Ian Scheckter

Ian Scheckter
Born (1947-08-22) 22 August 1947
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality South Africa South African
Active years 1974 – 1977
Teams March, Williams, non-works teams
Entries 20 (18 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1974 South African Grand Prix
Last entry 1977 Canadian Grand Prix

Ian Scheckter (born 22 August 1947 in East London, South Africa) is a former racing driver. He participated in 20 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 30 March 1974. He scored no championship points.

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

(key)

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
13		 ESP BEL MON SWE NED FRA GBR GER NC 0
Hesketh Racing Hesketh 308 Cosworth V8 AUT
DNQ		 ITA CAN USA
1975 Lexington Racing Tyrrell 007 Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA
Ret		 ESP MON BEL NC 0
Frank Williams Racing Cars Williams FW03 Cosworth V8 SWE
Ret		 NED
12		 FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA
1976 Lexington Racing Tyrrell 007 Cosworth V8 BRA RSA
Ret		 USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN NC 0
1977 Team Rothmans International March 761B Cosworth V8 ARG
Ret		 BRA
Ret		 RSA USW ESP
11		 MON
DNQ		 BEL
Ret		 SWE
Ret		 FRA
NC		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 AUT
Ret		 NC 0
March 771 Cosworth V8 NED
10		 ITA
Ret		 USA
Ret		 CAN
Ret		 JPN

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lawrence, Mike (1990). The Story of March. Osceola: Motorbooks International. p. 121. ISBN 0-946627-24-X.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
None		 South African Formula Atlantic Champion
1975–1979 		Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Graham Duxbury		 Formula South Africa Champion
1983–1984 		Succeeded by
Trevor van Rooyen
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