Jackie Stewart, F1 Legend, three-time World Champion and the accident which nearly ended it all

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28 күн бұрын

In the next few days, Sir Jackie Stewart turns 85, so what better time to look back at the success of his career - on the track and off it, and to take a look at the accident which could have killed him before any of that happened.

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@MC-le8ie 21 күн бұрын

One of the best and most impressive contributions to any subject I have ever seen on KZfaq… 👍👍👍 👋👋👋

@WhenF1WasReal 9 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your support and I’m glad you enjoyed it

@jaysloane 18 күн бұрын

This commentary is spot on. You have it exactly right.

@WhenF1WasReal 9 күн бұрын

Thank you

@Marc-dm1fh 25 күн бұрын

When I was 12 (way back in the 80's), each student in my class was given a book about a different famous person and told to write an essay about them. My book was about Jackie Stewart and the one incident I clearly remember being described was the Spa crash you highlighted. After being soaked in fuel, even with his clothes being removed, he still temporarily lost most of his skin from the waist down from chemical burns. As a kid, that horrified me more than being caught in an actual fire.

@WhenF1WasReal 23 күн бұрын

Great story and I'm sure a great essay too! Chemical burns from petrol can be incredibly nasty - I remember more than one driver having to be treated for them after fuel had leaked into their cockpit during a race. Which says a lot about the safety of those particular fuel tanks in the seventies and eighties

@plantfeeder6677 24 күн бұрын

Before I read any comments or watch the video, I'm gonna say it was Francois Cevert's fatal crash at Watkins Glenn that started the ball rolling for Mr. Stewart.

@WhenF1WasReal 23 күн бұрын

It's a good guess, and whilst that was a big factor in his continuing work, it wasn't the starting point

@plantfeeder6677 22 күн бұрын

@@WhenF1WasRealI feel terrible for not having watched this yet. But it gives me a second guess. Then, since Jackie and Jochen Rindt were close friends, I'm gonna go with that one then😅 Now for real I'm gonna watch. Edit: all the way back to '66?! Man he was a trouble maker almost his whole career.😂 Kidding aside Jackie did the most for Formula 1 in that era than anyone else even if we didn't want it😅. I remember that Spa story from Road&Track and the Ferrari hanging over the cliff from the movie Grand Prix. Thanks for the video. Well done. Being a Lotus fan, was never a Stewart fan but glad he used Ford DFV's to win his championships.

@danieldravot341 21 күн бұрын

Nonsense. During his career a driver was killed at one race out of two. He was probably more shaken by Rindt’s death as they were very close friends. Cevert’s death was the final straw. He had planned to retire after the third championship, in 1973, but he quit before doing his 100th race, Watkins Glen.

@jaysloane 18 күн бұрын

Stewart started his safety crusade years before Francois joined Tyrrell. Cevert became not only an equal talent (in Jackie's own words) but he was prepared to continue this crusade and might have become the leader of the GPDA if he had lived. It was the sight of Cevert's dismembered body at Watkins Glen that left other drivers with an unforgettable memory and a collective effort to improve safety. Credit for the start of this should always go to J. Y. Stewart who also brought Dr. Sid Watkins to the sport.

@plantfeeder6677 4 күн бұрын

@@danieldravot341you should read an entire thread before commenting. Then watch the video cause we were both wrong. 😊

@davidivers6261 7 күн бұрын

Let's not forget, too, BRM's Louis Stanley. Putting aside his many, many, many character flaws, Stanley was an early and ongoing supporter of JYS's safety campaign, and provided the first Mobile Grand Prix Medical Unit, which ensured a consistent and high level of energency medical response at every Grand Prix. To be fair, a lot of the credit is reportedly due to Stanley's wife Jean, but Louis still had to sign off on it.

@WhenF1WasReal 34 минут бұрын

Very true, and important to know that JYS was the inspiration behind a movement which involved many others

@patrickporter6536 25 күн бұрын

And the Armco barriers he was so keen on killed a driver or two.

@KA._.144 25 күн бұрын

and saved how many?

@patrickporter6536 24 күн бұрын

You tell me.

@KA._.144 24 күн бұрын

@@patrickporter6536 wayyy more than its killed

@WhenF1WasReal 23 күн бұрын

In F1, at least, those deaths were usually the result of poorly installed or maintained barriers (for example Helmuth Koinigg, Francois Cevert) not as a result of the concept of the barriers themselves.