Sir Jackie Stewart career timeline

1964: Formula 3 debut

Makes Formula 3 debut for Tyrrell at Snetterton on March 15, winning his first race by 44secs.

1964: Move to Formula 2

Drives his Lotus-Cosworth 32 to a second-place finish on his F2 debut at Circuit Clermont-Ferrand in France.

1965: Formula 1 debut

Signs for BRM alongside Graham Hill and finishes sixth at his debut grand prix, in South Africa, on January 1.

1965: First major competition win

Wins the 17th BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone on May 15, 3secs ahead of fellow Brit John Surtees.

1965: First F1 win

Wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on September 12, 3.3secs ahead of team-mate Hill, placing him third in the standings and one point behind Hill.

1966: Overtaking team-mates

Finishes first in the Tasman Series held from January 8 to March 7 in New Zealand and Australia, accumulating 12 points more than Hill.

1966: Safety first

A crash at the Belgian Grand Prix on June 12 leaves him trapped in his car for almost half an hour; it triggers his campaign for safety in F1.

1966: Indy 500 star

Wins Rookie of the Year for his performance at the Indy 500 where he led much of the race but had to retire due to low oil pressure in the closing laps.

1967: Trouble brewing

BRM struggles with reliability problems and Stewart’s best finish of the season is a second place at Spa-Francorchamps on June 18. He finishes ninth in the overall standings.

1968: Switching it up

Signs for Tyrrell’s Matra International team and wins the Dutch, German and United States Grands Prix but loses the championship to Hill.

1969: Leading in every way

Heads the boycott of the Belgian Grand Prix because of the danger posed to drivers. According to Stewart, the chances of a driver who raced for five years being killed were two out of three.

1969: World champion

Dominates the season, winning by over a lap twice, in both Spain and Britain, with seven podium appearances. He finishes ahead in the championship by 26 points.

1970: Stalled progress

Tyrrell chooses to build its own car, which is overtaken by Lotus. Stewart is outpaced and finishes fifth in the standings.

1970: Influencing circuits

Leads boycott of the German GP to be held at the Nürburgring a track he’d nicknamed ‘The Green Hell’. The race is moved to the Hockenheimring.

1971: Return of the king

Wins six of 11 races, thereby securing his second title with almost double the points scored by runner-up Ronnie Peterson, while suffering from mononucleosis.

1972: Pursuit of safety

Heads third boycott as chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, this time protesting the Dutch Grand Prix, and is also honoured with an OBE.

1972: Falling behind

Loses out on the title to Lotus’s Emerson Fittipaldi, winning only four races, but this is the first season where all races are held on circuits with safety features on them.

1973: A bittersweet title

Wins his third F1 World Championship but withdraws from his 100th grand prix after his team-mate François Cevert dies in a crash at Watkins Glen. Holds the record for the most wins (27) for 14 years.

1973: Public acclaim

Named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, following in the footsteps of Stirling Moss (1961) and John Surtees (1959).

1997: Family business

Establishes Stewart Grand Prix team with son Paul, which wins one grand prix, takes five podiums, one pole, and a total of 47 points until being sold to Ford and rebranded as Jaguar Racing in 2000.

2001: Sir John Young Stewart

Knighted on June 16 for his work to improve safety standards, such as leading protests, demanding fire and medical crews on track, and mandatory seatbelt usage.

2016: Searching for a cure

After his wife Helen is diagnosed with dementia, Stewart sets up the charity Race Against Dementia to apply F1’s technology and out-of-the-box thinking to find treatments for the condition.