BRM
Debut season win at Monza; Spa 1966 crash.
Three titles in nine seasons, then a second career forcing Formula One to take safety seriously.
3 of 3 team stints shown · 1965 — 1973
3 championship seasons in this range:1969 · 1971 · 1973
Win rate 27.0%Podium rate 43.0%Points 360Best season 1969 (6 wins, 7 podiums)Titles 1969, 1971, 1973
Debut season win at Monza; Spa 1966 crash.
1969 world champion.
Titles in 1971 and 1973; retired after 99 starts.
He debuted with BRM in 1965 and won the Italian Grand Prix in his first season.
A crash at Spa in 1966, trapped in a car soaked in fuel, began his campaign for circuit safety and medical provision.
Titles with Ken Tyrrell's team in 1969, 1971 and 1973 came with Matra and then Tyrrell chassis.
He returned as a team owner with Stewart Grand Prix in 1997 — the entry that became Red Bull Racing.
From a Surrey shed to the Silver Arrows: Tyrrell became BAR, then Honda, then Brawn, then Mercedes — the same constructor entry, sold and renamed five times.
Trace the Mercedes rebrands from 1970 →A father-and-son workshop in Surbiton that moved the engine behind the driver and made every front-engined car obsolete.
Trace the Cooper rebrands from 1950 →A national project funded by British industry, famous for the shrieking H16 engine and one glorious 1962 championship.
Trace the BRM rebrands from 1951 →A French missile manufacturer that won a world championship in two seasons, then walked away to build V12 sports cars.
Trace the Matra rebrands from 1967 →