Jackie Stewart

Jackie Stewart

Nation:	United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:	1965 South African Grand Prix
Last start:	1973 Canadian Grand Prix
Constructors
1965–1967  BRM  • 1968–1969  Matra  • 1970  March  • 1970–1973  Tyrrell
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Champion ( 1969 , 1971 , 1973 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 99 27 17th 15th
World Cup points :	360
Podiums :	43
Leadership laps :	1,876 over 8,999.9 km

Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart , OBE (born June 11, 1939 in Milton (West Dunbartonshire) , Scotland ) is a retired British automobile driver and motorsport official. He started in Formula 1 between 1965 and 1973 and was world champion three times in this class (1969, 1971 and 1973).

Career

Entry into Formula 1

German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring 1968, 2nd round

Jackie Stewart in the Matra-Ford in 1969

When he was young, Stewart knew two passions: shooting and racing. Jackie Stewart was very successful in the skeet and won several championships in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In qualifying for the UK trap team , he narrowly missed participation in the 1960 Summer Olympics in third place . Finally, he decided to go racing, which his older brother Jimmy was also active in. A decisive factor in his career was his acquaintance with the timber merchant Ken Tyrrell , who also ran a racing team in British Formula 3 .

Stewart's rise was meteoric. After he dominated the entry-level classes almost at will in 1964, all of the top Formula 1 teams made him an offer for the 1965 season . He chose the British BRM team, for which former world champion Graham Hill also drove. In his first season, Stewart lived up to expectations and at the end of the year finished third in the drivers' championship with a win at Monza .

Accident in 1966

Two years followed with a moderate yield. At the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix , a key event occurred to him that changed his attitude towards racing. In pouring rain, his car came off the track and overturned. Stewart was trapped in the cockpit while the gasoline leaked from the 200 liter tank into the seat pan, which burned Stewart's skin. The risk of fire was acute, and every spark that arose on the bent metal during the efforts of the inadequately equipped helpers could have triggered a catastrophe. The helpless driver was only freed through the efforts of his teammate Graham Hill and Bob Bondurant . The transport to the hospital also turned out to be a lengthy odyssey over bumpy roads. Since then, Jackie Stewart has fought tirelessly for more safety on the racetrack. A removable steering wheel and a main switch for the electrical system, which switches off both the fuel pump and all possible sources of sparks, have been standard since this incident at the latest. In addition, Stewart brought his own doctor to the race and his BRM team brought a specially equipped ambulance that was also available to others.

Success with Matra chassis

Stewart in training for the 1973 Touring Car Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, Hohe Acht section

At the end of 1967, Ken Tyrrell, who had been active in the junior classes until then, founded his own Formula 1 team, the Tyrrell Racing Organization . First, he bought customer chassis from the Matra team, which had been in Formula 1 since 1965 , equipped them with Ford Cosworth engines and finally won Stewart as driver. The new team won several races straight away, including the rainy German Grand Prix in 1968 at the Nürburgring , in which Stewart - despite serious concerns about holding a Grand Prix in these weather conditions - distanced the competition by more than four minutes. According to his own statements, he hadn't noticed his overtaking maneuver to the front of the field because of the heavy rain and the resulting restricted visibility. Stewart was ultimately runner-up just behind Graham Hill. The 1968 season was overshadowed by the death of Stewart's Scottish compatriot Jim Clark , the dominant driver of the 1960s, who had a fatal accident in a Formula 2 race at the Hockenheimring .

In the 1969 season , Stewart hardly had any serious opponents. He dominated the world championship with six wins in South Africa, Spain, Holland, France, Great Britain and Italy, and became world champion for the first time with almost thirty points ahead of Belgian Jacky Ickx .

Tyrrell all along the line

After the Matra management urged to use the self-developed V12 engines instead of the tried and tested Ford-Cosworth engines, Ken Tyrrell decided to forego the Matra chassis rather than to lose the tried and tested units. He bought the chassis for 1970 from the newly founded March team. Except for a victory in the second World Cup race in Spain, the 1970 World Cup season was not very successful. So Tyrrell finally decided to build his own car. The new Tyrrell 001 was actually able to set new standards with Stewart in the last three races of the season - only the reliability left a lot to be desired.

Jackie Stewart in the Mercedes-Benz W 165 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014

But Stewart was again ahead of his opponents in the 1971 World Cup . With victories in Spain, Monaco, France, Great Britain and Germany, he won his second world title. It was followed by the less successful 1972 season , which he concluded with the runner-up in the world championship behind the young star Emerson Fittipaldi . The many trips to the USA, where he took part in the CanAm championship, caused health problems in the form of a stomach ulcer.

Jackie Stewart, now married and the father of two sons, promised his wife Helen that after the 1973 season he would stop racing. Although Emerson Fittipaldi dominated the start of the season and rising star Ronnie Peterson led in most races, Stewart became world champion for a third time after victories in South Africa, Belgium, Monaco, Holland, Germany and Italy . He surpassed the previous record holder Jim Clark (25) with 27 Grand Prix victories. Stewart's record was only set or exceeded in 1987 by Alain Prost . Following his success, Stewart was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1973 , the UK's Sportsman of the Year. In the same year he was also by the magazine Sports Illustrated as Sportsman of the Year honor.

Stewart's farewell was overshadowed by the tragic death of his teammate François Cevert on October 6, 1973 in Watkins Glen during training for the US Grand Prix . Tyrrell then withdrew his team with Stewart and Chris Amon before the start of the race and so Stewart no longer came to his 100th Grand Prix.

The time after

After his racing career, Stewart worked for two decades as a television commentator for Formula 1 races until his son Paul decided to found his own motorsport team ( Paul Stewart Racing ), with which he initially competed successfully in the junior classes. In 1996, Paul Stewart, with the support of his father, decided to move up to Formula 1 and registered for the 1997 season as Stewart Grand Prix with drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jan Magnussen . The team was represented in the top motorsport class for three years (until 1999 ) and during this time achieved a victory with Johnny Herbert at the 1999 European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring before it was taken over by Ford and from 2000 as Jaguar Racing ( which later became the Red Bull team) went to the start. Jackie Stewart stayed on as a consultant while his son withdrew from motorsport for health reasons. After he had already been awarded the Order of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) at the end of his active career as a racing driver , Stewart was raised to the nobility by Queen Elizabeth II as a Knight Bachelor in 2001 .

Stewart in the movie

Stewart starred in the video for George Harrison's single Faster ; he also plays a central role in the video of Robbie Williams ' Supreme .

Personal

According to Stewart's own statement, his dyslexia helps him to memorize the race tracks with every shift and braking point. This is said to have helped him especially during the rain race at the Nürburgring in 1968.

Since the death of John Surtees on March 10, 2017, Stewart has been the oldest living Formula 1 world champion.

statistics

Career stations

1964: British Formula 3 (champions) 1965 : Formula 1 (3rd place) 1966 : Formula 1 (7th place) 1966: Tasman Series (Masters) 1966 : USAC National Championship (19th place)

1967 : Formula 1 (9th place) 1967: Tasman Series (2nd place) 1967 : USAC National Championship 1968 : Formula 1 (2nd place) 1969 : Formula 1 (world champion)

1970 : Formula 1 (6th place) 1971 : Formula 1 (world champion) 1972 : Formula 1 (2nd place) 1973 : Formula 1 (world champion)

Statistics in the automobile world championship

Grand Prix victories

1965:  Italy  ( Monza ) 1966:  Monaco  ( Monte Carlo ) 1968:  Netherlands  ( Zandvoort ) 1968:  Germany  ( Nürburg ) 1968:  USA  ( Watkins Glen ) 1969:  South Africa  ( Kyalami ) 1969:  Spain  ( Barcelona ) 1969:  Netherlands  (Zandvoort) 1969:  France  ( Clermont-Ferrand )

1969:  Great Britain  ( Silverstone ) 1969:  Italy  (Monza) 1970:  Spain  ( Jarama ) 1971:  Spain  (Barcelona) 1971:  Monaco  (Monte Carlo) 1971:  France  ( Le Castellet ) 1971:  Great Britain  (Silverstone) 1971:  Germany  (Nürburg) 1971:  Canada  ( Bowmanville )

1972:  Argentina  ( Buenos Aires ) 1972:  France  (Clermont-Ferrand) 1972:  Canada  (Bowmanville) 1972:  USA  (Watkins Glen) 1973:  South Africa  (Kyalami) 1973:  Belgium  ( Zolder ) 1973:  Monaco  (Monte Carlo) 1973:  Netherlands  (Zandvoort) 1973:  Germany  (Nürburg)

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1965	Owen Racing Organization	BRM P261	BRM V8	10	1	3	1	-	-	33 (34)	3.
1966	Owen Racing Organization	BRM P261 /  P83	BRM V8 / H16	8th	1	-	-	-	-	14th	7th
1967	Owen Racing Organization	BRM P83 / P261 /  115	BRM V8 / H16	11	-	1	1	-	-	10	9.
1968	Matra International	Matra MS9  /  MS10	Ford Cosworth DFV	10	3	-	1	-	2	36	2.
1969	Matra International	Matra MS10 /  MS80	Ford Cosworth DFV	11	6th	1	-	2	5	63	1.
1970	Tyrrell Racing Organization	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV	10	1	2	1	3	-	25th	6th
		Tyrrell 001		3	-	-	-	1	-	-
1971	Eleven Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell  001/003	Ford Cosworth DFV	11	6th	1	-	6th	3	62	1.
1972	Eleven Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 003/  004  /  005	Ford Cosworth DFV	11	4th	1	-	2	4th	45	2.
1973	Eleven Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell  005/006	Ford Cosworth DFV	14th	5	2	1	3	1	71	1.
total				99	27	11	5	17th	15th	360

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
1965
	(6)	3	2	2	5	2	DNF	1	DNF	DNF
1966
	1	DNF		DNF	4th	5	DNF	DNF	DNF
1967
	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
1968
	DNF			4 *	1	3	6th	1	DNF	6th	1	7th
1969
	1	1	DNF	1	1	1	2	1	DNF	DNF	4th
1970
	3	1	DNF	DNF	2	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	DNF
1971
	2	1	1	11	1	1	1	DNF	DNF	1	5
1972
	1	DNF	DNF	4th		1	2	11 *	7th	DNF	1	1
1973
	3	2	1	DNF	1	1	5	4th	10	1	1	2	4th	5	DNS

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1965	Owen Racing Organization	Rover BRM	Graham Hill	Rank 10

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1966	Alan Mann Racing	Ford GT40	Graham Hill	failure	Valve damage

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
1964	Ulf Norinder Maranello Concessionaires	Ferrari 250 GTO Ferrari 250LM	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
												17th										10
1965	Maranello Concessionaires BRM	Ferrari 275P2 Rover	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
											DNF			10
1966	Man racing	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
				DNF
1967	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 330P4	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
												2

literature

• Jackie Stewart, Peter Manso: Faster - A World Champion's Records. 2nd edition, Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1974 ISBN 3-87943-265-1 .
• Jackie Stewart: the racing driver's style and technique. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-613-01195-6 .
• Jackie Stewart: Winning is not enough. Headline Publishing Group, London 2007, ISBN 978 0 7553 1539 0 .

Web links

Commons : Jackie Stewart  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jackie Stewart at Racing Sports Cars
• Jackie Stewart at Grand Prix History
• YouTube: 1973 Formula 1 GP Nurburgring Jackie Stewart onboard Onboard lap with original commentary by Jackie Stewart (en)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Schmidt: Nürburgring 1968 Green Hell in the Fog. auto-motor-und-sport.de, January 5, 2012, accessed on September 19, 2015 .