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Jody Scheckter: "When you first get into F1 you’ll do anything. I remember once thinking I'd rather be dead than not drive in F1…"

Jody Scheckter: "When you first get into F1 you’ll do anything. I remember once thinking I'd rather be dead than not drive in F1…"

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 7 Jahren

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Jody Scheckter’s life has been anything but conventional. Having
arrived in Britain from South Africa in 1970, Jody broke into
Grand Prix racing in 1972 with McLaren where he caused a stir
with his great speed and somewhat wild race craft. Rough edges
polished, he’d go on to win the sport’s ultimate prize - the
world title - in 1979 while driving for Ferrari, though in some
ways that was just the beginning. Less than a year later he’d
announce his retirement from F1, turning his attention instead to
the world of business, where he went on to have great success,
first with his firearms training company and then with his
ground-breaking organic farming business.

On this week’s show, host Tom Clarkson is treated to a trip
down memory lane, with stories of Jody’s 70s rivals and the
danger of the era, his relationship with Enzo Ferrari and team
mate Gilles Villeneuve, how he applied F1 processes to the
business world, and much, much more…