Jackie Stewart : A Restless Life

by Timothy Collings and Stuart Sykes

• ISBN13: 9780753509456
• ISBN10: 0753509458
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Virgin Books

Summary

The story of JACKIE STEWART is a tale of inspiration and owe. Born in Scotland, Stewart overcame severe reading difficulties and modest roots by embarking on a life that made the most of his extraordinary eyesight reflexes and nerve to deliver three Formula One drivers' world championship crowns on the track, an unrivalled reputation as a campaigner for safety and common sense off it and a family brand name that made him as successful in business as in sport when his racing career came to an end. A fastidious perfectionist and someone who loves life to the full, Jackie Stewart has always been more than a motor racing man. He is a one-man industry, a workaholic, a charmer, a tough and demanding man who has made friends at all levels of society, including the Royal Family, but who has shown grace under pressure not least when his son Paul faced his fight with cancer. Always competing, Jackie Stewart has never resisted a challenge of a cause.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	v
INTRODUCTION: CASTING SHADOWS	1	(168)
1. AND THEY ALL THOUGHT I WAS STUPID...	5	(20)
2. THE GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENTS, THE MOST VALUABLE LESSONS	25	(18)
3. EARLY DAYS, ECURIE ECOSSEAND THE MOMENT OF TRUTH	43	(16)
4. THE KEEN APPRENTICE FINDS HIS FEET	59	(18)
5. A FOOTHOLD IN FORMULA ONE	77	(26)
6. FRENCH LESSONS	103	(20)
7. SAFETY FIRST AND LAST	123	(20)
8. HAPPY TO BE SCOTLAND'S SECOND DRIVER	143	(10)
9. THE MARCH OF TIME	153	(16)
10. THE LONG GOODBYE	169	(14)
11. FROM COCKPIT TO CORPORATE MAN	183	(24)
12. PAUL STEWART RACING: A STAIRCASE TO FORMULA ONE	207	(26)
13. MARCHING TO A DIFFERENT DRUM: STEWART GRAND PRIX	233	(18)
14. MESSAGE ON A BOTTLE: THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS	251	(12)
15. SELLING UP AND MAKING SPACE	263	(22)
16. ARISE. SIR JACKIE	285	(16)
17. I WILL BE THERE...	301	(4)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	305	(2)
INDEX	307