Jody Scheckter: The Unsung Hero of F1
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Jody Scheckter is one of F1's most under-appreciated World Champions. Jody Scheckter holds the title for being the first and only to-date F1 World Champion from South Africa. His F1 career started in 1972 after moving to the UK, where Jody Scheckter made his debut with the McLaren F1 racing team. He competed alongside many other icons of the sport, like Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Gilles Villeneuve, and Francois Cevert. Moreover, he is the only F1 driver to win with the iconic Tyrrell P34 six-wheeled F1 car. Jody Scheckter is also the only South African to date to have won his home grand prix at Kylami in 1975. After the 1978 season, Jody Scheckter joined Ferrari F1 in the legendary 312T4 Ferrari F1 car. In 1979, Jody Scheckter won the Driver's Championship, and helped Ferrari secure another Constructor's title. Scheckter was the last driver to win a championship for Ferrari until Michael Schumacher 21 years later. With such an incredible history, is is by far a hero of Formula One. If you enjoy F1, be sure to subscribe for more F1 content!
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Loved this video. As a South African, he is a legend to me. I have also been lucky to meet him a few times. What a great guy!!
Wow, that’s awesome bro
I have lived in East London. I met him also but in Belgium at my home race.
I would love to meet such an interesting driver
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“At first, I thought I was the fastest driver in the world. In the end, I thought I was the smartest."
“The first time I realized that I really was a world champion was when I returned to my apartment in Monaco, shortly after Monza, and found that my clothes had been returned from the dry cleaners in two days, instead of in four"
“It didn't change me to see Cevert dead, it was more Ken Tyrrell's insistence that he stop making mistakes. That was what made the difference. That and that the Tyrrell 007 was designed to be easy to fly”
"Gilles and I were professionals. We went out to give everything and whoever got ahead, won. On many occasions, he was faster than me and, on others, I was faster than him. We drove hard and I overtook him. I won the championship because, in the races that counted, I was in front, and I was still in front when things calmed down, at that point where there was no point in fighting. There were no circumstances where he was forced to let me through, so I think it wasn't frustrating for him not to win in 1979"
Gilles and I got along great. We were good friends, we respected each other. The press was always making trouble so that the pilots would fight, but we told ourselves that we were not going to waste time getting into that absurd game and we had a very good relationship”
“I had a fantastic time at Ferrari. I had been talking to them for several years and in 1978 I finally signed for the next two years. People told me that I would never get in a Ferrari, but I didn't listen to them... and I really enjoyed my time driving for the Scuderia"
“I drove for British teams for many years. In England, you would drive in tests, at lunchtime you would have a sandwich with pickles and then you would continue. In Italy, you did tests… then you had pasta, a fantastic meal, you enjoyed chatting and laughing… but the lap times in the afternoon were always slower until after 4”
"After the races, I always sent a written report to Mr. Ferrari"
"Enzo Ferrari never told me anything about my title"
"When you drive a Ferrari, you do it for an entire country"
"I interpreted the death of Patrick Depallier as a notice to decide my retirement"
“The greatest achievement of my career has been getting out alive. Ferrari cars were safe, but those were dangerous times. I was lucky. Winning the title made me very happy. That's why I wanted to drive for Ferrari, I knew the team was fast."
Jody Schecker
“The journalists gave me the award for the 'Least Cooperative Driver' of the championship, three years in a row. That made me proud. But the truth is that I couldn't do like Jackie Stewart: work on the car, turn around and talk to the media, and turn around again and continue working. For me, that was impossible."
“Jody probably has the greatest innate talent we will ever see in motorsport”
Jackie Stewart (in 1974)
“Jody was always extremely combative. He had incredible control of the car, and a pure, natural and seamless talent"
John Watson (in 1984)
“He had a temper, often argued, was moody at times… He wasn't afraid to express himself but, at the same time, he had a charming and innocent side and a somewhat shy sense of humor”
Sid Watkins (in 1996)
Best regards from Venezuela
FORZA, FERRARI...!
My bru, jonkonig please can you tell him I’m a big fan
Somehow we(f1 fans) usually forget him he was actually a world champion! And he was the last Ferrari WDC for more than 2 decade after broke by Schumacher. Great vid to such a proper champion.
I have never forgotten him. I am Belgian but I have lived in East London.
My late father worked for Jody's dad and I often bumped into him when I was a vey young boy.
Don't forget that Scheckter holds an unbeatable record: he is the only driver to have won a Grand Prix at the wheel of a car with 6 wheels!!!!
Yes, he had a love/hate relationship with the p-34. Nonetheless he brought it to its 1 only victory in sweden.
My favorite drivers have been Jody Schecter and Ayrton Senna.
Today it would be Perez and Verstappen.
I have lived in East London. And Cape Town, Tsumed (Namibia) and Germiston.
He was my favorite driver in Long Beach when I used to go to the F1GP. 1977 - 1982, I think.
I'm from south Africa
Same
I am not. But I had my photo on the front page of the newspaper Standard.
I have lived in Cape Town, in East London, Tsumed and in Germiston.
Try to find out why we had our family picture on the front page in 1961?
Obvious for me. But perhaps not for both of you.
@@khumorampete9310 I am not. But I had my photo on the front page of the newspaper Standard.
I have lived in Cape Town, in East London, Tsumed and in Germiston.
Try to find out why we had our family picture on the front page in 1961?
Obvious for me. But perhaps not for both of you.
Another great person to come out of South Africa 😉😁. I'm glad this video is here to educate us on lesser known gems. ❤
Yup! a bit sad he sometimes forgotten as a world champion.
Probably the most underrated wdc of all time
Yeap
I never knew about him also great vid 👍🏻
Thanks!
Jody is one of the top drivers on that list where we write down the greatest drivers ever whos record book unfairly doesn't reflect how great, outer planet far ahead they've been on their careers. Even if they got a championship or two, the point is they should have son five, so their achievements don't make justice to what they really were on track. To make a clear example we MUST include here Jim Clark or Fernando Alonso because two championships are nothing compared to WhatsApp they should have won. Knowing I'll forget some of this top kings without throne and crown I can't resist the temptation of dropping some names I Will never forget and never stop admiring and been thankfull to them. Jody Scheckter, Keke Rosberg, Elio de Angelis, Jacques Laffite, Ronnie Peterson, Tom Pryce, Gilles Villeneuve, Von Trips, John Surtees, Stirling Moss, etc......
Superb!!! Always nice getting to know other drivers
The unsung hero of f1
Jody is the only F1 driver I’ve ever met. He was moving his Firearms Training System (FATS) to the county where I worked for a newspaper and covered the grand opening.
My one memory was him on Superstars...on the BBC and he cheated...your video changed my opinion of him...very good video.
Him and James Hunt were great friends.
Jody was "the one to watch" long before he got to F1. His wild sideways car control was legendary. Honestly I'm still surprised the infamous crash at Silverstone happened. In any case, the thing I believe makes Jody so unique as a WDC is that he had a long view of his life; meaning as soon as he won, his mind went to other things he knew he wanted to do, and having made a bunch of money in F1, his post championship season was unique as he has stated many times: "All I wanted to do, is survive."
That huge crash was at Silverstone.
@@hazy33 Thanks. Corrected.
@@peterf1 Silverstone is only 30 minutes away from me. It's on really flat land so it's always incredibly windy! I'd rather watch on the TV tbh 🙂
Cool level headed and sympathetic to his machinery he was a worthy champion but you fogot to mention his teammates contribution to that title. At any point during the second half of the Monza race Villeneuve could have passed him and taken the win. Severaltimes Villeneuve would drop back and by the end of the next lap he was right behind him. Villeneuve showed Scheckter the respect a senior driver deserves and stayed behind gaurding the rear. Had Villeneuve taken the race and coupled with his great win instead mixed conditions at Watkins Glenn he would have had 4 wins to Scheckters 2 and woulld have been champion instead. It was a true sign of respect from Villeneuve that a future British champion didn't show to his teamate and cost Mclearn the drivers title.
I felt sorry for Scheckter the folliwing year as Ferrari put all there effot in to developing their new Turbo engine so the T5 was just a T4 with a few upgrades. It was totally inadequate for the job as the title winning T4 was obsolete before the end of the previos season .
None the less Scheckter was a worthy champion and a great ambassador for the sport and enjoyed watching him win the title all those years ago.
I am watching F1 since 1962 and I do not fully agree with your comments. But never mind, we are not going to start an argument. We are getting too old for that. I am Belgian but I have lived in East London (RSA) and today in Brussels.
Villeneuve was quick no doubt about that. But he died in Zolder and I was there at the time. He was also doing silly things but we indeed loved him at the time.
But Jody Scheckter was quicker and more clever.
Read the interview with Jody in Motorsort, he says that this a common misconception. He outqualified Gilles at Monza , and the whole year. Ferrari had a standing order that they were not to overtake under those circumstances. Jody had slowed up to ensure finishing. I was at the SA Gp that year and they both had to change tyres. Jody’s stop was much longer than Gilles,and was catching Gilles hand over fist. If the stops had been equal Jody would have won, thereby ending the year 4 to 2 in his favour.
"Al principio, creía que yo era el piloto más rápido del mundo. Al final, creí que era el más listo”
“La primera vez en que me di cuenta de que en verdad era campeón del mundo fue cuando volví a mi apartamento en Mónaco, poco después de Monza, y encontré que me habían devuelto la ropa de la tintorería en dos días, en vez de en cuatro”
“No me cambió ver a Cevert muerto, sino que más bien fue la insistencia de Ken Tyrrell para que dejase de cometer errores. Eso fue lo que marcó la diferencia. Eso y que el Tyrrell 007 fue pensado para que fuese fácil de pilotar”
“Gilles y yo éramos profesionales. Salíamos a darlo todo y quien se ponía delante, vencía. En muchas ocasiones, él era más veloz que yo y, en otras, yo era más veloz que él. Pilotamos duro y le superé. Gané el campeonato porque, en las carreras que contaban, yo me puse delante, y seguía delante cuando las cosas se calmaban, en ese punto en el que no tenía sentido luchar. No hubo circunstancias en las que él se viese obligado a dejarme pasar, por lo que creo que no fue frustrante para él no ganar en 1979”
“Gilles y yo nos llevábamos genial. Éramos buenos amigos, nos respetábamos. La prensa siempre andaba metiendo cizaña para que los pilotos nos peleáramos, pero nos dijimos que no íbamos a perder el tiempo entrando en ese juego absurdo y tuvimos una relación muy buena”
“Pasé una época fantástica en Ferrari. Llevaba varios años hablando con ellos y en 1978 por fin firmé para los dos años siguientes. La gente me decía que nunca me subiría a un Ferrari, pero yo no les hacía caso... y disfruté mucho durante el tiempo que piloté para la Scuderia”
“Piloté para equipos británicos durante muchos años. En Inglaterra, conducías en las pruebas, a la hora de la comida tomabas un sándwich con pepinillos y después seguías. En Italia, hacías pruebas... después tomabas pasta, una comida fantástica, disfrutabas charlando y riendo... pero los tiempos de vuelta por la tarde siempre eran más lentos hasta pasadas las 4”
“Después de las carreras, yo siempre le enviaba un informe escrito al señor Ferrari”
“Enzo Ferrari nunca me dijo nada respecto de mi título”
“Cuando conduces un Ferrari, lo haces para un país entero”
“Interpreté la muerte de Patrick Depallier como un aviso para decidir mi retiro”
“El mayor logro de mi carrera ha sido salir vivo. Los autos de Ferrari eran seguros, pero aquella fue una época peligrosa. Tuve suerte. Ganar el título me hizo muy feliz. Por eso quería pilotar para Ferrari, sabía que el equipo era rápido”
Jody Scheckter
“Los periodistas me dieron el premio al ‘Piloto Menos Cooperador’ del campeonato, tres años seguidos. Eso me enorgullecía. Pero, lo cierto es que yo no podía hacer como Jackie Stewart: trabajar en el auto, darme la vuelta y hablar con los medios, y darme la vuelta otra vez y seguir trabajando. Para mí, eso era imposible”
“Probablemente, Jody tiene el mayor talento innato que jamás veremos en el deporte del motor”
Jackie Stewart (en 1974)
“Jody siempre fue extremadamente combativo. Tenía un control increíble del auto, y un talento puro, natural y sin fisuras”
John Watson (en 1984)
“Tenía temperamento, discutía con frecuencia, a veces era malhumorado… No temía expresarse pero, al mismo tiempo, tenía un encantador e inocente lado y un sentido del humor algo tímido”
Sid Watkins (en 1996)
Saludos desde Venezuela
Pure talent.
Seriously underrated
Regarding Emerson’s comments, those are some strong words for someone who appears to have punted schekter.
Awesome video!
Very nice video I must say.
Appreciate it🙌
Beat Villeneuve. World Champion at Ferrari. How is he the "unsung hero" as every single Ferrari champion will be remembered more than others? Very respected and all true F1 fans know who he is. Only Schumacher and Raikkonen have won the title with Ferrari after him.
Very Nice Video. Enjoyed it. Thank you for this.
No problem! Glad you liked it🙌
@@racedayrecap6295 I did. :)
Thank you for posting. I do not much about Jody except his win for the 6 wheel Tyrrel. Now I only know that his win WDC in 1979 was Enzo Ferrari last F1 world championship for driver & constructor. I just subscribed.
Thanks, for the info. Very informative video👌
Jody may have been 1979 World Champion, but his drives that year are always totally overshadowed by the spellbinding driving of his team mate Gilles Villeneuve. Scheckter may have been a World Champion, but Gilles will always be one of motor racing's absolute legends.
Man representing Shantytown 🤙🏼🤙🏼
I would love to see a video on Walter Wolf Racing. So little out there about that team, and that was the shock move of the silly season when Schekter went there.
Jody had his best time with Wolf Racing
Something to keep in mind for the future. The correct pronunciation of Tyrrell is tee-rel (as I'm rely) instead of ty-rell. Otherwise great video bro!
Thanks mate! Appreciate the feedback
Yes of course. Even a Belgian person who has lived in South Africa knows that. Great Ken Tyrrell. I would have said Tea like a cup of Tea).
My name is POP and LEMON like a Lemon. And not Pokemon like a lady called my wife who had lost our little boy in a Shopping in Brussels)
Great topic to cover. Just a thought: it would be nice if you made your videos a bit longer, going into some of the more memorable drives.
The first and only Jewish world champion to date. #represent
Weird flex but ok
Well made video Regarding archive footage. One thing I had noticed, the audio description is nearly 98% word for word taken from Jody Scheckter's Wikipedia page.
Good video.
However, Englishman, Ken Tyrell's surname isn't pronounced "Tie-rell" but "Tirul"
And I think French man, Cevert, was also pronounced "Sev-air"
But these are but little details 👍
No François Cevert was like green in French vert is green in French.
Those high air intakes - why? who?
Stop saying “Tie-rell”. It’s pronounced “Tirrell”. “Tyrrell” rhymes with “squirrel”. It’s a short vowel, not a long one.
The only F1 African WC and the only Jew WC as well AFAIK
It’s not Ty rell :-) need to familiarise yourself with F1 history