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29/1/1950

Record updated 19-Sep-06

Born in East London, South Africa and educated at Selborne College. Scheckter rapidly ascended to the ranks of Formula One after moving to Britain in 1970.

He debuted in Formula One at Watkins Glen in 1972 with McLaren and ran as high as 3rd place before spinning and finishing 9th. Immediately becoming a name to watch, he continued his development the following year, winning the Formula 5000 championship and racing 5 times in F1.

In France, he almost won in his third start in F1 before being crashing into Emerson Fittipaldi.

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In his next start the aggressive Scheckter was involved in a big accident which took nearly a dozen cars out of the race, an incident which in many ways summed up his early career. Scheckter's McLaren M23 bore the number zero during the American and Canadian Grands Prix of 1973.

Scheckter is one of only two F1 drivers to compete under this number, the other being Damon Hill.

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