Sir Jackie Stewart

Sir John Young \"Jackie\" Stewart is a Scottish former racing driver. Nicknamed the \"Flying Scot\", he competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers\' Championships. In 1964 he drove in Formula Three for Tyrrell. His debut, in the wet at Snetterton on 15 March, was dominant, taking an astounding 25 second lead in just two laps before coasting home to a win on a 44 second cushion. While he signed with BRM alongside Graham Hill in 1965, a contract which netted him £4,000, his first race in an F1 car was for Lotus; the Lotus broke in the first heat, but he won the second. On his F1 debut in South Africa, he scored his first Championship point, finishing sixth. His first major competition victory came in the BRDC International Trophy in the late spring, and before the end of the year he won his first World Championship race at Monza. Stewart\'s impressive profile won him Rookie of the Year honours despite the winner. He also competed in Can-Am. He is well known in the United States as a color commentator (pundit) of racing television broadcasts, and as a spokesman for Ford, where his Scottish accent has made him a distinctive presence. Between 1997 and 1999, in partnership with his son, Paul, he was team principal of the Stewart Grand Prix Formula One racing team. In 2009 he was ranked fifth of the fifty greatest Formula One drivers of all time. Stewart held the record for most wins by a Formula One driver (27) for 14 years and the record for most wins by a British Formula One driver for 19 years.