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Jackie Stewart: Grand Prix
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Stewart remained with Hill and BRM for two more years, and though his ranking went down he gained experience, including one event that would change his outlook on auto racing forever. The year 1966 held several disappointments, one of which was taking the lead at the Indianapolis 500 only to lose it in the last eight laps due to a scavenge pump malfunction. However, that paled in comparison to Stewart's experiences while competing in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa. A sudden downpour caused cars to careen off the track, and Stewart was soon among them. Sliding into a ditch, he found himself pinned in his car by the steering wheel, the side of his car crushed inward. Unable to escape, he lay helpless and in pain while fuel began leaking out, soaking his racing suit through to his skin. For twenty-five minutes he lay there, counting every second, while Hill and others in his crew dismantled the steering wheel in order to free him.
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Although Jackie sold Stewart Grand Prix to Jaguar for the start of the 2000 season, he was still very much involved in the sport via his corporate partners and retained a high profile. Stewart's commercial relationship with HSBC, via Stewart Grand Prix, proved to have a seminal effect in arousing other banking brands to the huge benefits from being involved in the sport.
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In 1973, 34-year-old Stewart chalked up his third and final world drivers' championship. His decision to end his career after his 100th race had been made at the start of the racing season. But at the Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York, Stewart and Tyrell walked away from the planned final race because his friend and teammate François Cevert was killed in a crash during the race's qualifying round. As Stewart would later comment to March Bechtel of Sports Illustrated, "The key in life is deciding when to go into something and when to get out of it."
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Stewart retired in 1973, subsequently becoming a consultant for the Ford Motor Company. At the same time, he became a spokesman for safer cars and circuits in Formula One. In 1997 Stewart returned to Formula One, with Stewart Grand Prix, as a team owner in partnership with his son, Paul, and the Ford Motor Company. The team was later bought by Ford and became Jaguar Racing in 2000. More recently, Robbie Williams honored him in his song Supreme. Stewart received a knighthood in 2001.
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Champion in 1969, 1971 and 1973, Stewart was the first driver since Juan Manuel Fangio to win more than two world titles. His wins-to-starts ratio was always remarkable. Contesting 99 Grands prix he won 27, even pipping the 25 of his idol, fellow Scot Jim Clark.
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In 1999, Stewart sold his Grand Prix racing team to Ford for 100 million pounds. Stewart remained as chairman of Stewart Grand Prix with his son as deputy chairman. The tartan on the cars was replaced by the Jaguar symbol and dark green of that famous car company, which is now a Ford subsidiary.
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