Scheckter quits Tyrrell
NZPA-Reuter London. Jody Scheckter. the South African grand prix driver who resigned from the Tyrrell formula one team last week, vesterdav announced plans to join the newly-formed Walter Wolf racing team. Scheckter, 26. said in a statement he was joining forces with the Canadian oil millionaire. Mr Walter Wolf, for the 1977 and 1978 world championship seasons m which he will drlv* a iar yet to be built
The South African. who Is third in the 1976 world cham pionship, will be replaced at Tyrrell by Ronnie Peterson, of Sweden, who won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on bundav , three »' Tyrrell I felt the relationship was going stale. ’ he said. “Tyrrell taught me a lot and in return 1 gav e them four grand pnx wins, scored 103 point- and drove the cars as fast as they would gc ” Schechter's decision to leave Tyrrell has cost him the faint chance of becoming th* world champion this yean—along with James Hunt, of Britain, he was the only driver within striking distance of the leader. Niki Lauda. of Austria.
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