F1's only six-wheeled winner
Episode 9 min 49s

F1's only six-wheeled winner

From Sporting Witness BBC World Service

In the 1976 Formula One motor racing season, South African driver Jody Scheckter became the first and only person to ever win a race in a six-wheeled car. Competing against him in Sweden was American Mario Andretti.

In this episode, both former world champions speak to James Pepper about history being made at the Anderstorp circuit.

A Made in Manchester Production for the BBC World Service.

(Image: Jody Scheckter in the Tyrrell-Ford P34. Credit: Hoch Zwei/Corbis via Getty Images)

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