Jody Scheckter is a South African former racing driver and businessman who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980. He won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1979 driving for Ferrari, and remains the only African driver ever to win a Formula One Grand Prix or the World Drivers' Championship, taking 10 Grand Prix victories across nine seasons. He is also the only driver to win a Grand Prix in a six-wheeled car, at the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix.
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Career HighlightWon the 1979 Formula One World Drivers' Championship with Ferrari 1 Sources
1. Jody Scheckter (Wikipedia)
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born 29 January 1950) is a South African former racing driver and businessman who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980.
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born 29 January 1950) is a South African former racing driver and businessman who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980.
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born 29 January 1950) is a South African former racing driver and businessman who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980.
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Scheckter won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1979 with Ferrari, and remains the only African driver to have won a Formula One Grand Prix or the World Drivers' Championship; he won 10 Grands Prix across nine seasons.
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