Jody Scheckter
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | 1972 USA Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1980 U.S. Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1972–1973 McLaren • 1974–1976 Tyrrell • 1977–1978 Wolf • 1979–1980 Ferrari | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Champion ( 1979 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 255 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 33 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 671 over 2834 km | ||||||||
Jody Scheckter (born January 29, 1950 in East London , South Africa ) is a South African entrepreneur and former racing car driver . Between 1972 and 1980 he took part in a total of 112 Grand Prix races in Formula 1 , where he became world champion in 1979 . After his active career, he runs an organic farm in southern England .
Scheckter was remembered by a wide audience mainly because he was the last Ferrari world champion in Formula 1 for over 20 years before Michael Schumacher won the title for the traditional racing team again in the 2000 season. Scheckter's older brother Ian was also briefly active in Formula 1, while his son Tomas started in the IndyCar Series in 2002 .
Racing career
After winning the South African Formula Ford Championship in 1970 and 1971, Scheckter continued his racing career in Europe and moved to Great Britain , as he would have had little chance of advancement in his South African homeland. As early as 1972 he was behind the wheel of a McLaren-Ford at Watkins Glen for the first time at the start of a Formula 1 race, which he finished in ninth place after a spin. In 1973 Scheckter won the British Formula 5000 Championship and also competed in five other Grands Prix for McLaren. From second place on the grid he almost won the French Grand Prix , only his third F1 race, before he collided with the reigning world champion Emerson Fittipaldi and was eliminated. At the subsequent British Grand Prix , Scheckter established his temporary "wild" reputation when he triggered the largest pile-up in Formula 1 history at Silverstone at the end of the first lap.
For the 1974 season , Ken Tyrrell took the young talent under contract, who needed a successor to the outgoing world champion Jackie Stewart . In Sweden , Scheckter achieved his first win in his 13th race, which his team-mate Patrick Depailler completed to a double success for Tyrrell . Scheckter also won in his adopted country of Great Britain and finished his first full season third in the World Cup behind Emerson Fittipaldi and Clay Regazzoni . Scheckter remained loyal to Tyrrell in 1975 and 1976 and won two more races. In 1976 he was again third in the championship, but could not make friends with the team's new vehicle concept, which with the P34 relied on six instead of four wheels. He therefore accepted the well-paid offer from the Austro - Canadian oil company Walter Wolf for a cockpit in his new Walter Wolf Racing team for 1977 .
To the surprise of the professional world, Scheckter won the first race with the new Wolf WR1 in Argentina and established himself at the top of the championship. He won two more races in Monaco and Canada and was runner-up in the Ferrari world championship behind Niki Lauda . Also in 1978 remained Scheckter for Wolf, but could not connect to the success of the debut year. Although he was on the podium four times, he did not win a race and finished seventh in the overall standings. Enzo Ferrari's offer to succeed Argentine Carlos Reutemann came at just the right time. Scheckter had already received a contract offer from Ferrari in 1973, but rejected it with reference to his current contractual obligations with McLaren.
In 1979 Scheckter started alongside the Canadian Gilles Villeneuve , who was at the beginning of his career and, like Scheckter, was considered wild and particularly brave at the beginning of his career. Both drivers have always been said to have exceptional vehicle control. Ferrari had developed a technical lead so that Scheckter and Villeneuve could dominate the world championship. Due to his routine, Scheckter ultimately retained the upper hand in this duel, although Villeneuve proved to be at least equal in terms of basic speed. In addition, both drivers found a good personal connection to each other, which was characterized by mutual respect. At the Italian Grand Prix in Monza , Scheckter finally secured the world title with a win ahead of his teammate.
The 1980 season was tantamount to a huge crash - rarely did a reigning world champion have such an uncompetitive vehicle available. With the 312T5, Ferrari launched a completely wrong design, with which Scheckter was only able to get into the points at the Grand Prix of the USA West : In Long Beach he collected the only two points of the season in fifth. After he had already achieved his maximum goal - the world title - he lacked the motivation to continue his career at this level. He therefore retired from active racing at the end of 1980.
Career as an entrepreneur
After his resignation, Scheckter founded the company FATS (Fire Arms Training System) in his homeland, which specialized in weapon simulators for sniper training. When he sold the company many years later, it was shipping products to 30 different countries and was worth an estimated $ 100 million. In the 1990s, Scheckter founded a farm for organic and biodynamic products in England, which was initially intended for self-sufficiency. Scheckter now employs over 100 people at its Laverstoke Park Farm near Basingstoke in southern England .
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
These statistics include all the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship .
Grand Prix victories
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| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Round |
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| 1972 | Yardley Team McLaren | McLaren M19A | Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 |
| 1973 | Yardley Team McLaren | McLaren M19C / M23 | Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 |
| 1974 | Eleven Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 006 / 007 | Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 15th | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 45 | 3. |
| 1975 | Eleven Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 007 | Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 14th | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 20th | 7th |
| 1976 | Eleven Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 007 / P34 | Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 16 | 1 | 4th | - | 1 | 1 | 49 | 3. |
| 1977 | Walter Wolf Racing | Wolf WR1 / WR2 / WR3 | Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 17th | 3 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 55 | 2. |
| 1978 | Walter Wolf Racing | Wolf WR1 / WR3 / WR4 / WR5 / WR6 | Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 16 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 24 | 7th |
| 1979 | Scuderia Ferrari SEFAC | Ferrari 312T3 / 312T4 | Ferrari 3.0 B12 | 15th | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 60 | 1. |
| 1980 | Scuderia Ferrari SEFAC | Ferrari 312T5 | Ferrari 3.0 B12 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 19th |
| total | 112 | 10 | 14th | 9 | 3 | 5 | 255 | ||||
Single results
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| 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 |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Web links
- Jody Scheckter at Formula 1
- About Jody Scheckter
- Jody Scheckter at Motor Sport Magazine
- Laverstoke Park Farm homepage
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Scheckter, Jody |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African entrepreneur and former racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East London , South Africa |