Sir Jackie Stewart at 80posted in F111 | 06 | 2019

FIFTY-SEVEN OF HIS fellow drivers were killed when he was racing. That single, stark and brutal fact is worth taking a few minutes to consider today as Sir Jackie Stewart, three-time Formula 1 World Champion and winner of a then-record 27 grands prix, celebrates his 80th birthday. And it was seeing his friends die young that inspired the legendary Scot to work tirelessly to improve safety in motorsport.

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