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.
Proposed rules for the 1981 season had
led to FOCA (which represented most of the grid) instructing its
drivers to
boycott the mandatory
driver briefings at the Belgian and Monaco Grands Prix.