Sir Jackie Stewart led a number of his former racing cars around the track at the Goodwood Revival. Racing driver
Drivers, fans and cars came together on the Goodwood Motor Circuit to honour the hero of the 2014 Revival – Sir Jackie Stewart OBE. Mark Webber, taking part in the tribute parade behind the wheel of the Matra Cosworth MS80 that gave Sir Jackie the first of his three Formula 1 world championships in 1969, told Goodwood Road & Racing: ‘The word legend is bandied around but Sir Jackie is a true legend. ‘What Jackie has done for our sport on and off the track, the things he has achieved and what he has stood for, makes him an extraordinary person. He has been instrumental in my life since I first came to Europe to race, and he is a very good friend. ‘He’s an absolute quality guy.’ Sir Jackie is also a lot shorter than Mark: ‘I haven’t driven the Matra Cosworth before and I don’t think I really fit it. Jackie told me it’s one of his favourites. I won’t be caning it. I think I might just get it into second gear. Cars like this have won their races… let’s just enjoy them now.’ Heading the tribute parade on the circuit was Sir Jackie in the Tyrrell Cosworth 006, the car in which he won his third and final title in 1973 – before retiring from F1 after competing in 99 grands prix. It was 50 years ago this year that the three-times F1 world champion first drove a single-seater at Goodwood, leading to an F3 contract with Tyrrell. It was the springboard to fame of a man described by Lord March as ‘a driver against all others were measured… faster and smarter than his rivals, he was able to win consummately in all types of car and in all conditions.’ Sir Jackie’s first single-seater from that debut Goodwood test, the Cooper-BMW T72, was part of the parade, driven on the Saturday by Jackie’s son Mark Stewart. ‘It’s an enormous privilege for me to drive my father’s Cooper,’ Mark told us just before the parade hit the track. ‘I think he won 11 out of 15 F3 races in it in his first season. It’s an important car. I am looking forward to driving it'
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