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Sir Jackie's McLaren roots
Twitter.com/McLarenF1 The McLaren Technology Centre in Woking had a most distinguished guest on Monday, when motor racing icon Sir Jackie Stewart dropped in for a quick visit. The three-time Formula 1 world champion never actually drove for McLaren in his years as a driver. But it was when he jumped into Bruce McLaren's new Formula Three T72-BMC in testing at Goodwood in 1964 and proceeded to beat the New Zealander's times that Ken Tyrell took an interest, and it was with Tyrell that he would go on to clinch his hattrick of titles. The 77-year-old later become team principal of the Stewart Grand Prix Formula One racing team from 1997 until 1999. Ford later bought the team outright, and...
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