24 Facts About Jody Scheckter

Jody David Scheckter is a South African former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980.

Amongst winning the SCCA Continental Championship in Formula 5000, Jody Scheckter entered a further five Grands Prix in 1973 with McLaren.

Jody Scheckter earned a full-time drive with Tyrrell the following season, taking his maiden win at the Swedish Grand Prix and finishing third in the championship.

Jody Scheckter won his home Grand Prix in South Africa in 1975 and placed third in the standings again in 1976, driving the six-wheeled P34; he remains the only driver to win a Grand Prix on six wheels.

Jody Scheckter was unable to defend his title in 1980 as Ferrari struggled with the 312T5, retiring at the end of the season having achieved 10 race wins, three pole positions, five fastest laps and 33 podiums in Formula One.

Jody Scheckter then moved into organic farming, owning Laverstoke Park Farm in England.

Jody David Scheckter was born on 29 January 1950 in East London, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, and educated at Vincent Primary School and Selborne College.

Jody Scheckter rapidly ascended to the ranks of Formula One after moving to Britain in 1970.

Jody Scheckter is one of only two F1 drivers to compete under this number, the other being Damon Hill.

Jody Scheckter was behind Cevert when he crashed, and he stopped his McLaren, got out of his car and attempted to help Cevert out of his destroyed Tyrrell, but the 29-year-old Frenchman had been cut in half by the circuit's poorly installed Armco barriers and was already dead.

Jody Scheckter left for Walter Wolf's new team in 1977 and Jody Scheckter gave the team a win in its maiden race.

Jody Scheckter won twice more with the team and was often on the podium, but finished second on points behind a more dominant Niki Lauda.

Jody Scheckter was the last driver to win a Drivers' Championship for Ferrari until Michael Schumacher twenty-one years later in 2000.

Jody Scheckter was brought in by ABC's Wide World of Sports as a Pit reporter for the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix.

Jody Scheckter was a guest commentator for ITV during the 1999 San Marino Grand Prix, replacing Martin Brundle.

Jody Scheckter won the World Superstars competition in 1981, taking place in Key Biscayne, Florida.

Jody Scheckter defeated athletes such as Russ Francis, Renaldo Nehemiah, Peter Muller, Rick Barry, Gaetan Boucher and Andy Ripley.

Jody Scheckter which built firearms training simulators for military, law enforcement and security organisations.

Jody Scheckter spent his time as a biodynamic farmer, having bought the 2,500 acres Laverstoke Park Farm, near Overton, Hampshire, 40 miles south west of London.

Laverstoke Park Farm was featured on BBC's Escape To the Country where Jody Scheckter showed viewers how Buffalo Mozzarella was made.

In December 2009, Jody Scheckter announced his intention to produce a biodynamic sparkling wine by 2012.

In 2004, Jody Scheckter was reunited with his championship-winning Ferrari at the South African two-seater F1x2 Charity Grand Prix at Kyalami in South Africa.

Jody Scheckter is married and has had six children: two, Toby and Tomas, from his previous wife Pamela; and four, Hugo, Freddie, Ila and Poppy, from his current marriage to Clare.

The sale of his firearms simulation company provided funds to allow Jody Scheckter to help the racing careers of his sons Tomas and Toby.