Jackie Stewart

Scottish racing driver

The Flying Scot and three titles

Jackie Stewart won three championships in nine seasons, retired with the record for Grand Prix wins, and pushed hard for safer racing.

Jackie Stewart comes from the Dumbarton area of Scotland and was born on 11 June 1939. His family ran a car dealership, and before motor racing took over he was a prize winning clay pigeon shooter. He reached Formula 1 with BRM in 1965, starting at the South African Grand Prix, and won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza before his first season was over. Monaco followed in 1966.

In 1968 he moved to a Matra run by Ken Tyrrell's team and won three races, finishing second in the championship. The following year he won six times and took his first world title. When Tyrrell began building its own cars he stayed, and the partnership produced six wins and the title in 1971, then five wins and a third championship in 1973. He also finished second in 1972, one of two seasons in which he was runner up.

Stewart retired at the end of 1973, having started 99 races and won 27 of them, with 17 pole positions and 43 podiums. Those 27 wins were the record at the time, and he was the only British driver with three titles until Lewis Hamilton matched him in 2015. Away from Formula 1 he came close to winning the Indianapolis 500 at his first attempt in 1966.

His campaign for better medical facilities and safer circuits changed the sport as much as his results did. After racing he worked as a television commentator, and from 1997 to 1999 he ran the Stewart Grand Prix team, which carried his name onto the grid as a constructor.

3 world titles, 27 wins, 17 pole positions, 99 starts.

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