Jimmy Stewart dies

Stewart raced a Cooper Bristol for the Scottish Ecurie Ecosse team at the 1953 British Grand Prix, but failed to finish after crashing at Copse.

His career, which began in local sprints and hillclimbing, saw his greatest successes coming in sportscar racing.

He won a host of events in Britain and abroad before retiring in 1955 at the age of just 24.

After his racing career ended, he worked in vehicle sales in the UK and America, and beat a 40-year battle with alcoholism in the late 1990s before setting up home close to where he grew up near Dumbarton in Scotland.

In his recent Autobiography, Jackie Stewart said: "I owe him almost everything because, when I was young and struggling at school, the world seemed a dark place, I found my real salvation in motor racing.

"But I only found it because, in my difficult time of need and confusion, it was my older brother who carried the torch and selflessly showed me the way.

"It was almost as if Jim was beckoning me to join him on a magic carpet ride, carrying me out of the wilderness at school into the exciting, glamorous world of motor racing."

Plans have been made for a family funeral on January 8 with a service of thanksgiving to follow in February.