Ian Scheckter

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Biography

The elder brother of 1979 Formula One champion Jody Scheckter and uncle of IRL racer Tomas Scheckter, his first F1 races were in the South African Grand Prix, first driving a Lotus 72 for locals Team Gunston in 1974. The following year and also in 1976, he drove a Tyrrell 007 for Lexington Racing, either side of a couple of European outings for Williams.

In domestic racing, Scheckter came close to ending the run of Dave Charlton of titles in the South African National Drivers Championship in 1975, but in his two spells as a full-time competitor dominated the championship winning 49 races and equalling John Love and Charlton's tally of 6 championships.

Securing enough funds for a full season with the March works F1 team in 1977, he turned in some poor performances, aided in great part by the fact that, in some races, Team March had up to five drivers signed; lacking resources to provide adequately for them all. This situation spelled the end of his F1 career. Scheckter's final grand prix would have been the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix but he was detained and then expelled from Japan due to only having a tourist visa in his South African passport and Japanese objections to the South African apartheid regime.[1]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1974 Team Gunston Lotus 72E Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA
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Hesketh Racing Hesketh 308 Cosworth V8 AUT
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1975 Lexington Racing Tyrrell 007 Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA
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ESP MON BEL NC 0
Williams Ambrozium H7 Racing Williams FW03 Cosworth V8 SWE
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Frank Williams Racing Cars NED
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1976 Lexington Racing Tyrrell 007 Cosworth V8 BRA RSA
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USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN NC 0
1977 Rothmans International Racing March 761B Cosworth V8 ARG
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RSA USW ESP
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MON
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FRA
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GBR
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AUT
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March 771 Cosworth V8 NED
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ITA
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USA
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CAN
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JPN

See also

References

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