Jackie Stewart's Autobiography and DVD
Discussion
Some interesting bits, some boring bits and more name dropping than Debretts , Burkes & Who’s Who combined!
Comically in his introduction he bangs on about the key to his success being attention to detail and accuracy.........then gets the location of last years British open (that he attended) wrong!
Comically in his introduction he bangs on about the key to his success being attention to detail and accuracy.........then gets the location of last years British open (that he attended) wrong!
gareth h said:
Just got it for xmas, there's a pic of his F1 car with a spanner taped to the steering wheel so he could get out in a hurry!
Yep, got it too 
Thank God I didn't get Lewis Hamiltons autobiography (although I am a fan)!! He's far too young.
At least Jackie has had a life worth reading about.
I asked Santa for this and so far I have been very disappointed. I have read the chapters on PSR and his FI team and what I find less than impressive is his lack of candour. The warts and all story is what makes a good autobiography.
He tries to sell us the line that the reason his son Paul Stewart did not get into F1 was because of a lack of $2m sponsorship - cobblers - he was not good enough and as his mega fund raising shows with regard to Stewart F1 he could have raised this easily enough or written out a cheque himself.
I love the rubbish he spouts about being so proud to be Scottish and yet he has not lived there for 40 years.
I will plough on with the book and watch the DVD and I hope his racing exploits are a bit more honest.
He tries to sell us the line that the reason his son Paul Stewart did not get into F1 was because of a lack of $2m sponsorship - cobblers - he was not good enough and as his mega fund raising shows with regard to Stewart F1 he could have raised this easily enough or written out a cheque himself.
I love the rubbish he spouts about being so proud to be Scottish and yet he has not lived there for 40 years.
I will plough on with the book and watch the DVD and I hope his racing exploits are a bit more honest.
Kickstart said:
I asked Santa for this and so far I have been very disappointed. I have read the chapters on PSR and his FI team and what I find less than impressive is his lack of candour. The warts and all story is what makes a good autobiography.
He tries to sell us the line that the reason his son Paul Stewart did not get into F1 was because of a lack of $2m sponsorship - cobblers - he was not good enough and as his mega fund raising shows with regard to Stewart F1 he could have raised this easily enough or written out a cheque himself.
I love the rubbish he spouts about being so proud to be Scottish and yet he has not lived there for 40 years.
I will plough on with the book and watch the DVD and I hope his racing exploits are a bit more honest.
I'd recommend a read from the start He tries to sell us the line that the reason his son Paul Stewart did not get into F1 was because of a lack of $2m sponsorship - cobblers - he was not good enough and as his mega fund raising shows with regard to Stewart F1 he could have raised this easily enough or written out a cheque himself.
I love the rubbish he spouts about being so proud to be Scottish and yet he has not lived there for 40 years.
I will plough on with the book and watch the DVD and I hope his racing exploits are a bit more honest.
I must admit to being a bit confused why he was so openly patriotic yet moved to Lake Geneva as soon as he could afford it!
Kickstart said:
I asked Santa for this and so far I have been very disappointed. I have read the chapters on PSR and his FI team and what I find less than impressive is his lack of candour. The warts and all story is what makes a good autobiography.
He tries to sell us the line that the reason his son Paul Stewart did not get into F1 was because of a lack of $2m sponsorship - cobblers - he was not good enough and as his mega fund raising shows with regard to Stewart F1 he could have raised this easily enough or written out a cheque himself.
I love the rubbish he spouts about being so proud to be Scottish and yet he has not lived there for 40 years.
I will plough on with the book and watch the DVD and I hope his racing exploits are a bit more honest.
there are people out there who should know, that reckon Paul Stewart was a very good driver indeed.He tries to sell us the line that the reason his son Paul Stewart did not get into F1 was because of a lack of $2m sponsorship - cobblers - he was not good enough and as his mega fund raising shows with regard to Stewart F1 he could have raised this easily enough or written out a cheque himself.
I love the rubbish he spouts about being so proud to be Scottish and yet he has not lived there for 40 years.
I will plough on with the book and watch the DVD and I hope his racing exploits are a bit more honest.
http://www.carkeys.co.uk/columns/john_stevens/1002.asp
as for moving to Geneva, you would have to love your country a hell of a lot to put up with a 94% tax rate, as it was at the time for high earners.
I think that tax rates in the UK in the late 1960s/early 70s were just indecent (over 90% in some cases). It was at this time that there was a mass exodus of British celebrities to foreign shores e.g. Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdink, Sean Connery, Petula Clark etc.
I've heard Stewart talk about this before and he said that, with F1 being a highly dangerous sport at the time with a high probability of death every time you got in a car, he felt that he just couldn't justify it to himself or his young family that the 11 laps of the 12 at old Nurburgring were on behalf of the British government.
I've heard Stewart talk about this before and he said that, with F1 being a highly dangerous sport at the time with a high probability of death every time you got in a car, he felt that he just couldn't justify it to himself or his young family that the 11 laps of the 12 at old Nurburgring were on behalf of the British government.
Edited by Eric Mc on Thursday 27th December 08:25
I think that tax rates in the UK in the late 1960s/early 70s were just indecent (over 90% in some cases). It was at this time that there was a mass exodus of British celebrities to foreign shores e.g. Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdink, Sean Connery, Petula Clark etc.
I've heard Stewart talk about this before and he said that, with F1 being a highly dangerous sport at the time with a high probability of death every time you got in a car, he felt that he just couldn't justify it to himself or his young family that the 11 laps of the 12 at old Nurburgring were on behalf of the British government.
I love the last part of that quote. Have nearly finished the book and it's a good read. Will move on to the Senna book next. Read Russell Brand's book over Christmas as well, I thought it was very enjoyable.
I've heard Stewart talk about this before and he said that, with F1 being a highly dangerous sport at the time with a high probability of death every time you got in a car, he felt that he just couldn't justify it to himself or his young family that the 11 laps of the 12 at old Nurburgring were on behalf of the British government.
I love the last part of that quote. Have nearly finished the book and it's a good read. Will move on to the Senna book next. Read Russell Brand's book over Christmas as well, I thought it was very enjoyable.
nsa said:
I think that tax rates in the UK in the late 1960s/early 70s were just indecent (over 90% in some cases). It was at this time that there was a mass exodus of British celebrities to foreign shores e.g. Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdink, Sean Connery, Petula Clark etc.
I've heard Stewart talk about this before and he said that, with F1 being a highly dangerous sport at the time with a high probability of death every time you got in a car, he felt that he just couldn't justify it to himself or his young family that the 11 laps of the 12 at old Nurburgring were on behalf of the British government.
I love the last part of that quote. Have nearly finished the book and it's a good read. Will move on to the Senna book next. Read Russell Brand's book over Christmas as well, I thought it was very enjoyable.
I've heard Stewart talk about this before and he said that, with F1 being a highly dangerous sport at the time with a high probability of death every time you got in a car, he felt that he just couldn't justify it to himself or his young family that the 11 laps of the 12 at old Nurburgring were on behalf of the British government.
I love the last part of that quote. Have nearly finished the book and it's a good read. Will move on to the Senna book next. Read Russell Brand's book over Christmas as well, I thought it was very enjoyable.
I take back what I said. Yes, the tax rates were ridiculous, and in that case I fully understand Stewart moving abroad - I'd have done the same!Sean Connery, another proud Scot who lives far from his beloved country.
I have no doubt the reason Jackie Stewart moved Swiss was to pay less tax, but he would have been incredibly badly advised if he was paying anything like 90% tax in the UK.
Wealthy folk use a series of trusts, companies (offshore and onshore), tax planning and pension provisions to cut down their tax bill massively. Even 15 years ago when I qualified as a Lawyer there were far more avenues available to avoid tax than there are now, hence in the sixties/early seventies whilst headline rates on unearned/earnt income were huge - hardly anyone paid them. All of his driver fees/sponsorship earnings could have been paid in such a way that no tax would have accrued - I think the only thing he would have ended up paying tax on would have been his share of the actual prize money and even then he would have been able to set off long forgotten things like mortgage relief etc.
I have no doubt the reason Jackie Stewart moved Swiss was to pay less tax, but he would have been incredibly badly advised if he was paying anything like 90% tax in the UK.
Wealthy folk use a series of trusts, companies (offshore and onshore), tax planning and pension provisions to cut down their tax bill massively. Even 15 years ago when I qualified as a Lawyer there were far more avenues available to avoid tax than there are now, hence in the sixties/early seventies whilst headline rates on unearned/earnt income were huge - hardly anyone paid them. All of his driver fees/sponsorship earnings could have been paid in such a way that no tax would have accrued - I think the only thing he would have ended up paying tax on would have been his share of the actual prize money and even then he would have been able to set off long forgotten things like mortgage relief etc.
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