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Jody David Scheckter (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ k t ər /; born 29 January 1950) is a South African business proprietor and retired motor racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980, winning the Drivers' Championship in 1979 with Ferrari .
Sep 12, 2023 · In 1969 19-year-old Jody was working as an apprentice mechanical engineer in his father’s garage in East London, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, and in his spare time he was having fun racing a Renault R8 Gordini and indeed making a name for himself in so doing, literally, as Sideways Scheckter.
Jody Scheckter became infamous for causing one of the biggest accidents in Formula 1 history, after which there were demands that he should be banned from the sport. Instead, he straightened himself out and concentrated his considerable talent and ambition on becoming World Champion.
Jody Scheckter famously triggered one of Formula 1's most infamous crashes at the 1973 British Grand Prix.
Feb 27, 2023 · Lights To Flag is a new series that explores the challenges that drivers overcame to reach Formula 1, how their careers unfolded and ended, and – crucially – what retirement from F1 held in store for them. Jody Scheckter, 1979 world champion, tells us how he went from racing Renault saloons to taking on the likes of Gilles Villeneuve ...
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Mar 7, 2023 · South African driver Jody Scheckter looks back at his famous 1979 F1 title win for Ferrari and opens up his garage where his iconic 312 T4 still sits today
May 19, 2023 · Fifty years ago, a young Jody Scheckter triggered chaos and anger at the British GP. But as Damien Smith discovers, he’s not about to apologise to those that are left of the ‘Silverstone Nine’
