MotorsportMemorabilia 1979 Grand Prix commemorative cover signed JODY SCHECKTER

Despite the Ferrari pair of Jody Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve taking just one pole position, the Ferrari 312T4 won 6 races during the season and was clear winner of the Constructors’ Championship. Although Scheckter led for far less laps than Villeneuve, he won the Drivers’ title on Canadian soil in the penultimate race. Alan Jones in the Williams-Cosworth FW07 came third in the drivers’ points with 4 victories and with a further win by Clay Regazzoni, Williams was runner up constructor. Ross Wardle’s artwork on the envelopes depicts the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder with the Ferrari 312T4 of Jody Scheckter leading from Jacques Laffite's Ligier JS11 and Didier Pironi's Tyrrell 009.

The extra special is signed by JODY SCHECKTER who was an immensely talented South African driver who started racing karts when just 12 years old. By winning the national Formula Ford Championship in 1970, he won the ‘Driver to Europe’ prize and by the end of 1971 he was winning F3 races in UK. A season of F2 with McLaren ended with a win in the Greater London Trophy Race at Crystal Palace and a debut in F1 racing at Watkins Glen. His F1career continued with McLaren for 1973 but although this yielded little, he won the L & M F5000 Series in America that year, driving a Trojan. He joined Tyrrell for 1974, driving the 007 to wins at Anderstorp and Brands Hatch. Carrying on with the 007, the following season he had the pleasure of winning his home GP at Kyalami. 1976 saw the introduction of the unusual 6-wheeled Tyrrell P34 and he raced the car to its only win at Anderstorp. That year, he also won the Kyalami 1000 km race in a BMW. He gambled by driving for Wolf in 1977, driving the WR1 to 3 victories at Buenos Aires, Monte Carlo and Mosport Park and came runner up in the drivers’ points. He continued with Wolf for 1978, gaining 4 podium places. For 1979 he was invited to join Ferrari to drive the 312T4 alongside Gilles Villeneuve; he took the championship with wins at Zolder, Monte Carlo and Monza. He retired from racing in 1980 to concentrate on business interests.

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