Three-time Formula One champion Jackie Stewart said today that he was convinced the operation he underwent to have a pre-cancerous tumour removed from his cheek had been a total success.
"The specialists are convinced they have totally removed the growth and I am confident that everything is alright," said Stewart, who underwent the surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, earlier this month.
News of the operation only became known after Stewart, with a visible scar on his cheek, attended a media conference to announce the dismissal of Niki Lauda as team principal of Jaguar Racing last Monday. Stewart retired as chairman and chief executive of Jaguar in 2000 but still has close links with the team.
Filed by James Boylan.
