FORMULA ONE DRIVER WORLD CHAMPIONS - THE GREATS
Jackie Stewart
John Young 'Jackie' Stewart was born in Scotland, on June 11th 1939.
In his teens there were fears regarding his future because he was a failure at school and left at the age of 15. It would be later when he was diagnosed as suffering from severe dyslexia - which made his subsequent achievements even more remarkable!.
While still a teenager Jackie took up clay pigeon shooting and became one of the best shots in Britain.
When he began racing sportscars and saloons he quickly showed outstanding talent, that then prompted team entrant Ken Tyrrell to hire him to compete in the 1963 British Formula Three World Champion series, in which the speedy Scot won seven races in a row!.
In 1965 he joined the BRM Formula One team, which he remained for the next 3 years establishing himself as a frontrunner on the grid.
In 1968, when Ken Tyrrell decided to go into Formula One, Stewart teamed up with him to form what would become one the most productive Formula One partnerships.
In his six seasons with Tyrrell, Stewart was nearly always the driver to beat and remained so until he retired at the end of 1973 at the age of 34. His 27 race wins and three championships made him the best since Juan Manuel Fangio, but the mark he made on the sport went much further than the record books. Almost single-handedly, and against strong opposition, his crusade for improved safety measures eventually saved countless lives in what had been the deadliest sport in the world!.
In 1970 Stewart was devastated by the deaths of his close friends Piers Courage and Jochen Rindt, also In 1973 his Tyrrell team mate Francois Cevert was killed in what was to have been Jackie Stewart's last race. The Tyrrell team withdrew as a mark of respect but Stewart redoubled his efforts to improve safety.
Jackie's outstanding track record ranks him as one of the greatest drivers of all time, yet in terms of personal influence upon the way Formula One developed, Stewart stands alone, his One-man safety mission ultimately made the sport much much safer, his excellent communication skills helped make it more popular, so overal Jackie without-a-doubt deserves his place among the Formula One elite.
In his teens there were fears regarding his future because he was a failure at school and left at the age of 15. It would be later when he was diagnosed as suffering from severe dyslexia - which made his subsequent achievements even more remarkable!.
While still a teenager Jackie took up clay pigeon shooting and became one of the best shots in Britain.
When he began racing sportscars and saloons he quickly showed outstanding talent, that then prompted team entrant Ken Tyrrell to hire him to compete in the 1963 British Formula Three World Champion series, in which the speedy Scot won seven races in a row!.
In 1965 he joined the BRM Formula One team, which he remained for the next 3 years establishing himself as a frontrunner on the grid.
In 1968, when Ken Tyrrell decided to go into Formula One, Stewart teamed up with him to form what would become one the most productive Formula One partnerships.
In his six seasons with Tyrrell, Stewart was nearly always the driver to beat and remained so until he retired at the end of 1973 at the age of 34. His 27 race wins and three championships made him the best since Juan Manuel Fangio, but the mark he made on the sport went much further than the record books. Almost single-handedly, and against strong opposition, his crusade for improved safety measures eventually saved countless lives in what had been the deadliest sport in the world!.
In 1970 Stewart was devastated by the deaths of his close friends Piers Courage and Jochen Rindt, also In 1973 his Tyrrell team mate Francois Cevert was killed in what was to have been Jackie Stewart's last race. The Tyrrell team withdrew as a mark of respect but Stewart redoubled his efforts to improve safety.
Jackie's outstanding track record ranks him as one of the greatest drivers of all time, yet in terms of personal influence upon the way Formula One developed, Stewart stands alone, his One-man safety mission ultimately made the sport much much safer, his excellent communication skills helped make it more popular, so overal Jackie without-a-doubt deserves his place among the Formula One elite.
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