Ian Stewart (racing driver)

Ian Macpherson McCallum Stewart (15 July 1929 – 19 March 2017)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was a British racing driver from Scotland.

Stewart was regarded by Jim Clark as a highly-strung individual who "at the wheel was as relaxed as anyone". His only appearance in a World Championship Grand Prix came at the 1953 RAC British Grand Prix, in which – due to ignition failure – he failed to finish in his Ecurie Ecosse-entered Connaught-Lea Francis A. Stewart's main competition was as part of the Jaguar racing Ecurie Ecosse team.<ref name="grandprix">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>http://e.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/635.htmlTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Stewart made a name for himself racing a Jaguar XK120 in British national events, winning 23 races in just three seasons, including the Jersey International and the Wakefield Trophy. He was a founder member of Ecurie Ecosse who adopted the colour he had resprayed his XK120 as their team colour, he was also responsible for their distinctive badge.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During this period, he was one of three Ecurie Ecosse drivers for the team's debut race at Charterhall, which resulted in a second place for Stewart. It was with the Merchiston team that Stewart won most of his races. This success led to some works outings for the Jaguar marque at Le Mans.<ref>http://www.electricsscotland.com/lifestyle/ecurie_ecosse.htmTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref name="ecurieecosse">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It is often said that during the 1954 Les 24 Heures du Mans he rolled an Aston Martin DB3S on the fast stretch between Arnage and White House corners; that however was Jimmy Stewart,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the older brother of future Formula One driver's champion Jackie Stewart. Ian had already retired from racing following a crash in the 1954 Argentinian 1000k sports car race to tend to his family's agricultural and public house businesses in Perth and Kinross.<ref name="oldracingcars">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>http://www.sportscars.tv/Newsfiles/lemans54.htmlTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Racing record

Career highlights

Season	Series	Position	Team	Car
1951	Scottish Grand Prix<ref name="chicanef1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3rd		Jaguar XK120
1952	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1st	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar C-Type
	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1st	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar C-Type
	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1st	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar C-Type
1953	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2nd	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar C-Type
	Internationales ADAC 1000 km Rennen Weltmeistershaftslauf Nürburgring<ref name="racingsportscars5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2nd	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar C-Type
	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3rd	Jaguar Cars Ltd	Jaguar C-Type

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1953	Ecurie Ecosse	Connaught Type A	Lea-Francis I4	ARG	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER	SUI	ITA	NC	0
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1952	Template:Flagicon Jaguar Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Peter Whitehead	Jaguar C-Type	S5.0		DNF (Head gasket)
1953	Template:Flagicon Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Peter Whitehead	Jaguar C-Type	S5.0	297	4th	3rd

External links

• Profile at grandprix.com
• Profile at Old Racing Cars