Zoom Condolences to Stewart and family

Former Formula One driver James Robert (Jimmy) Stewart has died, aged 76.

The Scot, better known as a sports car driver having contested only the 1953 British Grand Prix at Silverstone and a handful of non-championship F1 races before that, was the elder brother of triple World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart.

Jimmy Stewart was also credited for spurring Jackie's interest in becoming a racing driver.

At Silverstone, 22-year-old Stewart qualified his Bristol-powered Cooper T20 fifteenth and retired from his only Grand Prix.

He stopped racing altogether following a couple of serious accidents, a full decade before brother Sir Jackie made his Grand Prix debut in 1965.

Stewart's funeral will be held in Scotland.

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Source GMM