page_title: Stewart Grand Prix
section_title: 1997
hierarchical_section_title: Stewart Grand Prix / Racing history / 1997
caption_attribution_description: English: Rubens Barrichello driving for the Stewart Grand Prix Formula One team, Montreal, 1997
context_page_description: Stewart Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor and racing team founded by triple Formula One champion Jackie Stewart and his son Paul Stewart in 1996. The team competed in F1, as the Ford works-supported team, for only three seasons, from 1997 to 1999. The 1999 season was by far its strongest, yielding one win and one pole position en route to finishing fourth overall in the Constructors Championship.
  At the end of 1999, Ford bought the team outright and it was renamed Jaguar Racing. In 2004 Jaguar Racing was sold to energy drink company Red Bull GmbH and was rebranded Red Bull Racing in 2005.
context_section_description: The first car named the Stewart SF01 was launched on 19 December 1996. With backing from Ford, Stewart GP entered the 1997 Australian Grand Prix with drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jan Magnussen. The only success of their first year came at the rain-affected Monaco Grand Prix where Barrichello finished second. Magnussen in the second car finished just outside the points in 7th after losing his front wing at the chicane.   Elsewhere, the cars were consistent midfield runners and Barrichello was often in a position to challenge for points.  Stewart's reliability was poor, as the Ford Zetec-R V10 engine installed in the SF01 chassis proved to be extremely fragile.  This restricted the team to just eight classified finishes out of a possible thirty-four.
caption: Rubens Barrichello driving for the Stewart Grand Prix team in Montreal in 1997. The tartan decoration indicates the Stewarts' origins in Scotland.
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