Jackie Stewart
Jackie Stewart
Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart, OBEis a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. Nicknamed the "Flying Scot", he competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers' Championships, and twice runner-up, over those nine seasons. He also competed in Can-Am. In 2009 he was ranked fifth of the fifty greatest Formula One drivers of all time by journalist Kevin Eason who wrote: "He has not only emerged as a great driver, but one of the...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth11 June 1939
In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air.
There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air to go to a driver for 45 seconds. I'm surprised that this is not done, and I would make it compulsory.
There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today.
In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air.
From the five years, 1968-73, if you were an F1 driver at that time, there was a very likely chance that you would have died.
From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.
There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti.
The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through to slicks to enormous wings.
It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.
I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.
Cornering perfectly is like bringing a woman to climax.
Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others.
Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver.