- Season Points Av. 40
- Best Championship Finishes. 1st (x3), 2nd (x2), 3rd
- Average Constructor Placing over Career. 2.4
- 27 wins from 17 poles
Starting in 1965 Stewart matched Graham Hill whose previous 3 championship finishes had been a first and two seconds, with a win and three 2nds.. After a tougher second year and an average 1967 Stewart moved to Tyrell. Behind the faster Lotus Stewart was best of the rest. In 1969 Stewart won 6/11 races and won the title by 26 points. 1971 again saw him take the title, this time by 29 points. In 1972 he couldn't match the faster Lotus, but still took 4 wins and finished 2nd. In 1973 he won by 16 points and then retired, after being affected by the deaths of F1 drivers, especially team-mate Francois Cevert. His post racing career was filled with a mission too improve safety. In the 1990s he ran his own F1 team Stewart GP, again winnning with Johnny Herbert at the Nurburgring in 1999.
His constructor average showed he had a reasonable car often. However, his win to pole ratio shows that when he didn't have the fastest driver and car package on the grid he could still win races. It must also be said that he was often paired with great qualifiers as well. HIs points avergae is very good also gievn that the racing season was shorter than now at 11/12 races. Winning form his debut season, matching the super quick Hill in his first season shows real skill, and challenging for the title in most seasons he had incredible ability, in a career lasting only 9 years.
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