So true mate, Jimmy will always be the greatest ever in my opinion. Monza 1967 is the stuff of legend and no other driver has ever driven a Grand Prix of the like since (Senna fans will tell you Donnington 1993 but as great a drive that was of Senna, Jimmy's effort at Monza in 67 is in another dimension altogether!)
I'm 30 yrs old and have to say that Jimmy Clark was the greatest of them all....I don't think there's been any other driver who had the same amount of natural talent as he did. Along with his humility and how down to earth he was, I don't think even Clark had any idea just how incredible he was as a driver. Schumacher, Senna etc aren't even fit to lace his driving boots. F1, Indy 500, Sportscars, Touring Cars, Rallying, Clark done it all and he done it all better than anyone!
Sometimes I'm just so sad, that I wasn't even born back then... From the legends, the only one I saw, was Schumacher. I was only 3, when Senna died and a 3-year-old girl doesn't usually even know what F1 is, so I missed all the greats and now I just have to settle with reading about them and watching videos like this. This video is fantastic, thank you!
Racing God JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio, Senna, Prost, Stewart and countless others about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark - No other driver as so much "Grand Slam" - Pole/Win/Fastest Lap/Leading every lap of the race - like him. And all that from just 72 starts... ! This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps... In 1965 he had the most succesful year of a driver in the history of the sport: He won the F1 World Championship, the Tasman Series with F1 cars, the Indy 500, the British and French F2 Championship, the British Touring car Championship, totally over 50 (!) victories in one season !!!! For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just some examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
In each of those 4 races Clark retired from the lead. Just one victory out of those four races would have sufficed to give him the 1967 title too. So he could have won 5 titles in 8 seasons competing, which would make him equal to Fangio. Had he not crashed and died we can all agree he'd win the 1968 title in style. The saying went:"If the car held Clark won." His statistics proves this
Clark was both ayrton senna's and alain prost's heroes. Prost in particular learned from clark in terms ofsmoothness, while senna took example from his humility and amazing speed. Clark influenced two great men.
The statistics provided by Christine Fury say it all....Clark should have been at least a 4 or 5 time world champion. To me he is the greatest of all time, a sublime natural racing talent that we have never seen the like of since and probably wont ever again.
CHINA DAN - Thank you for your outstanding comments about our common Idol, the most talented driver, ever, the incomparable Jim Clark. And as our friend ETBRAIN rightly says: You’re just 32 years old (the moment I write-2015) but you real know worth a LOT about of F-1 history. Your words: "Jimmy Clark was the greatest of them all....I don't think there's been any other driver who had the same amount of natural talent as he did" are incredible for someone who diddn't live the magic 60's. Thank you for joining the best guys - Clark fans.
Clark will be always the FIRST best F1 driver. He was 'the Man', back then, when this expression didn't even exists! (I can actually say that he was my first F1 hero) I'll make mine the words of China Dan, He says he is only thirty years old, but he surely knows the F1 history. Yes, Jim Clark and his Lotus once ruled the world. RIP Jimmy. Thanks for this beautiful video, Juihi2 Cheers!
ETBRAIN - I think you're possibly 65/68 years of age in case I'm not toooo wrong. I'm 66. Lovely text you wrote honoring "our idol". Thank you. And I signed down to your words: "I can actually say that he was my first F1 hero". Thanks for your post. Lovely.
+therebel clark - Absolutely. In 1964, during the Mexican GP, the last race of the Championship and having won 03 GP's, Jim Clark was, as ever, leading the race... from, as usually... the pole. Having abandonned whith just 1 1/2 lap to go. The race began with Clark leading from pole position with Dan Gurney running second. The championship was now firmly in Clark's grasp. If the positions remained the same, the Flying Scott would be champion with four victories to Hill's two victories, although they would be tied on points at 39. But on the penultimate lap, Clark's engine seized and the positions were now Gurney-Bandini-Surtees. Surtees finished second, thus winning the World Championship by one point over Hill (40 to 39).
RIP Jim Clark (James Clark Junior, 4/3/1936 - 7/4/1968) 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
+alan mac - Surely THEY have no f... soul and as - 63 NOT OUT - suggests: 1. Either they are two fans of Wolfgang Von Trips, 2. Or as I more strongly believe they are most possibly two idiots on the current 30 year age range or even below who never heard about the "Greatest F-1 Driver Ever" - according to the wise words of someone no less than 05 times World Champion - The Grandíssimo: Juan Manuel Fangio, who affirmed point in blank Clark was the best... ever.
1962 last race in South Africa. Jim Clark led the first 62 laps in great style. 20 laps from the end an oil leak made him retire. Graham Hill won the race and the '62 title. Had he won and Hill was 2nd they'd both end the season with 39 points with Clark winning the title having 4 wins to Hill's 3. 1964. Clark led commandingly from lap 1 to lap 63 in the 65 lap long Mexican GP, which was the last race. An oil line robbed him of an easy victory and a title.Surtees was nowhere near Gurney who won
sidepodcast.com/post/jim-clark-yes-he-really-was-that-good Link above demonstrates just how good he was. The greatest driver of all time in my book, tragically sad that he never lived to win even more championships, he should of had at least 5 world titles to his name were it not for Lotus unreliability. A true gentleman as well, RIP Jimmy, gone but never forgotten
@Juihi2 Make that 5x WDC. Only reliability in the last race of 1962 and 1964 robbed him of 4 straight titles. In 1967 the new Lotus was fast but unreliable. Despite his 4 wins (and 6 poles) against Hulme's and Brabham's 2 each, Hulme was champion and Brabham second. Needless to say he would have walked the 1968 championship had he lived. His 1963 dominance is still the record in the percentage of laps led all season by a driver (71,5%)
In fact Bandini was 3rd and let Surtees pass him for the title. With Clark winning he'd yet again end the season with 39 points and tie with Graham Hill. This time winning with 4 wins to Hill's 2. 1967. No spark plug change in Belgium (lost him two minutes) he wins and is '67 champion. No broken differential in France (Hill retired with the same malfunction) he is champion. In Nurburgring he qualifed more than 9 seconds faster than Hulme. Suspension broke while he was leading. Canada ignition.
I can't imagine Jim Clark punting people off the track to win like Schumacher or being economical with the truth like Hamilton. In short, a true champion.
So true mate, Jimmy will always be the greatest ever in my opinion. Monza 1967 is the stuff of legend and no other driver has ever driven a Grand Prix of the like since (Senna fans will tell you Donnington 1993 but as great a drive that was of Senna, Jimmy's effort at Monza in 67 is in another dimension altogether!)
I'm 30 yrs old and have to say that Jimmy Clark was the greatest of them all....I don't think there's been any other driver who had the same amount of natural talent as he did. Along with his humility and how down to earth he was, I don't think even Clark had any idea just how incredible he was as a driver. Schumacher, Senna etc aren't even fit to lace his driving boots. F1, Indy 500, Sportscars, Touring Cars, Rallying, Clark done it all and he done it all better than anyone!
Agree. Senna said "Clark was the best natural born driver."
Sometimes I'm just so sad, that I wasn't even born back then... From the legends, the only one I saw, was Schumacher. I was only 3, when Senna died and a 3-year-old girl doesn't usually even know what F1 is, so I missed all the greats and now I just have to settle with reading about them and watching videos like this. This video is fantastic, thank you!
"I don´t believe in bad luck. I do believe in something done wrog" Jim Clark (1936-1968) Scottish Formula 1 driver
Racing God JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio, Senna, Prost, Stewart and countless others about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark - No other driver as so much "Grand Slam" - Pole/Win/Fastest Lap/Leading every lap of the race - like him. And all that from just 72 starts... !
This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...
In 1965 he had the most succesful year of a driver in the history of the sport: He won the F1 World Championship, the Tasman Series with F1 cars, the Indy 500, the British and French F2 Championship, the British Touring car Championship, totally over 50 (!) victories in one season !!!! For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just some examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
This is the story of a man who pursued his dream until his dead. Lover of speed, he lived to run.................. and ran to win. Thanks Jimmy.
In each of those 4 races Clark retired from the lead. Just one victory out of those four races would have sufficed to give him the 1967 title too.
So he could have won 5 titles in 8 seasons competing, which would make him equal to Fangio.
Had he not crashed and died we can all agree he'd win the 1968 title in style.
The saying went:"If the car held Clark won." His statistics proves this
"No creo en la mala suerte;
si creo en algo que se hizo mal"
Jim Clark (1936 -1968)
Clark was both ayrton senna's and alain prost's heroes. Prost in particular learned from clark in terms ofsmoothness, while senna took example from his humility and amazing speed. Clark influenced two great men.
The statistics provided by Christine Fury say it all....Clark should have been at least a 4 or 5 time world champion. To me he is the greatest of all time, a sublime natural racing talent that we have never seen the like of since and probably wont ever again.
Quantos títulos teria Jim se não tivesse morrido . Tempos do automobilismo raça.
Brent Burriss - Thank you for your outstanding fantastic short though bold comments about Jimmy the greatest driver ever.
CHINA DAN - Thank you for your outstanding comments about our common Idol, the most talented driver, ever, the incomparable Jim Clark. And as our friend ETBRAIN rightly says: You’re just 32 years old (the moment I write-2015) but you real know worth a LOT about of F-1 history. Your words: "Jimmy Clark was the greatest of them all....I don't think there's been any other driver who had the same amount of natural talent as he did" are incredible for someone who diddn't live the magic 60's. Thank you for joining the best guys - Clark fans.
The greatest of them all
Clark will be always the FIRST best F1 driver. He was 'the Man', back then, when this expression didn't even exists! (I can actually say that he was my first F1 hero)
I'll make mine the words of China Dan, He says he is only thirty years old, but he surely knows the F1 history. Yes, Jim Clark and his Lotus once ruled the world.
RIP Jimmy.
Thanks for this beautiful video, Juihi2
Cheers!
Simply the best
Always be no1 Jimmy..
Rest in peace, you are the best, and always will be.
A very touching tribute to the best racing drive of my lifetime.
Fantastic! a fitting tribute to an all time legend
Maybe the best racing driver ever.
Really nicely done, with great music to boot. Thank you.
ETBRAIN - I think you're possibly 65/68 years of age in case I'm not toooo wrong. I'm 66. Lovely text you wrote honoring "our idol". Thank you. And I signed down to your words: "I can actually say that he was my first F1 hero". Thanks for your post. Lovely.
Very good tribute for the best driver ever.
A supurb presentation.TYVM for sharing this.
A radio DY in LA asked all those who were mourning his loss to put on their headlights... the LA freeways lit up at midday... God Bless Jimmy
the only thing that kept jim from, i believe, two more titles was faulty oil pumps
+therebel clark - Absolutely. In 1964, during the Mexican GP, the last race of the Championship and having won 03 GP's, Jim Clark was, as ever, leading the race... from, as usually... the pole. Having abandonned whith just 1 1/2 lap to go. The race began with Clark leading from pole position with Dan Gurney running second. The championship was now firmly in Clark's grasp. If the positions remained the same, the Flying Scott would be champion with four victories to Hill's two victories, although they would be tied on points at 39. But on the penultimate lap, Clark's engine seized and the positions were now Gurney-Bandini-Surtees. Surtees finished second, thus winning the World Championship by one point over Hill (40 to 39).
@@luisleitevelho9312 he lost 1962, 1964 and ultimately 1967 for car problems if i'm not wrong
Clark is a man to emulate!
I wish I seen Jim Clark race.
Juan Manuel Fangio And Jim the best fot ever!!
Aye. No one quite like Jimmy Clark.
RIP Jim Clark (James Clark Junior, 4/3/1936 - 7/4/1968) 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Beautiful video !!!
I remember he was a good driver. The best at that time.
Un grande de todos los tiempos.
Look at the tracks of the time with oak trees 6 inches from the edge of the road. You couldn't run that race today thank God.
Two folk dislike this? Seriously? Have you no fucking soul?
+alan mac probably some germans fans of wolfgang von trips
+alan mac - Surely THEY have no f... soul and as - 63 NOT OUT - suggests: 1. Either they are two fans of Wolfgang Von Trips, 2. Or as I more strongly believe they are most possibly two idiots on the current 30 year age range or even below who never heard about the "Greatest F-1 Driver Ever" - according to the wise words of someone no less than 05 times World Champion - The Grandíssimo: Juan Manuel Fangio, who affirmed point in blank Clark was the best... ever.
The absolutely greatest :) Senna,Schumacher,Prost,Stewart....they are nothing against Jimmy
1962 last race in South Africa. Jim Clark led the first 62 laps in great style. 20 laps from the end an oil leak made him retire. Graham Hill won the race and the '62 title. Had he won and Hill was 2nd they'd both end the season with 39 points with Clark winning the title having 4 wins to Hill's 3.
1964. Clark led commandingly from lap 1 to lap 63 in the 65 lap long Mexican GP, which was the last race. An oil line robbed him of an easy victory and a title.Surtees was nowhere near Gurney who won
Well done! ;)
sidepodcast.com/post/jim-clark-yes-he-really-was-that-good
Link above demonstrates just how good he was. The greatest driver of all time in my book, tragically sad that he never lived to win even more championships, he should of had at least 5 world titles to his name were it not for Lotus unreliability. A true gentleman as well, RIP Jimmy, gone but never forgotten
@Juihi2
Make that 5x WDC. Only reliability in the last race of 1962 and 1964 robbed him of 4 straight titles. In 1967 the new Lotus was fast but unreliable. Despite his 4 wins (and 6 poles) against Hulme's and Brabham's 2 each, Hulme was champion and Brabham second.
Needless to say he would have walked the 1968 championship had he lived. His 1963 dominance is still the record in the percentage of laps led all season by a driver (71,5%)
agreed, in fact he was very unlucky not to be a 4x WDC and 3x Indy 500 winner
Fear not of what you are told.
I remember he was a good driver, the beat at that time.
In fact Bandini was 3rd and let Surtees pass him for the title. With Clark winning he'd yet again end the season with 39 points and tie with Graham Hill. This time winning with 4 wins to Hill's 2.
1967. No spark plug change in Belgium (lost him two minutes) he wins and is '67 champion. No broken differential in France (Hill retired with the same malfunction) he is champion. In Nurburgring he qualifed more than 9 seconds faster than Hulme. Suspension broke while he was leading. Canada ignition.
Essas corridas eram mais emocionante
True Blue
Sorry the best.
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I can't imagine Jim Clark punting people off the track to win like Schumacher or being economical with the truth like Hamilton. In short, a true champion.
RonniePeterson he’d have driven round them like a champ, end of
Hans Zimmer - One day
Hans Zimmer - All of them
who the f**k is Senna/Schumacher/Prost? :D
But you wouldn't want to be a 55-year-old woman now, do you? :D
"I don´t believe in bad luck. I Believe in something one wrong" Jim Clark (1936-1968) Scottish Formula 1 driver