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The young driver Jody Scheckter was called by Enzo Ferrari to be part of the Scuderia in 1979. Jody, a South African with Lithuanian origins, was already racing at a young age in the minor formulas. He started with karts passing on to tourism class, Formula Ford and Formula 3.
Jody Scheckter, 1979 world champion, tells us how he went from racing Renault saloons to taking on the likes of Gilles Villeneuve, before firearms and farming became his calling… Skip to content F1 ®
Jody David Scheckter (born January 29, 1950 in East London, South Africa) is a former racing driver who raced in Formula One, winning the World Championship with Ferrari in 1979. After moving to Britain in 1970, Scheckter quickly progressed up to F1, making his début with McLaren in the final race of the 1972 season, in which he finished ninth. He continued to drive for McLaren, albeit ...
Jody David Scheckter ( East London, Sudáfrica; 29 de enero de 1950) es un expiloto de automovilismo sudafricano. Disputó 112 carreras en Fórmula 1 entre las temporadas 1972 y 1980, destacándose como piloto de Ferrari, Wolf y Tyrrell. Resultó campeón en 1979, subcampeón en 1977, y tercero en 1974 y 1976.
Jody Scheckter. The only South African to ever win a Grand Prix and a World Championship. Jody is without doubt the most successful South African racing driver winning 10 Grand Prix races and having stood on a Grand Prix podium 33 times. Jody made his Grand Prix debut in 1972 (McLaren) taking his first victory at the Swedish Grand Prix in 1974 ...
In his formative years Jody Scheckter was as wild and unrestrained behind the wheel as he was brilliantly talented. The curly-haired South African was quickly afforded the nickname ‘Fletcher’ after the baby seagull in the book Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, who tried to fly when he was too young and kept on crashing into the cliff face.
22 de jun. de 2023 · Jody Scheckter’s 1973 is mostly recalled for the infamy that surrounded him at Silverstone’s British Grand Prix, when he triggered a nine-car pile-up that effectively ended the F1 career of Andrea de Adamich and wiped out the whole of Team Surtees. We spoke to Scheckter for this month’s magazine to recall that day.
