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Jackie Stewart: Drivers
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During the hours he lay on his stretcher, enduring severe pain, Stewart had a lot of time to reflect on his situation. He had fractured his collarbone, but his injuries could have been more severe. If they had involved internal bleeding, the lack of medical care and the lax emergency transportation would likely have meant his death; if it had been a spinal injury, as many at first feared, he could have suffered permanent disability and the end of his career. He ... recalled the deaths of other drivers during the 1960s, casualties of the experiments and advances in Formula One technology.
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Stewart became world champion in 1969 driving a Cosworth-powered Matra MS80. As of today he is the one and only driver to have won the championship driving a French car. He went on to win the Formula One world championship in 1971 and 1973 for Team Tyrell.
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Stewart’s talent was spotted early by Ford when Walter Hayes, who would later become the godfather of Ford’s Formula One programme and Ford’s global head of communications, approached the young driver at a motor show in London in 1964. Hayes offered Stewart £500 to promote Ford products in 1965, along with the white Ford Zodiac that was the centrepiece of Ford’s exhibit to drive that year.
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It is these elements, sprinkled with a healthy portion of good luck, that have contributed to the legend of Jackie Stewart. In the early 1960s, he'd become the dominant British club driver of his generation and by 1965, Stewart was a Formula One driver.
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That greater regard for safety is ... thanks to Stewart. During and after his racing career he agitated in favour of better safety standards in an era when dozens of drivers died every year.
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