Sir Jackie Stewart | The Cambridge Union

Known as 'the Flying Scot', Sir Jackie Stewart is considered one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time.
Having won three World Championships in 1969, 1971 and 1973, he made a lasting mark on the sport by campaigning for better safety, and went on to be successful businessman, media personality and founder of his own racing team that later became Red Bull.

[@SIRHOPES]

Amazing man ! A brilliant Scott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@stefann1989v2]

As a Formula 1 passionate I have a huge respect for Jackie Stewart, not only for what he did in Formula 1, but also off-track where he managed to ballance all aspects of life in such way that he never under or overdid something. Great speech.

[@Swampfox612]

As a boy, I admired Sir Jackie Stewart for his racing prowess. 20 years later, I admired Sir Jackie Stewart for his moral courage in making a once-deadly sport safer for both driver and spectator, in spite of the threats and derision he endured for the cause. Now, some 40-plus years on from the first time I saw him win a race, I admire Sir Jackie Stewart for his wisdom. He is, by any measure, a great man.

[@hansenmv]

was a kid in no where usa --- 1970ish - this guy was a wtf --- stunning

[@aidansmyth6480]

In an attempt to understand the lives of extraordinary people, I have always found that the first victory they ever won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. In all that he says, this extraordinary man, Sir Jackie Stewart, is a shining example of that

[@hansenmv]

and ... dont take yourself too seriously - just enjoy the ride

[@pejtijor]

Another magnificent speech by Sir Jackie !

[@frederickmiles327]

Not really its not the same sport as in Jackies day. Today its just another repetitive practice working class sport for very ordinary people and its about speed , noise and a sort of time trial. Real motor racing was about lethal dueling . you actually had to get alongside the other driver and his fragile car and during the overtaking process both parties could eliminate the other party by mistake or even intent. Look at the critical duel between Ickx and Stewart in the 1969 German and Canadian GP or the Spanish GP on the streets of Barcelona in 1971. So the sport was a duel or a fight you had to get underneath and shake the guys ahead of you and immediately behind if he was lurking in the mirrors if you actually used them. Jackie wanted to be and promote himself as a succesful businessmen but nobody else in his era wanted that they were almost always characters straight out of Evelyn Waughts novels who inevitably lost their money, wife and house and as with the 1960s hippies was actually to avoid working and devoting life to drinking and womanising any business career was purely shorterm and a promotional front for the real permanently in bed with company career post racing of stirling moss etc

[@macandrewes]

Sir Jackie is a legend, and KNOWS he is, and yet there is no ego, no arrogance, only the pleasant easy charm of a seemingly regular chap - just one with great purpose and some great stories to tell.

[@catlover4971]

I came upon this by chance and so pleased because Jackie spoke so well

[@nicholasjohnson6724]

Absolute champion, humble thankful, smart, grateful, wise, one amazing human being.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

What a legend he is

[@hotelcharlie-six5408]

Superb! Amazing guy…… and no sign of a note? The last of that generation….we will never see the like of him again

[@volvo123s]

I wish I/we could have him as a speaker at my university.

[@adambridgewater]

That first question about F1 deaths since Ratzenberger and Senna.... That's very very foreshadowing for the time... Jules Bianchi very sadly a couple of years later...

[@hansenmv]

this stuns me --- useful life lesson here

[@jordipena7984]

El mejor piloto para mi gusto y un gran mérito tuvo al tener dislexia y correr en f1

[@martinjames7849]

A great communicator and for me, as one of the sycophantic people he would probably not enjoy, the greatest F1 driver ever.

[@hansenmv]

my insane dyslexia - i liked college ... first day - u get syllabus ... when is mid ... when is final ... do i ... pop quizzes ... daily 'have to show up' ... they only counted for 10% of grade ... i instantly wrote them off ... mid and final ... what chapters were involved ... i did them only as required

[@hansenmv]

i rarely actually was in class ... hacky-sack was far more interesting

[@bartekb8222]

Little Great Man.

[@hansenmv]

mind management ... never heard that - useful

[@frederickmiles327]

Despite the claimed disadvantage, Jackie is fairly typical of the very rare breed who actually were viable candidates for Grand Prix seats up until the 1980s. Before Thatcher and Reagan changed everything in the mid 1980s or rather Stockman and Lawson and allowed a flood of money to become available for motor racing and its media coverage about 1984-6. In Jackies day very few people could afford anyway to finance a career in international motor racing as access to finance and the ability to move it internationally was very restricted and tax on racing cars, engines and there importation and movement was huge. Therefore to enter motor racing in the UK in the 1950s when few even had cars serious motor racing was confined to very rich public school boys or millionaire figures in the car industry or so called garage owners to employed about 125 people and had a franchise and license for sports cars, Jaguars almost certainly in the Jaguar family business, Thereofe given the extraordinarily dangerous nature of the sport and the fact driving sophisticated racing or sports cars F1,2.3 etc actually required enormous skill requiring constant gear changing thru a 4/6 gear manual gearchift pushing the seperate floor pedal moving the gear shift for each flick thru and that cornering fast was not a matter of steering but a mater of drifting car thru a medium speed corner which the cars line fo rsay a 100 mph corner had to be decided by the driver 300 yards out. So serious motor racing was difficult, dangerous and immensely expensive and really confined to the very rich intelligent oddballs whose other option was the Queens shilling as a private or junior officer in the Army. Certain physical assets were also extraordinary eyesight both in distance and perception although some GP drivrs in those days wore glasses corrected to 20/20 Miles, Rolf Stromoleon, Gregory and Perkins, but the greatest drivers usually had one in the million eye sight and similar qualities to the greatest military snipers. Being short and very light was usually a huge advantage, Again some drivers were 6/2 and 14 stone like Hunt. Mass, Hawthorn and Gurney but that was a huge disadvantage even then. The 1960s were a bit exceptional as motor racing was not very interesting in those days as rock and roll, soccer and sex were far more interesting and dominance of relatively bland British cars and drivers meant there was little interest given the low power of the cars and lack of any real continental drivers and money,

[@TheMrbc74]

A bigger name dropper than Alan partridge

[@hansenmv]

Personal Quote: Interested in building a career? If so, NEVER accept any role that doesn't offer at least TWO of the following: 1. Big money (above scale); 2. Top of the show credit; 3. Role which displays your talent to its fullest. REMEMBER, the role must meet any two of the above (crap role, big bucks, guest star billing; low budget, star billing, great role; great money, great role, end crawl billing).

[@hansenmv]

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[@hansenmv]

At the age of 13 Howard Caine (family name Cohen) moved with his family from his hometown of Nashville, TN, to New York City, where he began studying acting. Learning to erase his Southern accent, he went on to became a master of 32 foreign and American dialects.

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

He likes bangin on does our Jackie boy Got his autograph tho. Always preferred Graham Hill ... & Ronnie Peterson ..

[@English2Elvish]

10:32 LOL

[@hansenmv]

the millisecond behind thing - you can process where you are intellectually vis others same room ... that takes a lot of mental thought as your not remotely listening to what is being said - then you have catch up on that - exhausting

[@hansenmv]

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[@bumiboka]

fantastic !! but one Thing....Jochen Rindt was the fastest Racing Driver till Sept. 70.!!! so !!!

[@jackduggan8739]

+gundula gaukel The fastest racecar drivers are the NHRA Top Fuelers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@y1521t21b5]

"I raced in the most competitive era and won when my car had no right to" is the length and breadth of his interviews and would pretty much sum up his autobiography. A travesty that he's knighted when John Surtees isn't.

[@zakiranderson722]

How can you account for that and still not do the alphabet. Classic.

[@geoffmcrorie90]

I know he did a lot for safety on the racing circuit, but between the lines I get the feeling he is a bit of a brag.