Jackie Stewart

Jackie Stewart Driver Information Born 11 June 1939 (1939-06-11) Milton, Scotland, UK Nationality GBR Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics Status Retired World Titles 3 Races 101 (99 starts) Poles 17 Wins 27 Podiums 43 Fastest Laps 15 Points 360 First Race 1965 South African Grand Prix Last Race 1973 United States Grand Prix (did not start) First Win 1965 Italian Grand Prix Last Win 1973 German Grand Prix

Jackie Stewart Full name Sir John Young Stewart Date of birth 11 June 1939 (1939-06-11) Occupation Commentator, Team owner Years active 1970's, 1980's, 1997 – 1999

Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart (born June 11, 1939 in Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland), is a former Formula One three-time World Champion. He was nicknamed The Flying Scot.

Early life

Sir Jackie's family were Jaguar car dealers and had built up a successful business, Dumbuck Garage, in Milton. His father had been an amateur motorcycle racer, and his brother Jimmy was a racing driver.

In his early days Jackie was an excellent clay pigeon shooter and was a member of the 1959 British Team. However, in 1961 he followed his brother Jimmy's lead and entered racing in a Marcos sports car, initially using the name "A. N. Other".

Racing career

Ken Tyrrell signed him up in 1964 for Formula Three and, after winning his first F3 race at Snetterton, he turned down an opportunity to move up to F1. In 1965 Jackie made his F1 debut when he finished sixth in a BRM in the South African Grand Prix. Only seven GP's later he won his first F1 race when he took the chequered flag for BRM in the Italian Grand Prix. 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 500 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 (Graham 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 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, when sudden rain caused several 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 Bondurant, who had both also crashed nearby, to get him out. Since then, a main switch for electrics and a removable steering wheel have become required. 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 Prix. Stewart had some success in other forms of racing during the year, winning the 1966 Tasman Series and the 1966 Rothmans 12 Hour International Sports Car Race. 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 Karlskoga, Enna, Oulton Park, and Albi in a Matra MS5 or MS7.

In Formula One, he gambled on a switch to Tyrrell's team, where he drove a Matra-Ford for the 1968 and 1969 seasons. Skill (and improving tyres from Dunlop) brought a win in heavy rain at Zandvoort. Another win in rain and fog at the Nürburgring, 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 Glen, but missed Jarama and Monaco due to a broken wrist suffered in an F2 race also at Jarama. He had the car fail at the final race in Mexico City, and so lost the driving title to Hill.

With wins at Kyalami, Montjuïc, Zandvoort, Charade, Silverstone, and Monza, Stewart became world champion in 1969 in a Matra MS80-Cosworth. Until September 2005, when Fernando Alonso in a Renault became champion, he was the only driver to have won the championship driving for a French marque and, as Alonso's Renault was actually built in the UK, Stewart remains the only driver to win the world championship in a French-built car.

For 1970, Matra (just taken over by Chrysler) insisted on using their own V12 engines, while Tyrrell and Stewart wanted to keep the Cosworths, as well as the good connection and sponsorship of Ford. As a consequence, the Tyrrell team bought a chassis from March Engineering; Stewart took the March 701-Cosworth to wins at the Daily Mail Race of Champions and Jarama, but was soon overcome by Lotus' new 72. The new Tyrrell 001-Cosworth, appearing in August, was extremely fast but suffered teething problems. Stewart saw better days for it in 1971, and stayed on. Tyrrell continued to be sponsored by French fuel company Elf, 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 Thruxton; a projected Le Mans appearance, to co-drive the muscular 4.5 litre Porsche 917K with Steve McQueen, did not come off, for McQueen's inability to get insurance. He also tried Can-Am in the revolutionary Chaparral 2J, but the car broke down in his only appearance.

Stewart went on to win the Formula One world championship in 1971 using the excellent Tyrrell 003-Cosworth, winning Spain, Monaco, France, Britain, Germany, and Canada. He also did a full season in Can-Am, managing to beat the juggernaut McLarens at St. Jovite and Mid-Ohio, driving a Lola T260. In the 1972 season he missed the Belgian GP at Nivelles, due to gastritis 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 Fittipaldi in the drivers' standings. Stewart also competed in a Ford Capri RS2600 in the European Touring Car Championship, with F1 teammate François Cevert and other F1 pilots, at a time where the competition between Ford and BMW was at a height. Stewart shared a Capri with Cevert in the 1972 6 hours of Paul Ricard, finishing second. He also received an OBE.

Entering the 1973 season, Stewart had decided to retire at the end of the season. He nevertheless won at South Africa, Belgium, Monaco, Holland, and Germany. His last (and then record-setting) 27th victory came at the Nürburgring with a convincing 1-2 for Tyrrell. "Nothing gave me more satisfaction than to win at the Nürburgring and yet, I was always afraid." Stewart later said. "When I left home for the German Grand Prix I always used to pause at the end of the driveway and take a long look back. I was never sure I'd come home again." After the fatal crash of his teammate (and close friend) François Cevert in practice for the 1973 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, Stewart retired one race earlier than intended and missed what would have been his 100th GP.

Formula One Statistical Overview

F1 Career Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1964	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Non-championship only
1965	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	33 (34)	3rd	Report
1966	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	14	7th	Report
1967	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	10	9th	Report
	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Matra-Ford Cosworth*
1968	Matra International	Matra-Ford Cosworth	36	2nd	Report
1969	Matra International	Matra-Ford Cosworth	63	1st	Report
1970	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	March-Ford Cosworth	25	5th	Report
		Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
1971	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	62	1st	Report
1972	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	45	2nd	Report
1973	Elf Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	71	1st	Report

• * Classified as a Formula Two entry.

Statistics

Entries	101
Starts	99
Pole Positions	17
Front Row Starts	42
Race Wins	27
Podiums	43
Fastest Laps	15
Points	360
Laps Raced	5225
Distance Raced	25,835 km (16,053 mi)
Races Led	51
Laps Led	1919
Distance Led	9,183 km (5,706 mi)
Doubles	8
Hat-Tricks	4
Grand Chelems	4

Race Wins

Win Race 1 1965 Italian Grand Prix 2 1966 Monaco Grand Prix 3 1968 Dutch Grand Prix 4 1968 German Grand Prix 5 1968 United States Grand Prix 6 1969 South African Grand Prix 7 1969 Spanish Grand Prix 8 1969 Dutch Grand Prix 9 1969 French Grand Prix 10 1969 British Grand Prix 11 1969 Italian Grand Prix 12 1970 Spanish Grand Prix 13 1971 Spanish Grand Prix 14 1971 Monaco Grand Prix

Win Race 15 1971 French Grand Prix 16 1971 British Grand Prix 17 1971 German Grand Prix 18 1971 Canadian Grand Prix 19 1972 Argentine Grand Prix 20 1972 French Grand Prix 21 1972 Canadian Grand Prix 22 1972 United States Grand Prix 23 1973 South African Grand Prix 24 1973 Belgian Grand Prix 25 1973 Monaco Grand Prix 26 1973 Dutch Grand Prix 27 1973 German Grand Prix

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts	Pos
1965																33 (34)	3rd
	6th	3rd	2nd	2nd	5th	2nd	Ret	1st	Ret	Ret
1966																7	14th
	1st	Ret	INJ	Ret	4th	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret
1967																10	9th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	2nd	3rd	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
1968																36	2nd
	Ret	INJ	INJ	4th	1st	3rd	6th	1st	Ret	6th	1st	7th
1969																63	1st
	1st	1st	Ret	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	Ret	Ret	4th
1970																25	5th
	3rd	1st	Ret	Ret	2nd	9th	Ret	Ret	Ret	2nd	Ret	Ret	Ret
1971																62	1st
	2nd	1st	1st	11th	1st	1st	1st	Ret	Ret	1st	5th
1972																45	2nd
	1st	Ret	Ret	4th	ILL	1st	2nd	11th	7th	Ret	1st	1st
1973																71	1st
	3rd	2nd	1st	Ret	1st	1st	5th	4th	10th	1st	1st	2nd	4th	5th	DNS

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

External links

• Official website
• Wikipedia article
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