Jackie Stewart gets Segrave award

Jackie Stewart has become the first person to receive the Segrave Trophy. Promoted by Aston Martin, the award is for an outstanding demonstration of the possibilites of transport.

Aston Chairman Bob Dover commended his creation of the Stewart Grand Prix team, among a lifetime’s racing achievement Stewart responded: “Driving is easy — it’s being a constructor which is the hard job.”

Stewart first won the Segrave Trophy in 1973, the year he took his third and final Drivers title. GC