Scheckter now works as a biodynamic farmer, having purchased the 2,500-acre (1,000-hectare) Laverstoke Park Farm near Overton, Hampshire, some 40 miles (64 kilometres) west of London.
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Jody David Scheckter (born 29 January 1950) is a former motor racing driver and business owner from South Africa. From 1972 until 1980, he raced in Formula One, winning the Drivers’ Championship with Ferrari in 1979. Scheckter is still the only African to have won the Formula One World Championship. Scheckter was educated at Selborne College and Hudson Park High School in East London, Eastern Cape. Scheckter now works as a biodynamic farmer, having purchased the 2,500-acre (1,000-hectare) Laverstoke Park Farm near Overton, Hampshire, some 40 miles (64 kilometres) west of London.
Critics predicted he wouldn’t get along with Ferrari’s dictatorial management, but he exceeded expectations and helped the team win another Constructors’ Championship, while Scheckter’s regular finishes, which included three wins, earned him the Drivers’ Championship in 1979. In his 1980 title defence, however, he struggled miserably, even failing to qualify for one event. Scheckter announced his departure from the squad and the sport after scoring only two points. Scheckter was Ferrari’s last driver to win a Drivers’ Championship until Michael Schumacher did so twenty-one years later, in 2000.
Jody Scheckter, a former car racing driver from South Africa, with a net worth of USD 100 million. In January 1950, Jody Scheckter was born in East London, South Africa. He is most known for winning the World Drivers’ Championship in Formula One in 1979. Scheckter won 10 races during his career, which spanned 1972 to 1980. He worked for McLaren, Tyrrel, Wolf, and Ferrari, among others. Scheckter won the World Superstars competition in 1981 after competing in Formula One. After retiring from racing, he started FATS Inc., a firm that creates handgun training simulators for law enforcement, military, and security agencies.
As per reports, the former South African racer today earns more than USD 1 million a month, years after quitting the sport. Scheckter was educated at Selborne College and Hudson Park High School in East London, Eastern Cape. Scheckter now works as a biodynamic farmer, having purchased the 2,500-acre (1,000-hectare) Laverstoke Park Farm near Overton, Hampshire, some 40 miles (64 kilometres) west of London.
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In 1980, Jody Scheckter retired from racing after winning the Formula One world championship in his Ferrari 312 T4 in 1979. He subsequently turned his attention to business, founding the highly successful FATS Inc in America, and is now content as a multiple award-winning farmer at Hampshire’s Laverstoke Park Farm. After returning to the United Kingdom, Jody began collecting a number of the vehicles he had driven over the period in order to complement the Ferrari he had had since winning the championship in 1979. With the addition of a Tyrrell P34, also known as a 6-wheel Tyrrell, he now has a sizable automobile collection:
Ferrari 312 T4
Tyrrell P34 (6 wheel Tyrrell)
Tyrrell 007
Wolf WR1
McLaren M23
McLaren M19
McLaren M21
Rondel Motul M1
Merlyn Mk21
Trojan T101
Merlyn Mk11a
Porsche 917
FATS Inc
