17 Days Until the 2008 Australian GP
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
In the first eight races of the next season, Stewart won six times, retired from the lead in Monaco and came second at the Nurburgring after having led the first half of the race. While leading the race in Canada, the Scot lost control and crashed out. In the American Grand Prix the Tyrrell driver led only briefly, before eventually retiring. Leading the Mexican Grand Prix briefly from the start meant that Stewart had led in all of the season’s races.
In 1970 the series continued. Stewart led from pole in South Africa, while he came from third to lead every lap of the Spanish Grand Prix. From that moment lady luck started to turn her back on Stewart. In Monaco he led from the start until engine problems made a pitstop necessary and in Belgium the Scot just led for two laps in the beginning of the race before dropping back and retiring. At the Dutch Grand Prix the series ended. After having dropped back to fourth at the start, Stewart slowly made his way back to second, but Jochen Rindt was too far ahead for Stewart to grab the lead.
