I was fortunate to race with and against so many great characters in the 1970s, some of whom became close friends. I didn’t get to race in F1 for a full season until 1974, but clearly Jackie Stewart – who retired at the end of the previous year – was a giant of the era. Likewise Emerson Fittipaldi came in as a very young man, perhaps right place, right time, and won his first GP at Watkins Glen in 1970 and his first title in 1972 at 25. Emerson and I are within six months of each other in age. We were considered young back then,
