Ken Tyrrell

Ken Tyrrell began racing in the 1950s, as a sideline from his timber business. He soon retired from the cockpit and became increasingly successful as a team owner in the junior categories and won the 1964 British Formula Three championship with a young driver named Jackie Stewart. Later, the two men formed one of the greatest partnerships ever seen in Formula One, winning the World Championships of 1969, 1971 and 1973. Tyrrell continued after Stewart retired but never again with such success. He sold his team at the end of 1998 to British American Tobacco and died from cancer in 2001. Tyrell was tough, shrewd, and practical, and he gained a reputation for developing young drivers into fully-rounded professionals. Unfortunately his team didn’t embrace the commercial age of Formula One fully. In its later years, the team lacked the funds to be successful.