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
When I was racing, we were more used to seeing some horrific accidents. For example, Michael Schumacher is a great world champion, but I haven't seen a weekend where he doesn't go off the circuit. At every race he always has a spin or runs through the gravel trap. He usually doesn't hit anything, but nevertheless it is an error that could not have been made in the days I raced.
For a quick lap at the Nrburgring, you've probably experienced more in seven minutes...than most people have experienced in all their life in the way of fear, in the way of tension, in the way of animosity towards machinery and to a racetrack.
It takes leadership to improve safety.
Sometimes you need to ease off in order to go faster
In my sport, the quick are too often listed among the dead
Nobody's perfect, but all of us can be better than we are.
Cornering is like bringing a woman to a climax. Both you and the car must work together. You start to enter the area of excitement at the corner, you set up a pace which is right for the car and after you've told it it is coming along with you, you guide it along at a rhythm which has by now become natural. Only after you've cleared the corner you can both take pleasure in knowing it's gone well.
Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.
It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.
If he had retired last year he would have done so as the complete hero, the dominant person,
He's now walked away, I understand, from that commitment, which is unusual.
I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours. I need to move over and allow the people who are really doing the job the space to do so.
I hope the members give Damon their full support in working with the board in the best interests of the club.