Jackie Stewart

Born 11 June 1939 in Scotland, John Young Stewart entered Formula One in 1965 and earned the nickname "the Flying Scot" for the speed that brought him three World Drivers' Championship titles with Tyrrell and, by his 1973 retirement, records for most wins and podium finishes that stood for decades. He finished runner-up twice across those nine seasons and remained the only British driver with three titles until Lewis Hamilton matched him in 2015. He nearly won the Indianapolis 500 on his first attempt in 1966 and raced Can-Am before stepping back from the cockpit to become a television commentator for ABC, covering the Indy 500 and multiple summer Olympics with a pronounced Scottish burr, and pitching Ford and Heineken in commercials. Between 1997 and 1999 he ran Stewart Grand Prix as team principal alongside his son Paul. The last surviving Formula One champion from the 1960s and the oldest living Grand Prix winner, Stewart spent his post-racing years forcing the sport to install better medical facilities and safer circuits - a campaign born from watching too many colleagues die.