He was born in the middle of the nature, his grandfathers was ranger, of all the Jackie grandsons he was the favorite and in long long walks by the forest he taught to him to observe and to love the nature. The childhood of Jackie was not easy, of very small it had to be used to working on a par of his ancestors and its unique diversion was to throw with its gun.

The Scot Jackie Stewart

Jackie Stewart was born in Dumbarton, small town near Glasgow, to the 21 years first substitute of the English national equipment of shot was chosen that appeared in the Olympic Games of Rome and in 1964 it traveled to Tokyo like number one of the equipment. His Jimmy brother had begun at that time to participate in automobile races, but one releases series of forced it to accidents to retire, was then when his smaller brother inherited the passion. With Marks GT it gained several victories in tests organized in his native city. The following year 4 GT caused to sensation with a Aston Martin DB.

The 20 of August married with Helen, daughter of a retailer, their young wife meant the support that Jackie needed to make specific its ambitions. In 1963 the Ecurie Ecosse lent a Tojeiro Buick and a Cooper to him Monaco, machines with which conquered more victories than no other English runner during that year.

The unforgettable Jim Clark

Just by the end of 1963 it made contact with enemy with which there would be to become his teacher: Jim Clark. Then Jackie was well-known pilot Nobel in its native country that approached to receive advice of the world-wide champion, during his first interview related Clark to him since it had left a delicate situation happened in Snetterton to confuse the brake pedal with the one of the accelerator. With the parsimony characterized that it, Jim answered to him: “You struck much the car to salirte of the track.” Jackie that had anticipated that question told him proud since it had avoided to leave the way. It let it to Jim finish and soon it said to him: “To commit a so idiot error and not to leave the track it is impossible, unless you have entered the curve very below the speed limit…” The Jackie poor man returned to his humiliated house, but in spite of it, she did not lose his admiration by Jim.

In January of the following year it returned to put itself in contact with him, finished receiving a offer of Ken Tyrrell to lead one of his Cooper BMC of Formula 3. Jackie preferred the cars of Tourism and nothing knew of Ken, to a single could advise it person: Jim Clark. The same would have said to him on the matter, “If you seek to be running you will have acostumbrarte to the single-seaters, Ken Tyrrell is the ideal person for iniciarte.” Obvious after that conversation the decision was taken.

The beginnings of Stewart in F1

The 13 of March of 1964 began for the great adventure. Cooper BMC worked perfectly and the Scottish steering wheel took little in learning to take advantage of the glance that had given its experience him like gunner. Jackie gained the first race, before the surprise of all, but this was still greater when it repeated in the eleven following tests. Stewart passed to be then the revelation of the year. One season is to him sufficient to cross that terrible way that to many costs a ten to him of years: The ascent to the fame.

At the beginning of 1965 three marks (BRM, Cooper, and Lotus) offered to him to integrate their equipment of F1. Jackie chose BRM becoming the second of Graham Hill. Stewart continued astonishing: 6º in South Africa, 2º in the race of champions, 1º in the “International Trophy” of Silverstone, 3º in Monaco and 2º in Spa-Francorchamps after a duel with Jim Clark.

Stewart in the GP of Germany

The two stars of the automobile firmament were already without a doubt both Scottish boys. Jim already had extended the barrier of the fame of all the borders, but when the newspapers began to call them the “quick twin Scot” the name of Stewart was associate for always with the one of Clark.

Its first triumph by a race pointable arrived in Monza of 1965 and prevailed in front of his coequiper Graham Hill, that committed an error soon after the end in the heat of curves peraltada. In 1966 not only it participated in F1, but like all worthy pilot of F1, one register in Indianapolis and there also it demonstrated his was worth. To 9 returns of the end and when it acclaimed it to the public like winner, their motor it only decided not to work more, making him lose the race. But the Lola Ford did not want to stop giving a consolation to its pilot and it allowed to adjudge the 200 miles him of Monte Fuji.

Hill, coequiper of Stewart

Season 1967 was dissapointing, although it had become “Nº1 pilot” of BRM, the H-16 motor that used was a failure, to such point that the last races of the year it had to use the old V8. In 1968 finally for Ken Tyrrell the F1 was within reach of its hand, reason why it invited to Jackie to add itself to his adventure, this after doubting in leaving BRM, was decided to the aim by the man had initiated who it. The time gave the reason him, although in the first race in South Africa it had to leave, there verified the exceptional thing of the Matra chassis and the motor Ford Cosworth, to this last mark would never leave it more, becoming with time one of its standards and using the motto: “Always with Ford.”

But in that 1968 it would receive one of the strongest blows of the destiny, being in Geneva received the news of the death of Jim Clark that one prophetic 7 of April of 1968. Never plus “twin the quick ones” they would already astonish to the public. The world-wide title of 1968 was defined in the last race in Mexico, and Graham Hill, coequiper of Jimmy, took the championship.

Way to the title with the Matra Ford

In the season of 1969 the “time of Stewart” began, in that year it resolutely undertook quickly and the way to his first title. It gained three of the first four races, left in Monaco and soon it threaded three consecutive triumphs (Holland, France and Great Britain) put that it to a passage of the crown. In the Great Prize of Italy it obtained his definitive consecration, soon it would come in 1971 and 1973 the other titles.

Without a doubt Jackie was the successor of Jim, not only by its impeccable style but also to relax at the suitable moment. Their “glance” and knowledge to save their forces, besides a life ordinate as much in their public face as took deprived it to be next to Jim Clark, and in my opinion, both greater pilots of the F1 for all time.