https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Scheckter
Jody David Scheckter (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ k t ər /; born 29 January 1950) is a South African business proprietor and retired motor racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980, winning the Drivers' Championship in 1979 with Ferrari.Scheckter is the first and, as of 2024, only driver from the continent of Africa to have won a Formula One race or the World Drivers' Championship.

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Jody Scheckter was born on January 29, 1950, in East London, South Africa, where his father owned a Renault dealership. Jody worked there as an engineering apprentice and learned to drive when he was quite young, but only knew one speed: flat-out. This attitude naturally led him to try racing, at first on motorcycles and then in saloon cars.

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/when-unsung-f1-hero-jody-scheckter-was-the-best-driver-in-the-world/
Jody Scheckter was the 1979 world champion for Ferrari, but he is often overlooked among the great F1 drivers. Learn about his career, from his early racing days in South Africa to his title-winning season and beyond.

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Early years. Scheckter was born in Monte Carlo to 1979 Formula One World Champion Jody Scheckter and his first wife Pamela. Scheckter started racing karts in South Africa at the age of 11 and it did not take long for the young driver to reach the podium. He had his first taste of a major championship as a teenager when he captured the South African Kart Championship in 1995.

https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/magazine/articles/a-life-well-lived-jody-scheckter
A life well lived. South African driver Jody Scheckter looks back at his famous 1979 F1 title win for Ferrari and opens up his garage where his iconic 312 T4 still sits today. Words: Ben Barry - Video: Ollie McIntyre. When he opens double garage doors at the back of a courtyard, daylight floods onto 11 historic racecars that Jody Scheckter

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Scheckter proved that in the 2005 race at Texas Motor Speedway by holding off oval master Hornish in the final 10 breath-holding laps. Scheckter's INDYCAR tour spanned nine teams and netted seven poles. He led the most laps in his first two "500s," but he scored only one top-five finish, a fourth in 2003 while driving for Chip Ganassi Racing.

https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/magazine/articles/unsung-heroes-jody-scheckter
Jody Scheckter joined Ferrari for a successful 1979 season and was known affectionately as Baby Bear. Prodigiously talented but considered by some rivals as reckless, Scheckter adopted a new approach to racing after the US Grand Prix, the last round of the 1973 season. During practice, French star François Cevert crashed fatally.

https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/formula1/jody-scheckter
The young driver Jody Scheckter was called by Enzo Ferrari to be part of the Scuderia in 1979. Jody, a South African with Lithuanian origins, was already racing at a young age in the minor formulas. He started with karts passing on to tourism class, Formula Ford and Formula 3.

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Lights To Flag is a new series that explores the challenges that drivers overcame to reach Formula 1, how their careers unfolded and ended, and - crucially - what retirement from F1 held in store for them. Jody Scheckter, 1979 world champion, tells us how he went from racing Renault saloons to taking on the likes of Gilles Villeneuve, before finding his feet in the world of firearms and

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Jody Scheckter famously triggered one of Formula 1's most infamous crashes at the 1973 British Grand Prix. For the 8 August 2013 issue of Autosport magazine, we spoke to him and other drivers who

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a60175817/f1-champion-jody-scheckter-to-auction-winning-ferrari-312-t4/
The Jody Scheckter Collection will be part of the RM Sotheby's Monaco auction on May 11. There are many wonderful cars that Scheckter will be parting ways with, but the headliner is the Ferrari

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It takes a lot to be a Formula 1 World Champion - even more so when it's for Scuderia Ferrari. As we celebrate this legendary driver's 70th birthday, we ask.

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https://www.nbcsports.com/motor-sports/news/the-jawn-is-gone-tomas-scheckter-announces-hes-done-racing
Tomas Scheckter turns 36 today and this is the point where we note the South African driver was often the price of admission on his own for his IndyCar career, which lasted from 2002 through 2011. Scheckter debuted with Eddie Cheever's team in 2002 and quickly rankled the establishment with his speed, aggression, and take-no-prisoners

https://rmsothebys.com/all-stories-videos/tour-f1-world-champion-jody-scheckter-s-personal-car-collection-with-ben-collins/
Scheckter takes Ben Collins—the first, infamous Stig of Britain's Top Gear series—through his racing career, via his collection, noting the pains, problems, and highlights experienced with each car, ending most notably with perhaps the most prized car of the collection, and certainly a special one for Enzo Ferrari.

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The fourth serving is Scheckter's Trojan T101, which was used to compete in - and win - the 1973 Formula 5000 season. It was the last of only six T101s ever made, with its stunning white and

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7596501/Former-F1-champion-Jody-Scheckter-shares-grief-daughter-Ila-dies-suspected-overdose.html
Former F1 driver Jody Scheckter has revealed he is 'utterly heartbroken' following the death of his daughter at the age of 21. Ila Scheckter, the fifth of Mr Scheckter's six children, died in her

https://www.gazzetta.it/motori/ferrari/27-05-2024/jody-scheckter-stile-e-talento-leclerc-come-federer.shtml
Jody Scheckter, campione del mondo di F.1 con la Ferrari nel 1979, in quell'anno iridato vinse a Monaco proprio come ha fatto ieri Leclerc: partendo dalla pole e restando in testa per tutta la gara.

https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/magazine/articles/1979-jody-scheckter-is-world-champion-at-his-first-attempt
04 dicembre 2019. It was the last Drivers' title that Ferrari won before the beginning of the Schumacher era: Jody Scheckter's 1979 win, making him World Champion and crowning a year of triumph, despite victory being almost unthinkable at the beginning of it. Credit goes to the consistent performance of the South African driver, the

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/g15086703/greatest-ferraris-of-all-time/
1975-1989 Ferrari 308, 208, and 328. This is a Ferrari with a scanty racing history that will get spanked by a 21st-century minivan in a drag race. But purely as a business proposition, the

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unveiling-the-player-care-group-hugo-scheckter-077/id1640035229?i=1000651265769
The Player Care Group, led by Hugo Scheckter, is committed to providing holistic support for football players, focusing on personal development, welfare, and off-field organisation. Hugo's journey into player care began unexpectedly during his coaching stint in America, where he discovered his talent for off-field operations and player support.

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Formula One sponsorship liveries have been used since the 1968 season. Before the arrival of sponsorship liveries in 1968 the nationality of the team determined the colour of a car entered by the team, e.g. cars entered by Italian teams were rosso corsa red, cars entered by French teams were bleu de France blue, and cars entered by British teams (with several exceptions, such as cars entered

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80 likes, 0 comments - retrogp on May 27, 2024: "WHAT A SIGHT It was a comfortable 1-2 for Jody and Gilles in their Ferrari 312T4s until Villeneuve's diff gave up on

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The latest twist in the saga comes from Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who during the Monaco Grand Prix offered a solution to the gridlock over

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Jody Scheckter. Net Worth: $100 Million. South African business proprietor and former motor racing driver Jody Scheckter is known for competing in Formula One between 1972 and 1980. Winning the Driver's Championship in 1979 with Ferrari, he is the only South African driver to have won a Formula One World Championship.

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