Jackie Stewart Trivia Quiz

Answer: Scotland

John Young Stewart, or Jackie Stewart as he was to become well known, was born in West Dunbartonshire in June 1939. His first connection with cars came with working in the family's business, which sold Jaguars, where he worked as an apprentice mechanic. His father was a keen motorcycle racer in his day, while his older brother, Jimmy, was also a keen racer with a local reputation.

Answer: Shooting

After Jackie's brother suffered a nasty crash at LeMans, the Stewart's persuaded their son to take up another sport and he turned to shooting. Jackie proved to be an excellent marksman and only just missed out on making the British 1960 Summer Olympic squad. After that, his attentions turned once again to motorsport.

Answer: Formula Three

Stewart had first impressed Ken Tyrrell at a test session at Oulton Park, outpacing Formula One regular Bruce McLaren in a Cooper F3 in 1963, and soon made appearances in Formula Junior. For 1964, Stewart joined Tyrrell's Cooper F3 program, winning his first race at Snetterton. He went on to win six more races in a season he totally dominated, earning a Formula One contract for 1965.

Answer: BRM

Jackie Stewart was paid to race alongside 1964 World Champion Graham Hill for the 1965 season. Stewart was immediately impressive, scoring a point on his debut at Kyalami in South Africa, and scored his first podium, a third at the next race at Monaco. Three more podiums, all second places, followed in the next four races before winning a great slip-streaming battle at Monza to take his first Grand Prix win. Stewart eventually finished third in the World Championship on 33 points, while countryman Jim Clark dominated the series as World Champion.

Answer: Belgian Grand Prix

After a fabulous win at the Monaco Grand Prix, his second in Formula One, the circus arrived at the wonderful Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium for the second round. After qualifying third on the grid, sudden rain at the start of the race caused many crashes, including one for Jackie.

His car was left upside down in a ditch with fuel leaking out soaked him. Thankfully for Jackie, there was no spark but marshals were ill-equipped and unwilling to help the trapped driver, and it was up to Graham Hill, who had also crashed, to help rescue Jackie.

It was this precise incident that led Jackie on his safety crusade. The first safety introduction was an electrics main switch and also a detachable steering wheel. Jackie missed the next round in France, but returned in time for the British Grand Prix.

It was a difficult season for Jackie after such a promising debut, finishing seventh in the title chase on 14 points.

Answer: 9

The BRM 75, powered by a powerful but overweight H16 engine, proved to be extremely unreliable. The rundown of results for Jackie in 1967 were the South African GP - retired, engine failure; Monaco GP -retired, differential; Dutch GP - retired, brakes; Belgian GP - 2nd place; French GP - 3rd place; British GP - retired, transmission; German GP - retired, differential; Canadian GP - retired, throttle; Italian GP - retired, engine failure; US GP - retired, injection; Mexican GP - retired, engine failure. 9th overall, 10 points.

Answer: Matra

Tyrrell used the French Matra chassis MS10 in 1968 after Jackie was persuaded to abandon the sinking BRM ship. It took until the fifth race of the season for Jackie to win his first race for Matra, but by this stage Lotus and Graham Hill had already taken control of the World Championship, the team still overcoming the tragic death of team leader Jim Clark in an insignificant Formula Two race at Hockenheim in April. Jackie also turned in what is regarded as one of the finest Grand Prix drivers of all time at the Nurburgring for the German Grand Prix.

In terrible conditions, rain and fog, Jackie dominated the race, winning by nearly four minutes, leaving all his competitors in his wake. Jackie also won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, but Hill took the title for Lotus, Jackie finishing second overall on 36 points.

Answer: 6

The Stewart-Tyrrell-Matra-Cosworth combination dominated Formula One in 1969, as Lotus and Brabham failed to maintain the challenge they had in 1968. Jackie won the first two races at Kyalami and Montjuich Park (Spain), before taking three more at Zandvoort, Clermont-Ferrand and Silverstone, and then a second place at the Nurburgring.

His sixth win was at Monza before his season petered out with two retirements and a fourth in Mexico, but he still finished well out in front on 63 points.

Answer: True

March entered Formula One in 1970 with lofty ambitions of providing a simple chassis to as many customers as possible. In the end, they ending up providing chassis to ten competitors. After Matra had asked Tyrrell to use their own V12 instead of the Cosworth DFV V8, Tyrrell had cut links with the French manufacturer, and with little choice, purchased a March 701 while designing his own car for use later on in the year. Jackie gave the new marque their first Grand Prix in only their second race at the Spanish Grand Prix, but the car was generally unreliable and Jackie would only finish three more races, twice in second place, before using the first Tyrrell chassis at the final three races. Jackie finished sixth overall on 25 points. The March works team would not win a Grand Prix until 1975 when Vittorio Brambilla took victory in a rain-shortened race at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Answer: 6

Stewart dominated the 1971 Formula One season, winning seven races and finishing on 62 points, well ahead of Ronnie Peterson who finished as runner-up. He took pole at Kyalami, Monaco, Paul Ricard (France), Nurburgring, Mosport Park (Canada) and Watkins Glen (USA).

Answer: Stomach ulcer

Jackie was a very busy man during the 1972 season, with many committments besides his Formula One contract, including racing in Group 2 touring cars and Can-Am. The constant traveling caused Jackie to develop Gastritis, a stomach ulcer, which became sufficiently bad enough to cause Jackie to miss the Belgian Grand Prix, where Jackie stayed at home to recuperate.

It obviously worked, as he returned for the next race in France and promptly won it! However, it was an up-and-down season for the Scotsman and he finished second overall to Emerson Fittipaldi.

Answer: 13

Stewart and the Tyrrell-Ford were incredibly consistent in 1973, only suffering one retirement during the season at the Spanish Grand Prix held at Montjuich Park. Jackie took five wins during the season in Kyalami, Belgium, Monaco, Zandvoort, and Germany.

He also finished with podiums in Argentina, Brazil, and Austria and points finishes in Sweden, France, Italy, and Canada. Add to that he also finished 10th in Britain. Jackie's 100th and final Grand Prix was due to be at Watkins Glen in the USA.

However, his teammate and great friend Francois Cevert, crashed fatally during practice, and Stewart immediately withdrew from the race and announced his retirement from Formula One. Next to his 3rd World Championship, Stewart was also named the Sports Illustrated 'Sportsman of the Year' and also named the BBC 'Sports Personality of the Year' in 1973.

Answer: 1997

Jackie returned to Formula One with his son Paul in 1997 with massive backing from Ford to help run the Stewart Grand Prix team, essentially the works Ford squad. That first season was a learning experience for all involved, although the highlight was a second place for Rubens Barrichello at a wet Monaco Grand Prix.

However, reliability was low during the first season as the engine proved quick but unreliable, while there were a lot of technical glitches. 1998 was even worse with the new rules, and the team struggled to adapt.

However, 1999 was a great season. Ford bought Cosworth and with that built a new engine for 1999. The Stewart-Ford package was instantly competitive in a topsy-turvy season and Johnny Herbert took their only victory at the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, while Barrichello was always near the front with numerous podiums and a pole in France.

However, Ford bought out the Stewart team and re-badged it Jaguar in 2000.

Answer: 2001

Jackie Stewart became Sir John Young Stewart in 2001 as he was knighted for his services to motorsport. He was also inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame alongside Jim Clark the same year. He was also inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990 and has retained immense popularity in the USA with his commentary of NASCAR and IndyCar races, and also commentated occassionally for Australian TV.

Answer: 27

Jackie set a new record of 27 Grand Prix victories, breaking Jim Clark's record of 25 victories at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1973 when he took his 26th victory, his 27th, and last win being the German Grand Prix at the next race.

His record would stand until the 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix where Alain Prost took his 28th Grand Prix win.