Jackie Stewart and his son ran an FI team as well and had a win with Johnny Herbert.
I think because he has always kept up to date with the way the sport has developed and has a keen sense of what is happening with drivers, owners and the rule makers, his view is totally relevant. He is also able to articulate his views in a lot fewer words than others seem able to do.
As an individual, he is up there with the best, as a driver, team owner, safety advocate, clay pigeon shooting champion and above all a decent man.
When his son got cancer he threw everything into helping him get the right treatment and now his wife has dementia which I have no doubt he will deal with it with the fortitude he has in spades.
And just a final thing that marks him as a good guy, he was employed as a sports consultant with RBS, when the bank lost Millions in the crash, he still did the work but waved his fees, cannot thing of anyone else who did the same.