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After his campus tour Sir Jackie will then be taken to the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering to learn about the pioneering research the University is carrying out in this area. He will ... be given the opportunity to drive the Fiesta ‘adaptive throttle’ car. The high-tech vehicle, which has been developed in partnership with Ford, monitors the way people drive and is then able to adapt its throttle control to suit individual driving styles.
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Sir Jackie dominated the motor racing scene. In 1973, at the Nürburgring, he won his 27th Grand Prix, a record that stood for 14 years until it was eclipsed by Alain Prost. He was thrice world champion, in 1969, 1971, and 1973, when he was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year, American Sportsman of the Year and World Sportsman of the Year.
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To end his visit Sir Jackie will meet with student Dean Scott, a member of the University’s Formula Student team. Formula Student is an international competition for engineering students where they have to design and build a small single-seater racing car. Fore more information about the Loughborough University Formula student team visit: http://www.lumotorsport.co.uk
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It was around this time that RBS Group Chief Executive Sir Fred Goodwin approached Stewart with a view to forging a relationship with the Scottish bank. As a Scot who had a worldwide reputation, Jackie was an ideal candidate to help increase RBS's global profile. Although initially there was no intention for RBS to get involved in F1, as the world's fifth-largest bank, Stewart eventually convinced the company's powers-that-be that F1 was the best platform to increase its global presence.
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Sir Jackie lives in some splendour, looked after by an entourage that includes a butler, a cook, a gardener, a secretary and a chauffeur. On one wall is Landseer’s portrait of Sir Walter Scott, on others seductive examples of the Scottish Colourists: Cadell, Peploe, Fergusson and Hunter, the fruits of an amazing career in sport and business.
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Outgoing president of the British Racing Drivers' Club, Sir Jackie warned Britain's race will be threatened when the current Formula One deal expires in 2009 unless improvements are made to the circuit. (edit)
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