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Jody David Scheckter ( / ˈʃɛktər /; born 29 January 1950) [2] 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.
After an erratic F1 career start, Jody Scheckter concentrated his considerable talent and ambition on becoming World Champion. Having achieved his goal (with Ferrari, whose next champion would be 21 years in the future), he quickly retired.
Sep 12, 2023 · No, make that a brilliant driver. Think of the great Formula 1 champions and Jody Scheckter is unlikely to feature. But, writes Matt Bishop, the 1979 title-winner deserves more acclaim for a career in which he was once the best driver, bar none.
Mar 7, 2023 · When he opens double garage doors at the back of a courtyard, daylight floods onto 11 historic racecars that Jody Scheckter stores near Laverstoke Park Farm, Hampshire – a renowned biodynamic farm the former Formula One champion established two decades ago.
Oct 12, 2021 · Jody Scheckter joined Ferrari for a successful 1979 season and was known affectionately as Baby Bear. Prodigiously talented but considered by some rivals as reckless, Scheckter adopted a new approach to racing after the US Grand Prix, the last round of the 1973 season.
Feb 27, 2023 · Jody Scheckter, 1979 world champion, tells us how he went from racing Renault saloons to taking on the likes of Gilles Villeneuve, before finding his feet in the world of firearms and farming.
Aug 2, 2020 · Jody Scheckter famously triggered one of Formula 1's most infamous crashes at the 1973 British Grand Prix.
At the Monza circuit, on 9th September 1979, Scheckter, who had gained the third position on the starting grid, got ready to win his first and last title, bringing home another Constructors’ World Title for the Scuderia.
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 driving a Tyrrell.
Jody Scheckter burst onto the Formula 1 scene as an erratic, crash-prone daredevil whose risky manoeuvres endangered himself and his peers. He became infamous for causing one of the largest accidents in F1 history, leading to calls for his banishment from the sport.
