This seemed to boost him somewhat as he was seventh in the championship for Maserati in 1957 and finished third at Pescara, and in 1958 (
now driving for
BRM) he finished second at Zandvoort on his way to sixth in the championship.
in the rain at Spa in 1966 and being trapped in his fuel - dripping
BRM for about thirty minutes, Stewart began lobbying for safer cars and tracks, leading driver boycotts, and compelling improvements that we
now take for granted.