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{{Short description|Former Formula One constructor and racing team}}
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{{Former F1 team
| Short_name    = Stewart
| Long_name     = HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford (1997)<br>HSBC Stewart Ford (1998–1999)
| Next name     = [[Jaguar Racing]]
| Logo          = Stewart logo.png
| Base          = [[Milton Keynes]], United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.npl.co.uk/nmp/case_studies/stewart_grand_prix1.html |title=NMP Case Studies - Stewart Grand Prix |publisher=The UK's National Measurement Laboratory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411210440/http://www.npl.co.uk/nmp/case_studies/stewart_grand_prix1.html |archive-date=11 April 2005 |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref>
| Founders      = [[Jackie Stewart]]<br />[[Paul Stewart (racing driver)|Paul Stewart]]
| Staff         = [[Alan Jenkins (engineer)|Alan Jenkins]]<br />[[Eghbal Hamidy]]<br />[[Gary Anderson (motorsport)|Gary Anderson]]
| Drivers       = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rubens Barrichello]]<br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[Johnny Herbert]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan Magnussen]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Jos Verstappen]]
| Engines       = [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Debut         = [[1997 Australian Grand Prix]]
| Races         = 49
| Cons_champ    = 0
| Drivers_champ = 0
| Wins          = 1
| Poles         = 1
| Fastest_laps  = 0
| Last race     = [[1999 Japanese Grand Prix]]
|podiums=5|points=47}}
'''Stewart Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] constructor and racing team founded by triple [[Formula One]] champion [[Jackie Stewart]] and his son [[Paul Stewart (racing driver)|Paul Stewart]] in 1996. The team competed in F1, as the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] works-supported team, for only three seasons, from 1997 to 1999. The 1999 season was by far its strongest, yielding one win ([[Johnny Herbert]] at the {{F1 GP|1999|European}}) and one pole position ([[Rubens Barrichello]] at the {{F1 GP|1999|French}}) en route to finishing fourth overall in the Constructors Championship.

At the end of 1999, Ford bought the team outright and it was renamed [[Jaguar Racing]]. In 2004 Jaguar Racing was sold to energy drink company [[Red Bull GmbH]] and was rebranded [[Red Bull Racing]] in {{F1|2005}}.

==Origins==
The team's origins are traced back to the end of 1988 when [[Jackie Stewart]]'s son [[Paul Stewart (racing driver)|Paul]] set up Paul Stewart Racing, having bought the Gary Evans Motorsport Team. This team entered the 1989 British Formula 3 season with a workforce of 10 employees. The team attracted the sponsor [[Camel (cigarette)|Camel]]. Paul Stewart drove the car alongside German [[Otto Rensing]]. The team had a single win with Stewart at [[Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit|Snetterton]]. In 1990, the team expanded with a move to new headquarters in [[Milton Keynes]], and was divided into three sections; preparation for European Formula 3000, Formula 3 and Formula Vauxhall Lotus. Within a few years, the team enjoyed success, winning 12 titles and 119 races in various categories.<ref name=psr>{{cite web|last=Karolak|first=Mariusz|title=Paul Stewart - from the PSR to the SGP|url=http://f1wm.pl/artykuly/art_id-164.html|publisher=Wyprzedz Mnie!|date=30 August 2006|language=pl}}</ref>

Through 1995 Stewart declined to enter Formula 1,<ref name="Dec95">[http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00384.html F1 News > Pacific closing down<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> considering that short-lived entries [[Simtek]], [[Pacific Racing|Pacific]] and [[Forti]] either had folded or looked  likely to fold.<ref name="Dec95"/> This position was reversed in January 1996 when Jackie Stewart secured a five-year development deal with Ford to make it a [[Factory-backed|factory team]]. Before, Ford had been in a deal as a factory engine supplier to Sauber.<ref name="jackie">[http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns00421.html F1 News > Stewart gets Ford<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The team was also sponsored by the government of [[Malaysia]] as a promotion for the country. Stewart were in consultation with [[John Barnard]] about a business plan with a budget of £24&nbsp;million.<ref name=stewart>{{cite book|last=Hamilton|first=Maurice|title=Racing Stewart: The Birth of a Grand Prix Team|publisher=Motorbooks International|year=1998|isbn=0-7603-0514-5}}</ref>

==Racing history==
[[File:Stewart SF 1 01.jpg|thumb|left| The [[Stewart SF01]], driven by [[Jan Magnussen]] in Stewart's debut season. From The Donington Collection.]]

===1997===

[[File:Stewart gp barrichello 1997.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rubens Barrichello]] at the [[1997 Canadian Grand Prix]]. The [[tartan]] livery indicates Stewart's origins in [[Scotland]].]]

The first car, named the [[Stewart SF01]] was launched on 19 December 1996.<ref name=stewart /> With factory backing from [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] as well as free engines, Stewart Grand Prix entered the [[1997 Australian Grand Prix]] with drivers [[Rubens Barrichello]] and [[Jan Magnussen]]. The only success of their first year came at the rain-affected {{F1 GP|1997|Monaco}} where Barrichello finished second. Magnussen in the second car finished just outside the points in seventh after losing his front wing at the chicane. Elsewhere, the cars were consistent midfield runners and Barrichello was often in a position to challenge for points. Stewart's reliability was poor, as the Ford Zetec-R V10 engine installed in the SF01 chassis proved to be powerful, yet extremely fragile. This restricted the team to just eight classified finishes out of a possible thirty-four. Stewart finished the season in ninth place in the constructors' championship with six points, ahead of other established teams like [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] and [[Minardi]].

===1998===

[[File:barrichello98es.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rubens Barrichello]] at the [[1998 Spanish Grand Prix]], where he went on to score the team's first points finish of the season.]]

For the next year, the team developed the [[Stewart SF02]], hoping to improve results and score regular points as well as some more podiums. However it turned out that 1998 was also a struggle for the team, with neither driver able to step onto the podium. Indeed, even points were hard to come by. The first came at the hands of Barrichello in Spain with a fifth place finish. The only highlight of the season came two rounds later with a double points finish in Canada where Barrichello and Magnussen finished fifth and sixth respectively. After a number of poor drives, Magnussen was replaced mid season by Dutchman [[Jos Verstappen]] from the French Grand Prix onward. Ironically it was the race after Magnussen scored his first and only world championship point. Both drivers did not score any more points for the rest of the season. Despite this and scoring one point less than the year before, Stewart finished the season eighth in the constructors' championship, one place better than in 1997.

In the end the driver change did not make a great difference as Verstappen also struggled with the car. Unhappy with the team, Verstappen left Stewart at the end of the season and was replaced by [[Johnny Herbert]] for the next year.

At the end of the 1998 season, technical director Alan Jenkins left Stewart Grand Prix, and was replaced by [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan's]] [[Gary Anderson (motorsport)|Gary Anderson]].<ref>http://fidonet.sensationcontent.com/echomail/grand-prix/ff3c687c95f8716f.html{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===1999===

[[File:Johnny Herbert 1999 Canada.jpg|thumb|right|[[Johnny Herbert]] at the [[1999 Canadian Grand Prix]]. He took his last and Stewart's first and only F1 victory later that year.]]

After [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] acquired [[Cosworth]] in July 1998, they risked designing and building a brand-new engine for 1999. The [[Stewart SF3]] was quick out of the box, however both cars over-heated on the grid of the first race, the Australian Grand Prix, after qualifying competitively. This put Herbert out instantly and made Barrichello start from the pit lane. Barrichello received a stop-go penalty during the race and finished fifth. The car was consistently competitive throughout the season, however the engine initially proved fragile as both cars blew their engines at the Brazilian race which meant the engine was rarely run at full power. Stewart's competitiveness was affirmed by running first in Brazil for a long spell of the race and qualifying on pole for the French Grand Prix with Barrichello. [[Johnny Herbert]] won a popular victory at the rain soaked [[1999 European Grand Prix]] at the new [[Nürburgring]] after other leading contenders crashed off the track or lost time in the pits changing tyres.<ref>''1999 European Grand Prix Race Report'' [http://www.sportinglife.com/formula1/reports/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=others/99/09/26/manual_171313.html www.sportinglife.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001121093100/http://www.sportinglife.com/formula1/reports/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=others%2F99%2F09%2F26%2Fmanual_171313.html |date=21 November 2000 }} Retrieved 11 May 2006</ref> Barrichello finished third, in a result most observers indicated that Stewart deserved given their strength over the season. Herbert also became unwittingly influential in the championship at the next and penultimate race, the Malaysian Grand Prix. Running third behind the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]s of [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[Eddie Irvine]], a mistake in the closing laps allowed [[Mika Häkkinen]] to slip past and claim the final podium position which gave the championship contender vital points. The Ferraris were disqualified for car irregularities and the win allowed Häkkinen to gain his second championship. The Stewarts as a result finished second and third in the race. However Ferrari won an appeal and the initial result was reinstated. Häkkinen however went on to win the championship later in [[1999 Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]] and Stewart came fourth in the constructors' championship with 36 points, beating teams such as [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] and [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]. Stewart's last race was the [[1999 Japanese Grand Prix]].

In 2000 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] bought the team, renaming it [[Jaguar Racing]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Stewart Grand Prix|url=http://www.f1technical.net/f1db/teams/105|publisher=F1technical}}</ref> However disappointing results led to the team being sold ahead of the [[2005 Formula One World Championship|2005 season]], becoming [[Red Bull Racing]] from that point onward. Still operating from the same location in Milton Keynes, Red Bull Racing went on to win multiple World Constructors' Championships in the 2010s and 2020s.

==Complete Formula One results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 5|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
|-
! Year
! Chassis
! Engine
! Tyres
! Drivers
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! Points
! WCC
|-
! rowspan="3"| {{F1|1997}}
| rowspan="3"| [[Stewart SF01|SF01]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] VJ Zetec-R 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
| rowspan="3"| {{Bridgestone}}
|
|| [[1997 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
|| [[1997 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
|| [[1997 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
|| [[1997 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
|| [[1997 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
|| [[1997 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
|| [[1997 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|| [[1997 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
|| [[1997 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|| [[1997 German Grand Prix|GER]]
|| [[1997 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
|| [[1997 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|| [[1997 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|| [[1997 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
|| [[1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix|LUX]]
|| [[1997 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
|| [[1997 European Grand Prix|EUR]]
!rowspan="3"| 6
!rowspan="3"| 9th
|-
|align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rubens Barrichello]]}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14<sup>†</sup>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan Magnussen]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10<sup>†</sup>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9
|-
! rowspan="4"| {{F1|1998}}
| rowspan="4"| [[Stewart SF02|SF02]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] VJ Zetec-R 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
| rowspan="4"| {{Bridgestone}}
|
|| [[1998 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
|| [[1998 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
|| [[1998 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
|| [[1998 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
|| [[1998 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
|| [[1998 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
|| [[1998 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|| [[1998 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
|| [[1998 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|| [[1998 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
|| [[1998 German Grand Prix|GER]]
|| [[1998 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
|| [[1998 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|| [[1998 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|| [[1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix|LUX]]
|| [[1998 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
||
!rowspan="4"| 5
!rowspan="4"| 8th
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rubens Barrichello]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan Magnussen]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
||
||
||
||
||
||
||
||
||
|
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jos Verstappen]]
||
||
||
||
||
||
||
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|-
! rowspan="3"| {{F1|1999}}
| rowspan="3"| [[Stewart SF3|SF3]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] CR-1 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
| rowspan="3"| {{Bridgestone}}
|
|| [[1999 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
|| [[1999 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
|| [[1999 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
|| [[1999 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
|| [[1999 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
|| [[1999 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
|| [[1999 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
|| [[1999 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
|| [[1999 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
|| [[1999 German Grand Prix|GER]]
|| [[1999 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
|| [[1999 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|| [[1999 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|| [[1999 European Grand Prix|EUR]]
|| [[1999 Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]
|| [[1999 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
||
!rowspan="3"| 36
!rowspan="3"| 4th
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rubens Barrichello]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9<sup>†</sup>
|style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| {{F1 race position|3|p}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8
|
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Johnny Herbert]]
|style="background:#ffffff;"| DNS
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10<sup>†</sup>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11<sup>†</sup>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7
|
|-
! colspan="24" | Sources:<ref name=MotorsportStats>{{cite web|title=Stewart Results|url=https://motorsportstats.com/team/stewart/results|work=Motorsport Stats|access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stewart Grand Prix|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/teams/stewart-grand-prix/|work=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref>
|}

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