The Stewart Family's Three Seasons

Jackie Stewart and his son Paul built a Ford backed team that won the 1999 European Grand Prix and then became Jaguar, and later Red Bull.

Stewart Grand Prix grew out of Paul Stewart Racing, which Jackie Stewart's son Paul set up at the end of 1988. That team ran in British Formula Three from 1989, moved to Milton Keynes in 1990, and won many titles in the junior categories. Jackie Stewart, the three time world champion, had resisted moving up while several small teams failed, but in January 1996 he secured a five year deal with Ford to run its factory team, and Stewart Grand Prix was founded with backing that also included the government of Malaysia.

The team made its debut at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix with Rubens Barrichello and Jan Magnussen. The Ford V10 was powerful but fragile, and the cars rarely finished, yet Barrichello delivered a remarkable second place in the rain at the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix from tenth on the grid. The 1998 season was harder still, with no podiums.

Everything came together in 1999. Barrichello finished third at Imola, took pole position at the French Grand Prix and finished third there too. Then at the 1999 European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, Johnny Herbert came through from 14th on the grid to win, with Barrichello third. Stewart finished fourth in the constructors' championship that year.

It was also the last year. Ford bought the team outright at the end of 1999 and renamed it Jaguar Racing, and in 2004 Jaguar was sold to Red Bull, which raced it as Red Bull Racing from 2005. Stewart's final race was the 1999 Japanese Grand Prix. In three seasons it started 49 World Championship races, won one and finished on the podium five times.

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