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.
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.
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.
If he had retired last year he would have done so as the complete hero, the dominant person,
The biggest issue for anyone who wants to do improvements is you need the money to afford them, and we are doing what we can to afford them.
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.
It will be great to work with Rowan as he's a good racer and races in his own cars,
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.
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.
Cornering is like bringing a woman to climax.
During my time as president we have fought many battles, not least almost annually the one to retain the British Grand Prix.
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.