- Born
- Birth nameJohn Young Stewart
- Nickname
- Flying Scot
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Sir John Young Stewart OBE is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. Nicknamed the "Flying Scot", he competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers' Championships and twice finishing as runner-up over those nine seasons. Outside of Formula One, he narrowly missed out on a win at his first attempt at the Indianapolis 500 in 1966, and competed in the Can-Am series in 1970 and 1971. Between 1997 and 1999, in partnership with his son, Paul, he was team principal of the Stewart Grand Prix Formula One racing team.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- SpouseHelen McGregor(August 28, 1962 - present) (2 children)
- Known for being a racing commentator with a distinctive Scottish accent.
- Drove a car for the first time at age 9 (his father's Austin 16 - plate: BUC 677). Had to sit on two gas cans just to be able to see over the dashboard
- He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Motor Racing. He was the fourth racing man to be knighted following Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, and Frank Williams.
- Lives in Aylesbury with his wife, Helen.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1972 Queen's Honours List for his services to Motor Racing.
- Father of son, Paul Stewart.
- The older I get the more knowledge I have and I find it easier to say sorry if I'm wrong. Maybe someday I'll get maturity.
- [on being awarded Knighthood] This is a very proud moment for me. This has to mean more, it's more important than my first win or winning a world championship or my victory as a team owner. I was very proud of world championships and my career and all that happened in it and this honor is perhaps a reflection of that. But I am also proud of my work on driver safety, for the Scottish Dyslexia Trust, the Springfield Boys Club in the East End and my role as President of the British Racing Driver's Club.
- [on Ken Tyrrell] Ken was and still is a big part of my life and I would like to thank him. But I would also like to thank all the mechanics of all the teams I drove for. Without them I would not have won 27 races or three world titles and without that I would not have been able to set-up a team with my son Paul which also became an important part of my life.
- [on driver safety] When I was racing the safety record was horrendous. Driver safety became a big part of my life and contributing to the improvements in safety has been 'very rewarding.'
- [on revisiting 'Weekend of a Champion' in 2013] When I saw the film again it was like stepping back in history and I think this is one of the attractive things about the film, and the appeal that's causing people to like it, certainly in Europe, is the fact that safety was totally different in those days. Roman [Polanski] did a lot of this filming himself. I mean he was working the cameras in a great many parts of the movie, and you can see the cars passing the pits as they were. There was no barrier in front for example, and there's hundreds of gallons of high-octane fuel and hundreds of people standing there without any protection. Whereas today, because of what we've done in safety, that would never be allowed to happen.
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