Fromula 1 Racing Car Driven by world champion Jackie Stewart
Tyrrell Racing Organisation Founder Ken Tyrrell Base Ockham, Surrey, United Kingdom With the help of Elf and Ford, Tyrrell then achieved his dream of moving to Formula One in 1968, as team principal for Matra International, a joint-venture established between Tyrrell's own team and the French auto manufacturer Matra. Stewart was a serious contender, winning several Grands Prix in the Tyrrell-run Matra MS10. The car's most innovative feature was the use of aviation-inspired structural fuel tanks. These allowed the chassis to be around 15 kg lighter, while still being stronger than its competitors. The FIA considered the technology to be unsafe and decided to ban it for 1970, insisting on rubber bag-tanks. Stewart received Sports Illustrated magazine's 1973 "Sportsman of the Year" award, the only auto racer to win the title so far, and in the same year he also won BBC Television's "Sports Personality Of The Year" award, and was named as ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year in which he was shared with American pro football legend Simpson. In 1990, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. In 1998 Stewart received an honorary doctorate from Cranfield University where he later served as chairman of the steering committee for the MSc Motorsport Engineering and Management. In 2001 Stewart received a knighthood.
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Location: The Scottish National Museum Chambers Street Edinburgh EH1 1JF
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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