Stewart SF01

The Stewart SF01 was the car that the Stewart Formula One team competed with in the 1997 Formula One season, and the first car constructed by the team. It was driven by Rubens Barrichello and Jan Magnussen, the latter who had brief race experience with McLaren in 1995.

The car was launched in December 1996.^[1]

The SF01 was the team's first F1 car, designed by Alan Jenkins for three-time Drivers' Champion Jackie Stewart and son Paul to enter the series after several years in lower formulae such as Formula Three. In an era when many smaller teams such as Forti, Pacific and Simtek went bankrupt, and fellow debutants MasterCard Lola folded almost immediately, Stewart's competent first year after building a car from scratch proved to be a welcome boost for the sport.

Whilst the car was quite competitive enough to regularly score points, it was frequently prevented from doing so by appalling unreliability; the team were only classified eight times out of a possible 34. The main reason for this were difficulties with mating the Ford engine with the car's oil tank. However, Barrichello drove to a fine second place at Monaco, the highlight of a season in which he largely eclipsed Magnussen.

The team eventually finished ninth in the Constructors' Championship, with six points.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WCC
1997	Stewart	Ford V10	B		AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	AUT	LUX	JPN	EUR	6	9th
				Rubens Barrichello	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	14	Ret	Ret	Ret
				Jan Magnussen	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9

References

↑ "National Programmes > NMP case studies > Stewart Grand Prix". npl.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-07-19.

AUTOCOURSE 1997-98, Henry, Alan (ed.), Hazleton Publishing Ltd. (1997) ISBN 1-874557-47-0

Stewart Grand Prix

Founders Jackie Stewart Paul Stewart Drivers Rubens Barrichello Johnny Herbert Jan Magnussen Jos Verstappen Formula One cars SF01 SF02 SF3

Cars that competed in the 1997 Formula One season

Williams FW19 Ferrari F310B Benetton B197 McLaren MP4/12 Jordan 197 Prost JS45 Sauber C16 Arrows A18 Stewart SF01 Tyrrell 025 Minardi M197 Lola T97/30

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