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
He's now walked away, I understand, from that commitment, which is unusual.
We're relieved that we've been able to retain the British Grand Prix in this country, as I'm sure Bernie is too.
You can never stop thinking about safety. There are always new improvements coming along. The people who work in the sport are creative and new ideas like deformable crash structures are fantastic.
We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous.
I have a very high respect for Jenson's driving skills but whether he will break through the pain barrier of not winning is another issue.
I think Alonso has demonstrated his ability to take on the best of the championship contenders.
It is my fervent hope you will give Damon Hill unanimous support to lead the club. I hope this will include the minority of members who have historically undermined and disrupted the democratically elected board.
We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well.
This would double the price after seven years - this is unaffordable.
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.