Rank 17 in F1 Heritage Collector documents Jody Scheckter as Ferrari's last World Drivers' Champion before the twenty-one-year gap that ended only when Michael Schumacher arrived — a drought so long that 1979 now reads as both triumph and cliff edge. Scheckter was not the flamboyant archetype: he was South African grit, calculated risk, and team discipline at a moment when Gilles Villeneuve supplied Ferrari's soul and Scheckter supplied the points arithmetic. The 312 T4 was ground-effect Ferrari in wide-body form — flat-12 wide, Michelin learning curve, and a season-long duel with Williams and Ligier that rewarded consistency over fireworks. Three wins and relentless finishing brought the title home to Maranello while Villeneuve's six victories told the parallel story of what might have been inside the same garage. The poster treats 1979 as specimen year: Rosso 312 T4, number 11, prancing horse shield, and the South African flag ghosted through 1979 are catalog facts on warm cream paper. Scheckter retired after 1980 rather than fight a car he did not trust — a decision that only reinforces his champion plate as the closing frame on an era, not a prelude to more. For collectors, that makes the 312 T4 plate a hinge between Lauda's surgical Ferrari titles and the Schumacher empire still years away.