The McLaren M19A -- to my eyes in the early 70s it looked so right, plus i have a model of it for Christmas from my Dad in 1972 who was killed 3 months later by a drunk on the road.
the biggest thing is how humble he is destpite fighting and beating legends, despite being a legend, "...then Lauda caught me", "I said to Gilles", "old man says everyone in my office", that's like mythology now
This fella won the F1 title in 1979. How many championships would then be the guest of honour at a Cub/Scouts jamboree in Wolverhampton England. He turned and signed autographs all day for us.
"every car had a different sound, which i found quite exciting in those days...which you don't see now". Truer words have not been spoken. What a shame what's happened to modern F1
F1 is the "peak of motorsport". Yeah sure, it's one of the most corrupt sports, probably right next to football. Renault makes a great advance in car balance? Ferrari complains, gets it banned. Mercedes makes a great advance in steering? Ferrari and Red Bull complain, get it banned. Why the hell should the peak of motorsport be restricted to a stupid ruleset? Obviously there should be restrictions in place to stop horribly unsafe things, but the way it is is pure corruption. Also the obsession with sustainability and efficiency. This isn't endurance racing, this is supposed to be about speed over everything. And leave the electric stuff to Formula E. It's impressive but utterly unnecessary, sports are about being spectacular to watch and few people find cordless drills on wheels fun to see racing live.
My grandfather raced against him in Mozambique, and had only ever good things to say. He is an absolute legend and I’m happy* finally someone made a video like this about him.
Jody actually started racing long before those guys. I watched him race a Renault 8 in South Africa against the likes of John Love, who also won the British Saloon Car championship in 1962 I think it was. Back in 2014/15 I had the honour of putting together a collection of classic cars for the auction house that I was working for at the time in Durban, SA, and the Renault that was sold at the auction turned out to be Jody's race car which we only discovered after the car was sold and delivered. If we had known that before the auction the price would have been a lot higher. It was sold to Aldo Scribante the owner of the F1 track in East London, SA, so he must have known all about it when he saw it coming up for auction.His nickname in SA was "Sideways Scheckter"
It's amusing to see that Mr. Scheckter still displays all of the restless, somewhat impatient energy that he did during his F1 career. As alluded to in the interview, he had a reputation as a young driver for crashing more often than would be hoped...and for being a tough negotiator during salary talks with Mr. Ferrari! An interesting video.
Fair play to Jody for having the time and commitment to acquire his old race cars . Probably a very rare breed and one of the early drivers in F1 when the pay wasn’t great ,death could be just around the corner driving a ready made coffin and fame didn’t really come into the equation . Got to respect this generation of gentlemen 👍
I doubt they thought about death really. To me it's about the adrenaline rush of being on the edge of losing control or maybe more on the edge of being able to control the car.
@@answeris4217 considering what he says at 6:20 you're probably right, at least when they were young. it probably changes as they get older, get married and have children if they do do that.
@@isthatrubble I doubt it. Jacques Villeneuve was 7 or 8 when Jody was talking about Gilles as a daredevil and Jody had kids when he won his championship. Like I said if you are afraid you can't race. That's true even today.
Scheckter is definitely one of the most underrated drivers of all time. He won the World Championship in 1979, finished 2nd in 1977 and 3rd in 1974 and 1976. This includes 10 F1 race wins including Monaco twice.
He is, with all respect not on the high level as Schumacher, Prost, Senna, Jim Clark, Fangio and now the recent F1 drivers Lewis and Max. Think he knows his place on that.
@@MR021_i highly doubt it has anything to do with his nationality, while true that he would be more well known if he was English, but being from South Africa is no different than being European. He won 1 title and as unfair as it may be, you kind of need to win 2 or 3 to be more celebrated. John Surtees, Denny Hulme, Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg are all world champions from Scheckters era and about as well known as the rest
He absolutely smashed Gilles Villeneuve in '79. Clinched the championship with 2 rounds to go. Villeneuve padded his points in the last 2 races while Scheckter celebrated. It was not close.
Jody is only underrated by those who don’t know how Dam fast Jody was or how bloody good that era was his 12 Grand Prix wins today is = to 120 Grand Prix wins
I was 12 years old when started to follow f1 races, about 1978 and the most impressive car to me then, was Lotus 1979. But then in 1979 surge the Ferrari 312 T4, an absolutely unforgettable champion f1 car. Gorgeous car, Mr Scheckter.
He seems a no nonsense kind of guy, i read somewhere his pal chris evans saying he doesn't do much media or interviews, so this was a treat, thanks Ben . 👍👏👏
My sincere thanks to Jody Scheckter for bringing so much excitement to my childhood. I had a die cast model of the McLaren M19A that I treasured. What an incredible thing to have the real deal parked up in the garage! I hope whoever owns them next preserves them as well as they have been.
I wish Jody wrote a book covering his entire career. He and Gilles were probably the last drivers in one team who were friends and drove with honour. Shame TGT didn’t do a story on Jody and Gilles, would have been something to watch. Thanks BC for this vid, best thing I have seen on Utube for some time. That 312 is just beautiful😩
I saw him at the 1976 Long Beach GP driving for Wolf. He had this epic battle with Andretti and Lauda, leading almost the entire race, until a slow puncture meant Andretti got by him in the Queen's Hairpin 3 laps from the end. Lauda passed him at the same place on the next lap. I was on the outside of Queen's, and watching those three trying to outbreak each other into that corner, lap after lap, was amazing!
Oh my God, that flat twelve must be the most beautiful F1 car ever. I thought the lotus of Andretti was beautiful but being a 12yr old in '79 i couldn't believe how beautiful it was and still is❤
Watching Jody hammering around Kyalami in saloons back in the day. Got to speak with him (and many other F1 drivers) at tyre testing 1977 SA Grand Prix as well. This along with supplying John Surtees and crew with beer on a HOT summers Sunday (no shops open) afternoon at the beginning of tyre testing. Them were the days !!! No access pass needed when we had a big cool box full of beer 🙂
What a fabulous collection! I was at the F2 race at Crystal Palace when Jody drove the McLaren, I got a dramatic photo of him when he lost it at North Tower corner! But, he was the only driver who didn't hit the banking sleepers!
fantastic video with nostalgic story telling. Watching Jody fire up the Ferrari at the end made the hairs on the back of my neck stand. Well done Ben and crew
What a wonderful video to watch. To see all these nostalgic F1 cars, and you've topped it off with the greatest of all time, the 312 T4. It is still a thing of beauty. I built a model of this around 30 years ago, and I still have it now. And to hear and see it fire-up at the end was just awesome. Thank you so much.
What a ledge and a talent Jody was. This is epic. What a collection and what a driver. Feel a bit sad he's selling them. Love the stories from the 70's when guys just created their own cars.
Great interview with a great guy who just loved to race, ‘I was a hooligan’ … what a legend and had mechanical empathy while pushing the limits… thanks Ben for another great story
This is great, love the little insight that Jody gives, and Ben knows about the driving dynamics and seems to prompt Jody into recalling certain memories.
What a joy to see this! I became a Jody Scheckter fan watching him race Formula 5000 at Watkins Glen all those years ago, and followed him throughout his career. This interview, listening to him tell stories of his cars, has warmed my heart. I have done well in the years since that first Watkins Glen race, but not well enough to bid on one of his cars I'm afraid.
I only saw Jody racing once, at the 1977 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch, but I met him many years later at the Killarney race track in Capetown South Africa, one of his nephews was competing in a karting event at which I was an official timekeeper, very nice man, a wonderful experience. Ian was probably there too that day but I didn't see him.
I saw him race at the 1977 British GP and got his autograph in the paddock afterwards. Different times when you could just walk into the paddock after the racing had finished and he was just sat on the steps to the team trailer signing autographs and chatting to everyone. He was really nice and very humble - I was there as a 12 year old James Hunt fan and he saw Hunt's autograph on my programme too and just asked me about how I enjoyed Hunt winning etc, no ego, just a nice guy.
@@markmall7142 Ian used to race Formula Atlantic here in SA during the 80's, they were open wheel cars with rotary engines, sounded lovely and were very fast. The last time I saw him race and possibly the last time he ever raced was a modified saloon car race in Capetown, he was driving a Saphire turbo Cosworth and his main challenger was a driver by the name of Hennie van der Linde in a turbocharged Nissan Skyline .. I'd watched both of them during practice on the Friday and they were spectacular with their popping and whistling waste gates .. During the race on Saturday the two of them touched as they turned onto the main straight causing at least one of them to vault the pit wall, killing a photographer and injuring several others. The story I heard is that Ian walked away from the sport after that.
So many cars from my childhood, especially those Yardley McLarens and that epic 6-wheeled Elf Tyrrell! I had the big 1/10th scale Burago die-cast toy of it!
A legend. I remember going to a test session at Zandvoort in 1979, where I managed to get into the paddock. While being at the loo, I noticed two drivers standing next to me on both sides: on the left Gilles Villeneuve, on the right Jody. I was quite „overwhelmed“ 😂 by it…
Jody, if you ever see this? You left the world wonderful memories of a passionate, skilful and legendary driver. From the pinnacle of F1, a time where drivers and designers had that little bit more freedom to express themselves. Wonderful to see the legend and his cars.
I was privileged to see him in the Kyalami 9 hours in the late 60's before he got into F1 & then at every SA F1GP that he competed in, so of course I was going to be a fan. He has a very desirable collection.
What a humble guy, great interview. You know when you see and hear these old cars you remember just how excited they used to get you as a kid, I can't imagine the cars today doing the same unfortunately.
I'd always looked up to Jody when I was a kid , and he was my fave driver, and was the only one to be able to get the P34 to a GP win. And then absolutely loved the look of the first Wolf....and to my delight as a twelve year old, it then won on debut in Argentina. Was so pleased when he got that championship two years later. And then AJ won it the following year ! It's great to hear him speak so casually about key moments and people in arguably what was the best era in Grand Prix racing. Think of it this way : from 1976 to 1982 inclusive, so that's seven seasons, there were seven individual world champions....never happened before or since, and unlikely to ever happen again. In other interviews, it's arresting to hear Jody talk about how he was first on the scene at Cevert's crash, what he saw,.and how that changed his approach to driving.;
Thx Ben for this, Im a gearhead and from Sweden and as you know Vikings is hard as a rock, But when Jody sat down in his old car and the engine revs. I felt my eyes going wet, a great video. Keep the wheels rollin :)
I’ve watched a few of your interviews Ben and just love the fact that you give people the space to talk and relax. So many interviewers egos kick in, you’re so knowledgeable and leave folk to tell their stories. Keep em coming 👍
WOW Mr Collins, fantastic interview! Remember Jody from my childhood, particularly remember seeing the Yardley car back in the day! Fantastic! Thank you!👍👏👏👏❤️
Anyone who witnessed the 1979 F1 season will never forget it. Jody and Gilles will remain the most memorable driving duo of the Scuderia. At the time, History was being written live.
This is glorious, how effortless it was to just start the car and go… You’d need a huge team of people and a few computers to bring back a modern moth balled F1 car to life.
When I was 15 years old, I was fortunate enough to see some of his cars, and Jody in action at the Top Gear Festival at Kyalami (Not sure if Ben was there or not, but I am sure he was under the Stig suit) he also got to drivein The RB 5 I think it was... And needless to say, even though he was long retired... he did not go for a sunday drive, those F1 engines were screaming at full chat... The most incredible memories seeing those amazing machines going around Kyalami.
Never forget talking with Jody while a barbeque at Brooklands. Loved your story with the submarine door!! Will ring at your door being in Capetown next time.😀
Thank you Ben, for getting an insight of one greats in racing and up close to Jody's race car collection. I think we would all agree, that Jody is one of the special ones that is a under unrecognized in today's times.
Great stuff. Talking of fitness. I remember when Jody stunned everyone by winning the BBC series Superstars in the 70s, and beating 'proper athletes'. It totally changed people's understanding of what it took to drive a Formula 1 car, and how fit you had to be...
I saw Jody win at Laguna Seca in the F-5000 race. While I wouldn't say he was a hooligan, he lived up to the billing of "Sideways Scheckter ". He would setup into the corner visibly faster and oversteering then hold the drift much later than anyone else with nary a bobble , lap after lap. I was sort of were waiting for the crash that didn't come that day.
Lol, I was there too! I was about 10. I had been to a few races by then and Jody was by far the most hair raising driver I had ever seen at that point. Sideways constantly, fun as hell to watch! Ironically he would eventually become Gilles teammate who was SUPER wild, but by then Jody had become more of a thinking driver. I miss those days.
I was given a model car of the Tyrrell 6 wheel back in the early 80s that I had to glue together and I was always intrigued by the design of the car. So cool to see it out and about these days all these years later, and seeing you drive it in another video.
I met Gilles twice: 1976 at Kyalami (the proper, original one) at the end of his F.Atlantic season. We discussed our aspirations (his F1, my F3) at Kyalami Ranch for some hours. Although he new exactly how great a driver he was, he was so humble with it; 1978 at the Monaco GP (he exiting, me entering the Mirabeau Hotel). Even as an already-famous Ferrari F1 driver, he remembered and greeted me, although I'd only met him once, 18 months before. I was devastated by Gilles' death, just 4 years later :-(
Love that 6-wheeled ELF! Mr. Scheckter seems like a nice, humble chap! Love the stories and history in display here! Incredible Ford Cosworth powerplants here! Hope the auction goes well.
The sound of that 312T4 starting up made what ever hair I've got left on my head stand on end. What a fabulous way of annoying the neighbours, beats starting up the lawn mower any day. Legendary driver, legendary car!
First met Jody one morning back in 73 when he turned up Rondels, I thought he was Ron's nephew who was going to some van driving, so I showed him the VW Van ... no he said I drive these pointing at one of the F2 Cars .... 😂😂 #topman #happydays
What a collection. The Ferrari is amazing, but the six wheel Tyrrell has always been the car I have wanted in my garage. You have to respect Jody, he says it as it was at the time. "I was young" there was no thought of the danger, just taking the car to 10/10ths or a step beyond. Young people today don't get to see that in F1 and as a result the edge of enjoyments for the spectator is not there. The cost of progress. Going from a third gear corner to doing the same corner in fifth gear the next season has to be a wake-up call. The forces on the body of the driver and the structure of the car must have been enormous, not to mention the increase in reaction time required. Respect.
The spirit of competition in wheel to wheel racing is alive and well today in MotoGP motorcycle racing. It's worth giving it a look. F1 simply is not now what it once was.
I'd never heard of him, then I bought Racing Car News, and turned to the F1 report...there was a long photograph..22 year old Jody was leading by a mile what a fantastic drive that was
Thank you Jodie. What a magnificent Champion coupled with a magnificent Steward hardship of your awesome cars. What a great little documentary. Thank you.
Thank you Ben. You have done a great job with this Jody and Cars topic and, evident from the many comments, made a lot of old (and young?) guys very happy 🙂. Also with your many responses to the comments.
The speed at which he exited the car at the end could be a lesson for modern car design. Beautiful cars from a wonderful era of racing, just glad that I was a witness to the rawness of that age.
A legendary collection. Which one would you put a bid on? 👇
Check out the auction here: rmsothebys.com/en/home/lots/mc24
The McLaren M19A -- to my eyes in the early 70s it looked so right, plus i have a model of it for Christmas from my Dad in 1972 who was killed 3 months later by a drunk on the road.
All of 'em of course, how can you choose between so much wonder.😍 Thank you Ben. Jody, my childhood hero!
that Ferrari is one of the all time greats, as is the driver
Did the Top Gear gang ever realize how good you are at interviewing Ben?!?
Too many commercials, Ben. Don't like it
the biggest thing is how humble he is destpite fighting and beating legends, despite being a legend, "...then Lauda caught me", "I said to Gilles", "old man says everyone in my office", that's like mythology now
Yeah some of those little phrases are so cool to hear. Just have to freak out quietly.
It's not being humble. Why would he treat his own life and history as if he was a fan from the outside? That makes no sense.
This fella won the F1 title in 1979.
How many championships would then be the guest of honour at a Cub/Scouts jamboree in Wolverhampton England.
He turned and signed autographs all day for us.
That's really nice. I'm jealous but in a good way!
"every car had a different sound, which i found quite exciting in those days...which you don't see now". Truer words have not been spoken. What a shame what's happened to modern F1
Us true enthusiasts need to get together to protest to these feminazis that run F1 . Bring back the noise ,it's the life blood of F1
wait and see when all cars will be electric...luckily I will not see this because of my age...
Yawnnnnnn
F1 is the "peak of motorsport". Yeah sure, it's one of the most corrupt sports, probably right next to football. Renault makes a great advance in car balance? Ferrari complains, gets it banned. Mercedes makes a great advance in steering? Ferrari and Red Bull complain, get it banned.
Why the hell should the peak of motorsport be restricted to a stupid ruleset? Obviously there should be restrictions in place to stop horribly unsafe things, but the way it is is pure corruption.
Also the obsession with sustainability and efficiency. This isn't endurance racing, this is supposed to be about speed over everything. And leave the electric stuff to Formula E. It's impressive but utterly unnecessary, sports are about being spectacular to watch and few people find cordless drills on wheels fun to see racing live.
My grandfather raced against him in Mozambique, and had only ever good things to say. He is an absolute legend and I’m happy* finally someone made a video like this about him.
No way. That's awesome!
Whats your grandfather's name??
A South African legend 🇿🇦🇿🇦
He certainly is.
he still has his sa accent 🥰
Ikr
Hectic, I didn’t know we had a South African F1 driver…We need more 😅🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
As a south African he makes me very proud.
Dude started racing with Graham Hill, Derek Bell, Surtees. Ended with Prost, Mansell, Patrese, Rosberg.
Jody actually started racing long before those guys. I watched him race a Renault 8 in South Africa against the likes of John Love, who also won the British Saloon Car championship in 1962 I think it was. Back in 2014/15 I had the honour of putting together a collection of classic cars for the auction house that I was working for at the time in Durban, SA, and the Renault that was sold at the auction turned out to be Jody's race car which we only discovered after the car was sold and delivered. If we had known that before the auction the price would have been a lot higher. It was sold to Aldo Scribante the owner of the F1 track in East London, SA, so he must have known all about it when he saw it coming up for auction.His nickname in SA was "Sideways Scheckter"
@@kentilly6160 these drivers didn’t come out of nowhere. Love the history, love the experience, thanks for sharing!
@@kentilly6160 gordinis always went sideways, I had one. Great fun!
Love that he drove it some meters, a last ride, so fucking legendary and nostalgic, awesome guy!
His heart was racing and he was 40 years younger for a few seconds
Legendary indeed!
Its not being sold for another month.
I’m sure whoever buys it would allow him to drive it if the mood takes him.
@@Dreynothey damn sure better. Watching the man who drove the car you bought drive it. Would be a blessing
I met Jody when I was 8 years old at Brands Hatch in 1976, and he was incredible to me and my dad.
That's so sick!
Mr Collins! You come across as the most knowledgeable, and well informed, interviewer EVER! An absolute pleasure to listen to! Thank You!
Glad you enjoyed it! Was a pleasure to chat to Jody.
It’s all the thinking he was doing as the stig
Always been a fan of Scheckter, fast, honest, no nonsense, no bs... one of the great
are you sure he wasnt dealing in arms sales to racist dictators ? i suspect he aided both israeli intellegence and CIA
It's amusing to see that Mr. Scheckter still displays all of the restless, somewhat impatient energy that he did during his F1 career. As alluded to in the interview, he had a reputation as a young driver for crashing more often than would be hoped...and for being a tough negotiator during salary talks with Mr. Ferrari! An interesting video.
Fair play to Jody for having the time and commitment to acquire his old race cars . Probably a very rare breed and one of the early drivers in F1 when the pay wasn’t great ,death could be just around the corner driving a ready made coffin and fame didn’t really come into the equation .
Got to respect this generation of gentlemen 👍
I doubt they thought about death really. To me it's about the adrenaline rush of being on the edge of losing control or maybe more on the edge of being able to control the car.
@@answeris4217 considering what he says at 6:20 you're probably right, at least when they were young. it probably changes as they get older, get married and have children if they do do that.
@@isthatrubble I doubt it. Jacques Villeneuve was 7 or 8 when Jody was talking about Gilles as a daredevil and Jody had kids when he won his championship.
Like I said if you are afraid you can't race. That's true even today.
Great comments!!
@@answeris4217 I do think it changes some of them. seems like it was at least part of why vettel retired.
I could listen to Jody talk all day. An F1 legend and always has a special place for us Ferrari fans. And that 312 T4, wow what a stunning car.
Scheckter is definitely one of the most underrated drivers of all time.
He won the World Championship in 1979, finished 2nd in 1977 and 3rd in 1974 and 1976.
This includes 10 F1 race wins including Monaco twice.
yeah they don't like giving us as South Africans the credit we sometimes deserve
He is, with all respect not on the high level as Schumacher, Prost, Senna, Jim Clark, Fangio and now the recent F1 drivers Lewis and Max. Think he knows his place on that.
@@MR021_i highly doubt it has anything to do with his nationality, while true that he would be more well known if he was English, but being from South Africa is no different than being European.
He won 1 title and as unfair as it may be, you kind of need to win 2 or 3 to be more celebrated.
John Surtees, Denny Hulme, Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg are all world champions from Scheckters era and about as well known as the rest
He absolutely smashed Gilles Villeneuve in '79. Clinched the championship with 2 rounds to go. Villeneuve padded his points in the last 2 races while Scheckter celebrated. It was not close.
Jody is only underrated by those who don’t know how Dam fast Jody was or how bloody good that era was his 12 Grand Prix wins today is = to 120 Grand Prix wins
I was at school with him in 1963 in South Africa. He was into carting back then. Interesting fellow.
Quickest half hour spent here in a long while 👍 Thanks to Mr. Scheckter for having you, thank you for bringing us along !
Our pleasure!
I was 12 years old when started to follow f1 races, about 1978 and the most impressive car to me then, was Lotus 1979.
But then in 1979 surge the Ferrari 312 T4, an absolutely unforgettable champion f1 car.
Gorgeous car, Mr Scheckter.
He seems a no nonsense kind of guy, i read somewhere his pal chris evans saying he doesn't do much media or interviews, so this was a treat, thanks Ben . 👍👏👏
My sincere thanks to Jody Scheckter for bringing so much excitement to my childhood. I had a die cast model of the McLaren M19A that I treasured. What an incredible thing to have the real deal parked up in the garage! I hope whoever owns them next preserves them as well as they have been.
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What a champ! The honest, straight forward language is great to hear.
Wasn't expecting anything else.
These are REAL F1 cars. Wonderful to see. You are fortunate Ben
I wish Jody wrote a book covering his entire career. He and Gilles were probably the last drivers in one team who were friends and drove with honour. Shame TGT didn’t do a story on Jody and Gilles, would have been something to watch. Thanks BC for this vid, best thing I have seen on Utube for some time. That 312 is just beautiful😩
One of the best F1 interviews I have ever seen!
I saw him at the 1976 Long Beach GP driving for Wolf. He had this epic battle with Andretti and Lauda, leading almost the entire race, until a slow puncture meant Andretti got by him in the Queen's Hairpin 3 laps from the end. Lauda passed him at the same place on the next lap. I was on the outside of Queen's, and watching those three trying to outbreak each other into that corner, lap after lap, was amazing!
'77 I think
@@iancampbell7171 Of course you are correct. My age is showing!
1977 was the year.
What an amazing experience that must have been.
Love the 6-wheeled Tyrrell
Jody! What a legend. Remember watching him win at Kyalami. Thank you for a great video.
Oh my God, that flat twelve must be the most beautiful F1 car ever. I thought the lotus of Andretti was beautiful but being a 12yr old in '79 i couldn't believe how beautiful it was and still is❤
Every word you have just said is so true regarding the Lotus and this thing of beauty.
Watching Jody hammering around Kyalami in saloons back in the day. Got to speak with him (and many other F1 drivers) at tyre testing 1977 SA Grand Prix as well. This along with supplying John Surtees and crew with beer on a HOT summers Sunday (no shops open) afternoon at the beginning of tyre testing. Them were the days !!! No access pass needed when we had a big cool box full of beer 🙂
The two cars that stand out are the Wolf and the Ferrari… both stunning but, the Ferrari is timeless. Also that helmet design.
The Ferrari is wonderful!
What a fabulous collection! I was at the F2 race at Crystal Palace when Jody drove the McLaren, I got a dramatic photo of him when he lost it at North Tower corner! But, he was the only driver who didn't hit the banking sleepers!
1972? I was there too!
fantastic video with nostalgic story telling. Watching Jody fire up the Ferrari at the end made the hairs on the back of my neck stand. Well done Ben and crew
Glad you enjoyed it man! Yeah it was VERY special seeing him fire it up again.
Gave me goose bumps as well
What a wonderful video to watch. To see all these nostalgic F1 cars, and you've topped it off with the greatest of all time, the 312 T4. It is still a thing of beauty. I built a model of this around 30 years ago, and I still have it now. And to hear and see it fire-up at the end was just awesome. Thank you so much.
What a collection! And such amazing stories from Jody. Thanks for bringing us this history, Ben.
What a legend!
These are the type of guys that inspire petrolheads all over the world.
What a brilliant watch. Thank you for always letting the guests speak and think.
Mr. Collins it makes my day when you upload! Mr. Scheckter himself is the stuff of legend!
Glad to hear it man!
Wow! The little insights in Gilles driving technique were the absolute best part to me. Simply beautiful!
Glad you liked it!
What a great interview! The Ferrari! WOW ! A great pleasure to see it driven! I’ll keep this interview!
22.50 into this brought a tear to my eye.. An absolute legend of the sport.
Yep
What a ledge and a talent Jody was. This is epic. What a collection and what a driver. Feel a bit sad he's selling them. Love the stories from the 70's when guys just created their own cars.
Thanks Ben, what a pleasure to see Jody still every bit the racer. Those racing memories were pin sharp! And, what a collection!
Great interview with a great guy who just loved to race, ‘I was a hooligan’ … what a legend and had mechanical empathy while pushing the limits… thanks Ben for another great story
This is great, love the little insight that Jody gives, and Ben knows about the driving dynamics and seems to prompt Jody into recalling certain memories.
What a joy to see this! I became a Jody Scheckter fan watching him race Formula 5000 at Watkins Glen all those years ago, and followed him throughout his career. This interview, listening to him tell stories of his cars, has warmed my heart. I have done well in the years since that first Watkins Glen race, but not well enough to bid on one of his cars I'm afraid.
Wouldn't it be a dream to wheel this out of your garage every weekend to give it a wipe over and accidentally show off. 😊
I only saw Jody racing once, at the 1977 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch, but I met him many years later at the Killarney race track in Capetown South Africa, one of his nephews was competing in a karting event at which I was an official timekeeper, very nice man, a wonderful experience. Ian was probably there too that day but I didn't see him.
I saw him race at the 1977 British GP and got his autograph in the paddock afterwards. Different times when you could just walk into the paddock after the racing had finished and he was just sat on the steps to the team trailer signing autographs and chatting to everyone. He was really nice and very humble - I was there as a 12 year old James Hunt fan and he saw Hunt's autograph on my programme too and just asked me about how I enjoyed Hunt winning etc, no ego, just a nice guy.
I think his brother still lives here
@@markmall7142 Ian used to race Formula Atlantic here in SA during the 80's, they were open wheel cars with rotary engines, sounded lovely and were very fast. The last time I saw him race and possibly the last time he ever raced was a modified saloon car race in Capetown, he was driving a Saphire turbo Cosworth and his main challenger was a driver by the name of Hennie van der Linde in a turbocharged Nissan Skyline .. I'd watched both of them during practice on the Friday and they were spectacular with their popping and whistling waste gates .. During the race on Saturday the two of them touched as they turned onto the main straight causing at least one of them to vault the pit wall, killing a photographer and injuring several others. The story I heard is that Ian walked away from the sport after that.
Correction, it was Hannes Grobler, not van der Linde ..
So many cars from my childhood, especially those Yardley McLarens and that epic 6-wheeled Elf Tyrrell! I had the big 1/10th scale Burago die-cast toy of it!
Having watched Jody over many years in F1 and historic racing, he is one of my favourites, thanks for sharing Ben.
Glad you enjoyed it man. Loved filming this one.
I could listen to this guy all day! Sounds like someone discussing their latest track day. Completely humble and down to earth.
A legend. I remember going to a test session at Zandvoort in 1979, where I managed to get into the paddock. While being at the loo, I noticed two drivers standing next to me on both sides: on the left Gilles Villeneuve, on the right Jody. I was quite „overwhelmed“ 😂 by it…
No way. What a cool memory.
Simply outstanding presentation. Jody is a legend from my early teenage years and one of the lions who drove these machines in the 70s
Jody, if you ever see this? You left the world wonderful memories of a passionate, skilful and legendary driver. From the pinnacle of F1, a time where drivers and designers had that little bit more freedom to express themselves.
Wonderful to see the legend and his cars.
Thank you, Ben, for sharing this amazing story and collection of cars by Jody Scheckter!
The sound of the T4!! Great Jody
I was privileged to see him in the Kyalami 9 hours in the late 60's before he got into F1 & then at every SA F1GP that he competed in, so of course I was going to be a fan. He has a very desirable collection.
Fabulous for us Ferrari nuts. Thanks for doing this Ben.
You are WELCOME.
My earliest childhood hero.Ignited an interest and love for F1 due to the influence of Jody on our nation.Thanks for sharing your history
As a huge F1 fan I love this video. Legendary driver and epic cars from a very different era. Thank you Mr. Collins. Greetings from Hungary!
What a humble guy, great interview. You know when you see and hear these old cars you remember just how excited they used to get you as a kid, I can't imagine the cars today doing the same unfortunately.
What a privilege to see that collection still together, and a tour from the man himself ❤ am extremely jealous here 😆
I'd always looked up to Jody when I was a kid , and he was my fave driver, and was the only one to be able to get the P34 to a GP win. And then absolutely loved the look of the first Wolf....and to my delight as a twelve year old, it then won on debut in Argentina. Was so pleased when he got that championship two years later. And then AJ won it the following year ! It's great to hear him speak so casually about key moments and people in arguably what was the best era in Grand Prix racing. Think of it this way : from 1976 to 1982 inclusive, so that's seven seasons, there were seven individual world champions....never happened before or since, and unlikely to ever happen again. In other interviews, it's arresting to hear Jody talk about how he was first on the scene at Cevert's crash, what he saw,.and how that changed his approach to driving.;
Thx Ben for this, Im a gearhead and from Sweden and as you know Vikings is hard as a rock, But when Jody sat down in his old car and the engine revs. I felt my eyes going wet, a great video. Keep the wheels rollin :)
Mr Collins, I'm a young mecanic and 80's enthousiast.
Thank you for transmiting your passion to people like me kilometers away. ❤
I’ve watched a few of your interviews Ben and just love the fact that you give people the space to talk and relax. So many interviewers egos kick in, you’re so knowledgeable and leave folk to tell their stories. Keep em coming 👍
I want to hear Jody talk as much as you guys. Can't interrupt this legend.
WOW Mr Collins, fantastic interview! Remember Jody from my childhood, particularly remember seeing the Yardley car back in the day!
Fantastic! Thank you!👍👏👏👏❤️
Thr best "new-ish" car channel on TH-cam. I LOVE this video. Thank you Sir Stiggy
Anyone who witnessed the 1979 F1 season will never forget it. Jody and Gilles will remain the most memorable driving duo of the Scuderia. At the time, History was being written live.
This is glorious, how effortless it was to just start the car and go… You’d need a huge team of people and a few computers to bring back a modern moth balled F1 car to life.
When I was 15 years old, I was fortunate enough to see some of his cars, and Jody in action at the Top Gear Festival at Kyalami (Not sure if Ben was there or not, but I am sure he was under the Stig suit) he also got to drivein The RB 5 I think it was... And needless to say, even though he was long retired... he did not go for a sunday drive, those F1 engines were screaming at full chat... The most incredible memories seeing those amazing machines going around Kyalami.
Never forget talking with Jody while a barbeque at Brooklands. Loved your story with the submarine door!! Will ring at your door being in Capetown next time.😀
Thank you Ben, for getting an insight of one greats in racing and up close to Jody's race car collection. I think we would all agree, that Jody is one of the special ones that is a under unrecognized in today's times.
What an interesting perspective on his career & OMG what collection.
Great stuff. Talking of fitness. I remember when Jody stunned everyone by winning the BBC series Superstars in the 70s, and beating 'proper athletes'. It totally changed people's understanding of what it took to drive a Formula 1 car, and how fit you had to be...
I saw Jody win at Laguna Seca in the F-5000 race. While I wouldn't say he was a hooligan, he lived up to the billing of "Sideways Scheckter ". He would setup into the corner visibly faster and oversteering then hold the drift much later than anyone else with nary a bobble , lap after lap. I was sort of were waiting for the crash that didn't come that day.
Lol, I was there too! I was about 10. I had been to a few races by then and Jody was by far the most hair raising driver I had ever seen at that point. Sideways constantly, fun as hell to watch! Ironically he would eventually become Gilles teammate who was SUPER wild, but by then Jody had become more of a thinking driver. I miss those days.
I was given a model car of the Tyrrell 6 wheel back in the early 80s that I had to glue together and I was always intrigued by the design of the car. So cool to see it out and about these days all these years later, and seeing you drive it in another video.
An amazing video! So well presented. And, as a Canadian, i really appreciated Jody's comments about Gilles.
I met Gilles twice:
1976 at Kyalami (the proper, original one) at the end of his F.Atlantic season. We discussed our aspirations (his F1, my F3) at Kyalami Ranch for some hours. Although he new exactly how great a driver he was, he was so humble with it;
1978 at the Monaco GP (he exiting, me entering the Mirabeau Hotel). Even as an already-famous Ferrari F1 driver, he remembered and greeted me, although I'd only met him once, 18 months before. I was devastated by Gilles' death, just 4 years later :-(
Love that 6-wheeled ELF! Mr. Scheckter seems like a nice, humble chap! Love the stories and history in display here! Incredible Ford Cosworth powerplants here! Hope the auction goes well.
Wonderful story. Lovely humble man. A legend in motor sport. 1:25
The sound of that 312T4 starting up made what ever hair I've got left on my head stand on end. What a fabulous way of annoying the neighbours, beats starting up the lawn mower any day. Legendary driver, legendary car!
Brilliant….seeing him drive round his drive…winning a championship for Ferrari at Monza..unimaginable..
Absolutely unbelievable scenes.
Many thanks for another great upload Ben. Your knowledge and specific questions are a joy for your viewers!
First met Jody one morning back in 73 when he turned up Rondels, I thought he was Ron's nephew who was going to some van driving, so I showed him the VW Van ... no he said I drive these pointing at one of the F2 Cars .... 😂😂 #topman #happydays
This was so cool to watch. Jody Scheckter was my hero when I grew up.
What a collection. The Ferrari is amazing, but the six wheel Tyrrell has always been the car I have wanted in my garage. You have to respect Jody, he says it as it was at the time. "I was young" there was no thought of the danger, just taking the car to 10/10ths or a step beyond. Young people today don't get to see that in F1 and as a result the edge of enjoyments for the spectator is not there. The cost of progress. Going from a third gear corner to doing the same corner in fifth gear the next season has to be a wake-up call. The forces on the body of the driver and the structure of the car must have been enormous, not to mention the increase in reaction time required. Respect.
Very well put. Great words.
The spirit of competition in wheel to wheel racing is alive and well today in MotoGP motorcycle racing. It's worth giving it a look. F1 simply is not now what it once was.
Those guys were VERY brave, but too many lives were lost 😞
I wrote to Jody and got his autograph after seeing him at the Autosport Show in 2011. Lovely man.
Wow, nice!
Jody is super humble guy! Wished Ben would have let him finish his sentences though. All the best to both of you!
I'd never heard of him, then I bought Racing Car News, and turned to the F1 report...there was a long photograph..22 year old Jody was leading by a mile what a fantastic drive that was
What a fantastic interview, thanks for posting, jody is a legend !!
I remember the T4 at Long Beach in 79'...Gilles was so quick, like a slot car...the sound of the Ferrari's echoing off the buildings was marvelous 😂.
Was lucky enough to see him do demo laps at Monza in 2019
Out of interest, did he push it?
My most favorite driver of those days and a heaven of nice cars, especially the both Tyrrell, the first Wolf and the 312T4.
Thank you Jodie. What a magnificent Champion coupled with a magnificent Steward hardship of your awesome cars. What a great little documentary. Thank you.
Thank you Ben. You have done a great job with this Jody and Cars topic and, evident from the many comments, made a lot of old (and young?) guys very happy 🙂. Also with your many responses to the comments.
Jody is a legend those drivers were so short and efficient..such a nice guy
Brilliant interview.
I like your style Ben.👍🏼
Very easy to listen to, very relaxed & well informed.
Glad you enjoyed it! Will look to do more.
Always a pleasure Jody, back to old memories when F1 used to be great and Ferrari was Ferrari. ❤
The speed at which he exited the car at the end could be a lesson for modern car design.
Beautiful cars from a wonderful era of racing, just glad that I was a witness to the rawness of that age.
What a collection, what a guy, thanks Ben 👍🏻
Merlyn FF 1600 at Jim Russell Silverstone 1975 was my intro to racing... Thanks Jody ! Last seen southbound on A20 to brands hatch...
FF 1600 Van Diemen for me. my ex wife bought me a trial lesson at Jim Russell at Silverstone in 1976.
Thank you. What a guy, those stories take you right back into the great GP years of the seventies. Dangerous but good.