The Stewart SF01 was the car that the Stewart Formula One team competed with in the 1997 Formula One season, and the first car constructed by the team. It was driven by Rubens Barrichello and Jan Magnussen, the latter who had brief race experience with McLaren in.
This was the first Formula One car to run on Texaco fuel since the McLaren M26 in 1979.
Launch and design
The car was launched in December 1996.[2]
The SF01 was the team's first F1 car, designed by Alan Jenkins for three-time Drivers' Champion Jackie Stewart and son Paul to enter the series after several years in lower formulae such as Formula Three.
Racing history
In an era when many smaller teams such as Forti, Pacific and Simtek went bankrupt, and fellow debutants