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Jan 2024
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Jody Scheckter: Fearing death on the tra...

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This week, we have a special episode as Eddie Jordan and 25-time world champion Adrian Newey catch up with an old friend in Cape Town, 1979 F1 world champion Jody Scheckter. The 73-year-old remembers leaving his home country during apartheid to achieve his dream, racing with Gilles Villeneuve at Ferrari and being the only South African to win an F1 world title. 


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