Editing Ian Scheckter (section)

==Biography==
The elder brother of 1979 Formula One champion [[Jody Scheckter]] and uncle of IRL racer [[Tomas Scheckter]], his first F1 races were in the [[South African Grand Prix]], first driving a [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 72|72]] for locals Team Gunston in 1974. The [[1975 South African Grand Prix|following year]] and also in [[1976 South African Grand Prix|1976]], he drove a [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] 007 for Lexington Racing, either side of a couple of European outings for [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Williams]].

In domestic racing, Scheckter came close to ending the run of [[Dave Charlton]] of titles in the [[South African National Drivers Championship]] in 1975, but in his two spells as a full-time competitor dominated the championship winning 49 races and equalling [[John Love (racing driver)|John Love]] and Charlton's tally of 6 championships.

Securing enough funds for a full season with the [[March Engineering|March]] works F1 team in 1977, he turned in some poor performances, aided in great part by the fact that, in some races, Team March had up to five drivers signed; lacking resources to provide adequately for them all. This situation spelled the end of his F1 career.  Scheckter's final grand prix would have been the [[1977 Japanese Grand Prix]] but he was detained and then expelled from Japan due to only having a tourist visa in his South African passport and Japanese objections to the South African [[apartheid]] regime.<ref>{{cite book | last = Lawrence | first = Mike | title = The Story of March | publisher = Motorbooks International | location = Osceola | year = 1990 | isbn = 0-946627-24-X|page=121 }}</ref>
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