Talk:Jody Scheckter

message: Scheckter has been a USA resident for a very long time now (20 years or more, I believe)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Socrates2008 (talk • contribs) 13:12, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: USA resident isn't the same thing as citizen though, is it? If you are right and he does hold US nationality, it would go in the article main text towards the bottom somewhere, rather than in the F1 infobox which is intended to represent the drivers' career. The start of the lead would also be modified along the lines of the Derek Daly  article. Don't suppose you could rustle up a reference from somewhere could you? If you can I'll happily add the text to the article. Incidentally, if this is true, it would make the suggestion of using the current RSA flag for Scheckter doubly inappropriate! Cheers. 4u1e 13:17, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I agree - lived in Atlanta for a long time and looks to be resident in the UK now. But that doesn't make him either a UK or US national. Just ask Mohamed Al-Fayed. 4u1e 18:37, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

text: As an aside to this, the article for Jody's brother Ian states that South African nationals were refused entry to Japan in the 70s. Jody's participation in the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix thus implies that he holds (or held) another nationality.--MartinUK (talk) 02:16, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. Do we have a reliable reference that Ian Scheckter was refused entry into Japan owing to his South African nationality? Whilst this webpage confirms that Japan "stopped issuing entry visas to South African nationals wishing to engage in educations, cultural or sporting activities with Japan" on 13 Jun 1974 (unfortunately it doesn't say if/when this restriction was rescinded), the two references I could find relating to Ian Scheckter's non-participation in the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix (Mike Lang's Grand Prix! Vol 3 and grandprix.com) both just say that Ian Scheckter "had visa problems"; they don't specifically state that he was refused entry due to his nationality (although it's entirely possible, maybe even likely). I don't think we can draw any conclusions about Jody having dual nationality until we know the full details behind Ian's non-entry into Japan. DH85868993 (talk) 01:59, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The ban on South African nationals was in force, and Ian fell foul of it. Jody only got in because he was driving for Walter Wolf, who knew someone at the Canadian embassy who put pressure on the Japanese to let his driver into the country. Nothing to do with dual citizenship as far as I know. Bretonbanquet (talk) 02:12, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Mike Lawrence's "Story of March" says "Scheckter landed at Tokyo airport and was detained because his passport only had a tourist visa. [He] was put on a plane out of the country 24 hours later". Alan Henry's "March" just says 'visa problems'. I've added Lawrence as a ref to Ian Scheckter. 4u1e (talk) 06:58, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Nationality

message: * Specific text to be added or removed: South African Flag to be removed from his Nationality section
* Reason for the change: I work on behalf of Jody and he has requested not to be associated with the old South African flag and wants it removed from his page. 
Either to be replaced by the new flag or to have no flag at all. 
I have read the previous comments about it being the flag in his racing era- but it not an appropriate reflection on him and suggests racism. 
The flag is placed next to his Nationality- not in a section regarding his racing career. 
* References supporting change: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-politics-flag-idUSKCN1VB1AF
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/21/753074028/court-limits-display-of-south-africas-old-apartheid-flag-citing-hateful-legacy 84.21.145.2 (talk) 10:50, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove old South Afrcian flag