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monaco on May 23, 1971.- Race report :Qualifying was extremely wet and so it was Friday morning times that really counted for the grid - for Mario Andretti this was particularly unfortunate as his car was stranded out on the track at this...
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NED The 1971 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Zandvoort on June 20, 1971. Due to heavy rain, the track was treacherously wet and slippery, giving a large advantage to "wet-weather men" Ickx and Rodriguez, who also happened to be equipped with highly suitable cars and...
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FRA The 1971 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Circuit Paul Ricard on 4 July 1971.- Race report :The race was taking place for the first time at the brand new Paul Ricard circuit in the mountains outside Marseille.Jackie Stewart gained pole position-helped by extensive tyre testing...
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GBR The 1971 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Silverstone on July 17, 1971.- Race report :On one of the fastest circuits on the calendar, horsepower counted for everything...
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GER The 1971 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on 1 August 1971.The race returned to the Nürburgring after a year at the Hockenheimring after the safety was improved on the track...
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AUT The 1971 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Österreichring on August 15, 1971.- Race report :Jo Siffert took a surprise pole position from Jackie Stewart and led away at the start from Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx...
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ITA The 1971 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monza on September 5, 1971. This race featured the closest finish in Formula One history . Peter Gethin came from 4th place to lead on the final lap with a bold move...
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CAN The 1971 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Mosport Park on September 19, 1971- Classification :-Notes:* Fastest Lap: Denny Hulme - 1:43.5* The race was stopped after 64 laps due to the poor weather conditions-References:...
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USA The 1971 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 3, 1971 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
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Team TyrrellThe Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one...
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TyrrellThe Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one...
003The Tyrrell 003 is a Formula One racing car which was designed for the 1971 Formula One season by Tyrrell's Chief Designer, Derek Gardner. It was effectively the same car as Tyrrell 001, with a redesigned nose section, longer wheelbase and narrower monocoque...
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Ford The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands, Ford also owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, and a small stake...
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ARG The 1972 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez on January 23, 1972.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole Position: Carlos Reutemann - 1:12.6* Fastest lap: Jackie Stewart - 1:13.66-References:...
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RSA The 1972 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Kyalami on March 4, 1972- Classification :-References:...
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ESP The 1972 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Jarama on May 1, 1972- Classification :-References:...
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FRA The 1972 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Charade Circuit on July 2, 1972Due to cutting the corners, a stone thrown from Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus hit Helmut Marko in the eye during the 1972 French Grand Prix, ending his F1 career, as well as the one of the circuit. The stones also...
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GBR The 1972 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on July 15, 1972- Classification :-References:...
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GER The 1972 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on July 30, 1972- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Jacky Ickx - 7:07.0* Fastest lap: Jacky Ickx - 7:13.6...
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TyrrellThe Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one...
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MON The 1972 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monaco on May 14, 1972. This was the last race on the original Monaco circuit, before the swimming pool was installed and the tunnel was lengthened.- Classification :- Notes :...
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BEL The 1972 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nivelles on June 4, 1972.- Classification :-References:...
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AUT The 1972 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One held at Österreichring on August 13, 1972- Classification :-References:...
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ITA The 1972 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monza on September 10, 1972- Classification :- Notes :* Fastest Lap: Jacky Ickx - 1:36.3...
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CAN The 1972 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Mosport Park on September 24, 1972- Classification :-References:...
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USA The 1972 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 8, 1972 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.__FORCETOC__-Summary:...
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Team TyrrellThe Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one...
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Ford The Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands, Ford also owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, and a small stake...
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ARG The 1973 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez on January 28, 1973- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Clay Regazzoni - 1:10.54* Fastest lap: Emerson Fittipaldi - 1:11.22-References:...
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BRA The 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Interlagos on February 11, 1973- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - 2:30.5* Fastest lap: Emerson Fittipaldi & Denny Hulme - 2:35.0-References:...
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TyrrellThe Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell which started racing in 1958 and started building its own cars in 1970. The team experienced its greatest success in the early 1970s, when it won three drivers' championships and one...
006The Tyrrell 006 was a Formula One car designed and built by the Tyrrell Racing Organisation. It was introduced towards the end of . In the hands of Jackie Stewart it won the Drivers' Championship for the 1973 Formula One season, Stewart's third and final title. The car was first raced at the 1972...
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RSA The 1973 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Kyalami on March 3, 1973.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Denny Hulme - 1:16.28* Fastest lap: Emerson Fittipaldi - 1:17.10-References:...
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ESP The 1973 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Montjuïc circuit on April 29, 1973.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - 1:21.8* Fastest lap: Ronnie Peterson - 1:23.8-References:...
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BEL The 1973 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Zolder on May 20, 1973.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - 1:22.46* Fastest lap: François Cevert - 1:25.46...
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MON The 1973 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monaco on June 3, 1973.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole Position: Jackie Stewart - 1:27.5* Fastest lap: Emerson Fittipaldi - 1:28.1* 150th Grand Prix start: Graham Hill-References:...
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SWE The 1973 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Scandinavian Raceway on June 17, 1973.Ronnie Peterson's success with Team Lotus was the catalyst for a Swedish Grand Prix and the race was held for the first time in 1973 at the grandly-named Scandinavian Raceway.Peterson did not...
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FRA The 1973 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Paul Ricard Circuit on July 1, 1973.- Classification :-References:...
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GBR The 1973 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone Circuit on July 14, 1973.The race is known for the first lap pile-up which ultimately caused eleven cars to retire. The accident happened when Jody Scheckter spun out of fourth place and into the center of the track coming...
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NED The 1973 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Zandvoort on July 29, 1973. Zandvoort returned to the Formula 1 calendar following a year's absence for extensive safety upgrades to the race track including new asphalt, new barriers and a new race control tower...
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GER The 1973 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on August 5, 1973.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Jackie Stewart - 7:07.8 * Fastest lap: Carlos Pace - 7:11.4...
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AUT The 1973 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Österreichring on August 19, 1973.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Emerson Fittipaldi - 1:34.98* Fastest lap: Carlos Pace - 1:37.29-References:...
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ITA The 1973 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monza on September 9, 1973.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - 1:34.8* Fastest lap: Jackie Stewart - 1:35.3...
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CAN The 1973 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Mosport Park on September 23, 1973.- Classification :- Notes :* Pole position: Ronnie Peterson - 1:13.697* Fastest lap: Emerson Fittipaldi - 1:15.496...
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- Winner of the BRDC International Trophy
The International Trophy is a prize awarded annually by the British Racing Drivers' Club to the winner of a motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit, England...
in 1965 and 1973.
Consultant, commentator and team owner
Subsequently he became a consultant for the
Ford Motor CompanyThe Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands, Ford also owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, and a small stake...
while continuing to be a spokesman for safer cars and circuits in Formula One.
Stewart covered NASCAR races and the
Indianapolis 500The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or sometimes known simply as The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
on American television during the 1970s and early 1980s, and has also worked on Australian TV coverage. As a commentator, he was known for his insightful analysis, Scottish accent, and rapid delivery, once causing
Jim McKayJames Kenneth McManus , better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist....
to remark that Stewart spoke almost as fast as he drove.
In 1997 Stewart returned to Formula One, with
Stewart Grand PrixStewart Grand Prix is a former Formula One constructor and racing team. The team was formed by three times Formula One champion Jackie Stewart and his son Paul Stewart in 1996. The team competed in F1, as the Ford works-supported team, for only three seasons, from 1997 to 1999...
, as a team owner in partnership with his son, Paul. As the works
FordThe Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands, Ford also owns Volvo Cars of Sweden, and a small stake...
team, their first race was the 1997
Australian Grand PrixThe Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race that is part of the annual FIA Formula One World Championship. It is held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park in Melbourne. Prior to its inclusion in the World Championship it was held annually from 1928 to 1984 at various venues in...
. The only success of their first year came at the rain-affected
Monaco Grand PrixThe Monaco Grand Prix is a Formula One race held each year on the Circuit de Monaco. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
where
Rubens BarrichelloRubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. Following the management buy-out of the Honda racing team, with whom Barrichello competed during the 2008 season, he was confirmed for 2009 as Jenson Button's team mate in the new Brawn GP team.Barrichello has scored...
finished an impressive second. Reliability was low however, with a likely 2nd place at the Nürburgring among several potential results lost. 1998 was even less competitive, with no podiums and few points.
However, after Ford acquired
CosworthCosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines for automobile racing . It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship, World Superbikes and, as of 2010, Formula One...
in July 1998, they risked designing and building a brand-new engine for 1999. It paid off. The SF3 was consistently competitive throughout the season. The team won one race at the
European Grand PrixThe European Grand Prix is a Formula One event that was reintroduced during the mid-1980s and has been held regularly since 1999. From 2008 it will take place for at least another 7 years. In earlier years, one of the national Grands Prix was also designated as the European Grand Prix...
at the
NürburgringThe Nürburgring, simply known as "The Ring" by enthusiasts, is a motorsport race track in Nürburg, Germany. It was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel, which is about south of Cologne, and northwest of Frankfurt...
with Johnny Herbert, albeit somewhat luckily, while Barrichello took three 3rd places, pole in France, and briefly led his home race at Interlagos. The team was later bought by Ford and became
Jaguar RacingJaguar Racing was a Formula One team that competed in the FIA Formula One World Championship from 2000 to 2004. It was formed from the purchase by Ford of Jackie Stewart's Stewart Grand Prix Formula One team in June 1999. Ford renamed the team Jaguar Racing as part of its global marketing...
in 2000 (which became
Red Bull RacingRed Bull Racing is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull . The team is based in Milton Keynes in the UK but holds an Austrian licence...
in 2005).
Stewart is also the head sports consultant/ patron for the
Royal Bank of ScotlandThe Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which HM Treasury holds a 70.33% controlling shareholding, through UK Financial Investments Limited...
. In March 2009, Jackie waived his fee for the year in response to the bank losing £24bn in 2008.
Honours
Stewart received
Sports IllustratedSports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the United States. It was the first magazine with circulation over one...
magazine's 1973 "
Sportsman of the YearSince its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the "Sportsman of the Year" award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Americans are eligible, though in the past the...
" award, the only auto racer to win the title so far, and in the same year he also won
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
Television's "
Sports Personality Of The YearThe BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. Devised by Paul Fox in 1954, it originally consisted of one titular award. Several new awards have been introduced, and , eight awards are presented. The oldest of these are the Team of the Year and...
" award, and was named as
ABCThe American Broadcasting Company is an American television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948...
's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year in which he was shared with American pro football legend O.J. Simpson. In 1990, he was inducted into the
International Motorsports Hall of FameThe International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer...
. In 1996, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. In 1998 Stewart received an honorary doctorate from
Cranfield UniversityCranfield University is a British postgraduate university based on two campuses, with a research-oriented focus. The main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire; the other is at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire...
where he later served as chairman of the steering committee for the MSc Motorsport Engineering and Management.
In 2001 Stewart received a
knighthoodThe rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...
.
In 2002 he became a founding
patronPatronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings or popes have provided to musicians, painters, and sculptors...
of the
Scottish Sports Hall of FameThe Scottish Sports Hall of Fame is the national sports hall of fame in Scotland, initiated on St Andrew's Day , 2001. It is a joint project organised by sportscotland, the national governmental body for Scottish sport, and the National Museums of Scotland. It is also funded by BBC Scotland and...
, and an inaugural inductee.
In 2003 The World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities presented Sir Jackie Stewart the Sport Shooting Ambassador Award
http://www.wfsa.net/. The Award goes to an outstanding individual whose efforts have promoted the shooting sports internationally.
On November 27th 2008, Stewart was awarded an honorary
Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)Doctor of Science , usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D. or Dr.Sc., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries, such as the UK, Ireland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and several Commonwealth...
degree from the
University of St AndrewsThe University of St Andrews is the oldest university in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between 1410 and 1413...
.
On June 26th 2009, Jackie was awarded the Freedom of West Dunbartonshire at a special ceremony in his hometown of Dumbarton.
Trivia
- Stewart appeared in several UPS commercials in 2002 and 2003 as a consultant for Dale Jarrett
Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former American race car driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett. He is the younger brother of Glenn Jarrett, a former NASCAR driver himself and pit commentator. He is also the father of former...
to convince Jarrett to "race the Big Brown truck".
- Stewart rather anachronistically appears in a cameo in a 1977 episode of "Lupin III
, also known as Lupin the 3
rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of Monkey Punch. The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's...
" as a competitor in the 1977 Monaco Grand PrixThe Monaco Grand Prix is a Formula One race held each year on the Circuit de Monaco. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
.
- Stewart was subject in the Roman Polanski
Roman Raymond Polanski is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer, and actor. Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a critically-acclaimed director of both art house and commercial films....
-produced film "Weekend of a Champion", in which Polanski shadows Sir Jackie throughout a race weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix.
- George Harrison
George Harrison MBE was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and helped broaden the horizons of the other Beatles, as well as...
, a good friend of Jackie's, released a single, "Faster"Faster" is the third single from George Harrison's 1979 eponymous album George Harrison. Faster begins the second side of the LP, and is the sixth track on the CD...
", in 1979 as a tribute to Jackie, Niki LaudaAndreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda is an Austrian aviator, entrepreneur, former Formula One racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion. He has founded and run two airlines and was manager of the Jaguar Formula One racing team for two years.-Early years in racing:Born in Vienna, Austria, to a...
, Ronnie PetersonBengt Ronnie Peterson was a Swedish racing driver.Peterson began his career of motorracing in kart racing, traditionally the discipline where a majority of race drivers begin their career in open wheel racing...
and fellow Formula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...
race car drivers.
- Stewart once appeared on the UK motoring program Top Gear
Top Gear is a BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style. The show is currently presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond...
as a driving instructor for host James MayJames Daniel May is a British television presenter and award-winning journalist.May is best known as co-presenter of the motoring programme Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. He also writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph's motoring section...
.
- His family motto is "Integrity and Care".
- Stewart was featured in the video to the song "Supreme
"Supreme" is a song by Robbie Williams released in 2000 as the third single from his album Sing When You're Winning, and is loosely based on the Gloria Gaynor classic I Will Survive because, according to Williams, he was in a trip in Switzerland and when it was approaching the new millennium, the...
" by British singer, Robbie WilliamsRobert Peter Williams, better known as Robbie Williams is a BRIT Award-winning English British singer-songwriter. His career started in 1989, at the age of 15, as a dancer and singer with the pop band Take That. He left the band in 1995 to launch his solo career...
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