Motor Sport Magazine Specials

The authoritative voice of motor racing since 1924 covers the entire motor racing scene. In these Special Editions, the team digs into the archives to give exclusive insight, rare photographic footage, detailed race reports, and a unique take on the subject matter; from world-class drivers through to iconic car marques, and also how some of these real-life stories have been adapted for the big screen.

Sir Jackie Stewart

Motor Sport Magazine Specials

INTRODUCTION

FOREWORD by DAMON HILL • The 1996 Formula 1 world champion and close family friend pays tribute to his ‘Uncle Jackie’ – a man for whom winning is just the beginning.

Formula 1 SPEED, SUCCESS AND SAFETY • Jackie Stewart is remembered for many things: absolute precision and smoothness of driving, his safety crusade, and flying in the face of the convention that Formula 1 had to be a death-trap. Stewart’s nine-year F1 career was literally sport-changing, says Paul Fearnley

FROM THE ARCHIVE • When it comes to sporting marriages made in heaven, Jackie Stewart and Ken Tyrrell has to be one of the all-time greats. Stewart tells Nigel Roebuck how it all came about

Stewart finds no equal • A trip to the Nürburgring in 1968 proved the perfect storm, literally, as heavy rain and injury threatened to derail Jackie. Instead, it set up a masterpiece…

Americana CAN-AM TO INDY, WHEREVER HE COULD EARN A BUCK • Stewart was unrepentantly fond of a dollar. His chosen career was short – even before factoring the odds on his surviving it – and thus he placed a healthy price on his talent. When America called, he answered… frequently, and for just reward, as Paul Fearnley reflects

Lunch with Sir Jackie Stewart • Simon Taylor sits down and breaks bread with a giant of the sport – a triple world champion, F1 team owner and businessman par excellence

The dream Indy debut slips away • FROM: MOTOR SPORT, JULY 1966 1966 INDIANAPOLIS 500-MILE RACE

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Formula 2 & 3 WHEN THE STAR STOPPED SHOOTING • Originally destined to shoot for the stars in a different sport, fate had other ideas for Stewart. A chance offer led to a starting point in racing, says Paul Fearnley, which snowballed into launching one of the all-time great careers, both in and out of grand prix racing

FROM THE ARCHIVE • After a handful of starts in sports cars, Jackie Stewart was given an F3 test with Tyrrell. He tells Rob Widdows how it all came about

It’s all go for Stewart at Pau • FROM: MOTOR SPORT, JUNE 1968 1968 PAU GRAND PRIX FORMULA 2

Team Stewart PIT WALLS AND PIT FALLS • Jackie Stewart has never retired. He may have been out of a cockpit since 1973, but as a team owner, mentor, car developer and charitable campaigner, Stewart has never quit. He changed the sport in many ways beyond being just a driver… Paul Fearnley outlines his influence

Herbert helps Stewart strike • Stewart Grand Prix reached its peak at the Nürburgring in 1999 where, from 14th on the grid, Johnny Herbert rode the storm to put Jackie on the podium in Germany once more…

The Campaigner THE UNPOPULAR HERO • Jackie Stewart’s campaigning spirit will never be beaten, says Damien Smith. And it can be traced back to his experience lying on a canvas stretcher on a filthy floor littered by cigarette butts in the so-called Spa-Francorchamps medical centre in June 1966

CONTINENTAL NOTES: DENIS JENKINSON

Jackie’s dream dinner party • Who are your greatest heroes and closest friends, both past and present, and who would you bring together around a table, letting the conversation – and stories – flow? We asked Jackie Stewart to come up with his ultimate dinner party guest list

Sir Jackie Stewart