In 1967, I was a 16 year-old kid with a borrowed camera attending my first F1 race at Mosport in Canada. We camped out for 3 days and there was no security -- you could go anywhere if you behaved. Late Friday afternoon at the end of scheduled practice, Clark wrecked his car in turn 1 -- spun, and backed into a dirt bank ruining his rear suspension. They towed his car back to the Lotus garage, which, like for all the other teams, was a line of circus tents behind the pits. I stood at the front opening of the Lotus tent and saw mechanics start swarming the car. I snapped a few shots. As my eyes adjusted to the dark lighting, I noticed off to the side - Jim Clark sitting on an overturned crate, elbows on his knees and head in his hands. He was no more than 10 feet away. I was too terrified to take a picture. I froze in the presence of my hero. In a few moments he looked up at his car and spoken words exited my mouth -- "I'm sorry you wrecked your car." What a dumb thing to say. I wanted to crawl into a hole. Clark turned his head and smiled at me. "Yes. We're going to be here most of the night." What a gentleman. What a hero.
The greatest racing driver of all time. When Fangio and Senna say he is the best, then he simply, just is. RIP Jim Clark, the best there was, the best there will ever be.
I'm english. So much Scotland has given to the world. Television, telephone, golf, penicillin and the fridge just for starters. For me, Jimmy Clark should be top of that list.
Jim Clark- GOAT. Greatest Driver & Greatest Champion of all- an absolute gentleman. Died two years before I was even born and over the years, I've become obsessed with Jim Clark. If had four wheels, Jim could drive it faster and race it better than any of his contemporaries. Senna regarded Jim as GOAT, that's good enough for me. I rest my case.
Always my favourite driver - that ability to just jump into anything and be competitive. There is a great story demonstrating Clark's dry sense of humour: After one particular race, Jackie Stewart was telling a story of how his throttle cable had become stuck and he had to take the corners flat out and Clark responded with his soft, Scottish accent 'so let me get this right, Jackie - you'd normally lift off there?' Always brings a smile to my face...
I saw Jim Clark racing on ABC's Wide World of Sports in America (Texas) . His driving could put my heart in my throat . At 74 I am still waiting for a major motion picture of his life and career , done properly not some dry documentary nor romanticized version of a racing legend . IMO , we owe it to him .
Hello sir, I'm 15 years old. I can sadly only watch this mans racimg through old videos and he's definitely one of the best drivers I've ever watched. I would love to see a motion picture of his life and career, That would be amazing. God bless you sir! Have a good day/night.
❤️😀🇬🇧 at least we have some footage of him. Honestly all you need is to watch him drift that Ford Cortina. Hollywood would ruin it. And if he were alive today, from what I've read of him, he'd say "what's this bollocks?".
Racing God JIM CLARK - Unmatched Maestro. 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...
I was too young to see Jim Clark race. He died 13 years before I was born. But when Sir Jackie Stewart says Jim Clark was the best, then that's what he was. I now realised that Senna and Fangio said the same of Clark. There couldn't possibly be higher praise.
That last line, ‘he was a gentleman and a gentle man. It’s a pity he’s not around now because… it’d be nice to have him.’ Very touching, and it would be nice to have him.
I cannot recall the year, but was in the early 1960s, Jim was racing a Lotus 24 at the Monaco GP, and the rear anti-roll bar was working loose on it's mountings, eventually just connected to both wheels, but not secured to the chassis, throughout the process, Jim's lap times were unaffected, he just compensated, and adjusted his driving to overcome the problem, a master.
Jim Clark’s skillset was the combination of all greats, the fastest man of his time, knew the car like he was a mechanic, drove smoother like butter, stormed the tracks precisely like no other, took the turns with godspeed, at the end of the day he was just a shy farmer from the quiet fields of Scotland who wanted to race a car.
I know this is off topic , but I remember reading about Hammond switching to being a tv presenter for top gear because he wanted to improve his presenting skills. If anything I think this is his best presentation. As someone who had never heard of Jim Clark this genuinely tugged at my heart strings. Well done you little man.
I heard about Jim, not really knowing who he was or what he represented as a driver. But after that piece of video i knew exactly who he was on and off track. The very best
when I was younger I saw many incredibly talented drivers on TV, Mika Häkkinen, Petter Solberg, Ken Block, Colin McRae, Pablo Montoya, Sebastian Vettel, but Jim Clark is in a class of his own, an absolutely incredible driver, a moment of silence for him and his incredible career as one of the world's best drivers ever
My dad saw Jim race at the Nurburgring and in Sweden in 1961, although he was at the races to see Stirling Moss, and never told me any impression he had of Clark. I was friends with Ed Hinchliff, longtime Trans Am racer, at the end of his life. Ed raced against Jim, and met him a few times, eventually losing a firl to him. Ed said that Jim was a perfect gentleman and an amazing driver.
My Mum's best friend was Maggie Clark of Flawcraig - she was Jim's cousin, we called him Uncle Jim because we already called Maggie Auntie Maggie . My mum did one day have a driving lesson from Jim, she was a great driver too! Scotland was in mourning for years after that hammer blow.
In his F1 Career, as there were fewer races per year, Jim Clark raced in F1 World Championship Grands Prix. Of these 72, in 46 of the races, something broke on the car in such a way as to slow Jim Clark down, or drop him out of the race. Of the remaining 26 races, Jim Clark finished second on 1 occasion. Of the remaining 25 races, Jim Clark won all of them.................. In the history of motor racing (not just F1) there is Jim Clark.........................................................and then there are the rest.
@@antonioruella377 - I read a magazine article (back in around 2002) which compared all of the F1 drivers (who had each won at least two F1 Championships at the time). The article asked "Who was the Greatest F1 Driver of all Time ?". This was a long article , each driver had a paragraph in-which a journalist gave an account of why that particular driver was the best / greatest. Etc... The point about the 46 races in-which something broke on the car, comes from this particular article.
@@antonioruella377 Well F1 cars in the past were far less reliable (and a lot less safe) than F1 cars of today. Drivers used manual gearboxes and often found (during the race) than one or more of the individual gears broke. EG Niki Lauda lost fourth gear during the 1984 Austrian Grand Prix. But Lauda still managed to win that race.
❤️😀🇬🇧 brilliant post . Thank you. I could watch him drift that cortina all day. They could have saved some weight and only put 3 wheels on it. Every pic I've seen there's 1 wheel waving🖐. There's a good chance he'd still win on a mower.
The hero of my early days growing up in Scotland, his death two months before my 8th birthday wasn’t comprehendible at that age, I just knew an idol was gone. The tributes to Jim Clark are immense, from the greats & the fans & that also includes how lovely a human being Jim was. You are loved 🙏💙🏴
Clark has 8 Grand Slams from only 72GP’s & that’s not counting the grand slams from all the unofficial F1 races he participated in. Hamilton has 6 from nearly 300 races in much more reliable machinery. Clark proved his genius by winning championships in F1, F2, Touring Cars, Tasman Series, Indy 500. Unquestionably the greatest & most talented racing driver of all time.
The ancient greeks would have described him as The demi-god of Victory, speed,vapour, precision and having a humble attitude. Car race 🏁 🏁 1965 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 lol how many !!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤
Thanks. Having a Scottish father I had a soft spot for Scottish drivers. Jimmy never had tarton on his helmet. I had an opportunity to go to Indy 500 that Jimmy won magnificently. Unfortunately I could not afford it. Motor Racing mag I think. Now defunct organised the trip.
Jimmy was too young to die. A part of me died with him. I loved the man. He was so modest. He talent did all the talking. Arguably like Senna mechanical failure broke the spell. We can forgive him for that.
Thanks. Clearly you loved Jimmy as many did. It was a ridiculous accident but indicative of the time. It is sobering how Graham Hill not Chapman pulled the team together. Respect. Arguably statistically but not charasmatically GH was the greatest.
There is a lot of compression of Clark's history at Indy here. Clark's first year at Indianapolis was in 1963 with a modified Lotus 25 with a Ford overhead valve V8. The car was slowish but easy on fuel and tires. Clark did the rookie test in 1963, then finished second in the race. He could have won, but the officials refused to black flag Parnelli Jones' roadster for throwing off oil. Then in 1964, Ford came up with a DOHC engine and Clark qualified on pole. But Chapman had a sponsorship deal with Dunlop tires, who had no experience in oval racing. Tire problems led to suspension failure and retirement. Then in 1965 he dominated the race. The Lotus 38 was the first car Lotus build with Indy in mind and led 190 of the 200 laps. Officially, 5 cars finished all 200 laps but in those days Indy allowed several minutes after the winner crossed the line for cars to complete the full 500 miles. In reality, Clark won the race by 2 minutes, which was just over 2 laps and the last "finisher" was 5 laps behind.
I think the biggest thing for me was the different cars and series he drove, winning them with ease. We all know how getting in a different vehicle can feel strange but driving on the edge takes something few of us could experience or learn because of the risks it presents and our willingness to survive. His self belief was unbreakable. To the extreme and beyond, he beat veterans of oval racing in the Indy 500 after a season littered with completely different racing series and cars. Finally winning the F1 crown, wow. I think some may elude to taking a wrong decision on the choice between races on the day he died but ultimately I think he was a victim of the unsafe odds of that era catching upto him, he had 63 races in a season, triple what they endure now, with far less safety. Probably Jim Clarke and Colin McRae stand out for me as legendary figures, I’m not Sottish I’m English and even I can see the very special people they were. They broke the mould
The F1 Lotus 25, the F2 Lotus is the 35, the Tasman Series GP car is a Lotus 32B Coventry-Climax, and the last one is the Lotus 38 that was developed for the Indy 500.
The documentary should also have mentioned that he would have won the 1962 and 1964 F1 World Championship if his leading car would have held up in the last race of each of those seasons.
@@pianortd4800 Agreed. I was first introduced to racing watching Denis Hulme drive Can Am cars at Road America as a little kid. He was my Nr 1 favorite growing up. So I have a soft spot for his 1967 World Championship. I do not want to take that one away from him. :-) He is often overlooked.
@@reallyluckyoaklawn8306 denis was amazing, i was born in 2004 so i only read about him, what jack did to him after he got beaten by denis was a coward move in my opinion, he kicked him off the team without even thinking about it... anyway, i really like his story, he worked his ass off to make his dream come true and he made it, too bad that he died from that heart attack in the 90s if i'm not wrong
@@pianortd4800 A heart attack during the 1992 Bathurst race. I think Denny wanted to race with Bruce especially after their 1967 Can Am season. Denny won the Monaco GP and German GP (the Ring) in 1967, partnered Ken Miles in the "Dead Heat" 1966 Le Mans 2nd Place Ford MKII and was 4th at Indy twice 1967 Rookie of the Year and 1968. Tied for fastest lap at Le Mans in 1967 too. And 3 Can Am wins in 1967. Yet when Alonso's "quest" is discussed, Denny never gets mentioned. 2 3rd place finishes in the F1 World Championship (1968 and 1972) too!
Jim Clark finished 2nd at the 1963 Indy 500 behind Parnelli Jones, who some felt should have been black flagged. He raced there again in 1964. So the rookie test, would have come while winning his first World Championship in May 1963.
From memory, in the drivers briefing before the start of the 1963 Indy 500 the teams were warned that dropping oil would receive a black flag, Parnelli Jones car was bucketing oil, but it being America, the team argued that the oil tank had crack in it, but the oil level was now below the crack, so please no black flag, if it had been Jims Lotus leaking oil, he would have been pulled up, as they say in boxing, in America, you have to knock out a yank to get a draw.
For me Fangio, Senna and Clark are all tied at #1. All had a certain ‘something’ that other drivers of their eras didn’t have. Fangio had more titles driving different car marques in an era when crashing meant DEATH. Senna was the greatest in wet weather and had an almost ‘mystical’ quality bordering on crazy, but anyone who has watches his turbo charged F1 car twitching as he masterfully controls it will agree (and gave huge chunks of his wealth to poor people ). Jim Clark drove multiple discipline race cars and excelled in them all. I feel both Clark and Senna would of won more championships had they lived longer…
The first race I ever saw was the 1967 Canadian F1 in the rain and all I knew was to find out who the guy that was negotiating the turn with both front wheels bouncing off the ground not a little but 5-6 inches not turning the steering but using the throttle to turn the rear he would hit the throttle numerous times while down shifting, front tires off the ground back down 4-5 times to go around a turn others were having the worst time with, not Jim, every lap the same up and down in the air, never seen anyone try that ever since, after I got home I went straight to the library and found a book called Jim Clark took it out and read all about the greatest driver who was not a mere mortal but one of a kind who drove the only way he knew, you are not going fast enough until the wheels leave the ground..
Lotus and Jim Clark stands as one of the greatest driver-team pairings of all time, along with Senna and McLaren, Schumacher and Ferrari, and Hamilton with Mercedes.
These kind of "genius meeting their premature demise" stories make me want to believe in devil pacts. Because how cruel/brutal the end is, in these stories.
Not completely accurate. The rookie test was in 1963. The win was in 1965. He would likely have won in 63 but for Parnelli Jones dropping oil for all the cars behind making attack completely impossible. Clark was nonetheless incredibly impressed with Jones. He said Jones had the best car control he had ever seen. He tried very hard to get Jones to Europe for F1. It was just impossible because the money was in the US and the money in the Europe scene was a pittance by comparison. This was an example of Clark. Jim Clark raced for Jim Clark and he wanted to compete against the best. Not sure that many others have had that attitude then or since. For those who pursue the perpetual argument of who is the greatest ever, the factor that is omitted is the lotus machinery failures. His record is incredible, but when machinery failures are taken into account it is just unbelievable. The fact is that most times if the car held together and ran properly he won. Nobody comes close when records are properly analyzed. It's all there in black and white.
Chances are pretty good that nobody knows who the greatest driver was because the variables are too many. Ali or Tyson? Era, competition, amount of events, technology, sponsor pressure, Colin Chapman, etc. you can say you like him more than the others though.
This video misrepresents the facts of Clark's Indy history. USAC (the governing body at Indy at that time) did NOT require *world champion* Clark to take a rookie test! At the time of Clark's rookie appearance at Indy in May of 1963, he was not a F1 world champion, and, yes, like all new-comers at Indy, he took the rookie test; I'd bet that Jack Brabham did. Also, the video makes it seem as though Clark arrived at Indy for the first time in '65 and promptly won; this, of course, is also misleading. Although he did nearly win in '63 in his first appearance, he finished 2nd and won rookie-of-the-year honors -- and some argue he should have won that race because Parnelli should have been black flagged for his oil leak. 1964 was a DNF due to his chunking Dunlop tires causing rear-suspension failure while leading the race. Finally in '65 with Firestone tires and the Wood Brothers (NASCAR) pit crew, he won the race decisively. Clark was one of the greatest drivers, and arguably perhaps the best. But there's no point in embellishing the reality of his career.
A lesser know fact, it was Henry Ford II who personally intervened, after the Dunlop tyre failures, and insisted Firestones tyres and the Wood brothers were deployed next time.
This statement is ludicrous at very best, and is typical of the type of character looking the sh*t on Lewis at every opportunity. I’m as big a fan of Jim Clark as the next, but Hamilton has won 7 world titles to Jim’s 2 and has been a torch bearer for black kids in Motorsport. He is more deserving of his knighthood than any driver in history.
@@michaeljamieson3582 Its actually a fact. Clark won multiple championships in multiple disciplines. That takes a lot more ability than winning 7 in one. Clark also won world championships in different disciplines in the same year. When has Lewis done this? Your defence of Hamilton is ludicrous . Not to mention his total Hypocrisy on BLM
@@beckillouise948 not a fact, it’s an opinion. And you are comparing 2 completely different eras, I genuinely do think Jim Clark was one of the greatest drivers in history but I also do not think taking a dump on Hamilton’s achievements enhances Clark’s status on any level. It just makes you look bitter for some weird reason.
@@michaeljamieson3582 Its not a dump and it IS a fact. A fact is something that actually happened , An opinion is something that may or may not have happened based on loose facts, Its a fact that Hamilton has never won a championship in anything other than by far he best car at the time, Other great drivers have, ITs not an opinion, its well documented
@@beckillouise948 pretty well much every champion including Clark won with the best car. Schumacher in the 95 Benetton is the only exception in recent memory. Your point holds no water.
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I saw Jim practising in Melbourne Aust Feb 1968. He was the greatest . I have never seen anybody drive like that.
good for you sir ✌
You've had amazing luck to do that sir
In 1967, I was a 16 year-old kid with a borrowed camera attending my first F1 race at Mosport in Canada. We camped out for 3 days and there was no security -- you could go anywhere if you behaved. Late Friday afternoon at the end of scheduled practice, Clark wrecked his car in turn 1 -- spun, and backed into a dirt bank ruining his rear suspension. They towed his car back to the Lotus garage, which, like for all the other teams, was a line of circus tents behind the pits. I stood at the front opening of the Lotus tent and saw mechanics start swarming the car. I snapped a few shots. As my eyes adjusted to the dark lighting, I noticed off to the side - Jim Clark sitting on an overturned crate, elbows on his knees and head in his hands. He was no more than 10 feet away. I was too terrified to take a picture. I froze in the presence of my hero. In a few moments he looked up at his car and spoken words exited my mouth -- "I'm sorry you wrecked your car." What a dumb thing to say. I wanted to crawl into a hole. Clark turned his head and smiled at me. "Yes. We're going to be here most of the night." What a gentleman. What a hero.
The greatest racing driver of all time. When Fangio and Senna say he is the best, then he simply, just is. RIP Jim Clark, the best there was, the best there will ever be.
Emerson and Jackie also said they never saw somebody like Jim Clark.
I am a Kiwi ... hence a McLaren follower .. what a driver !!!
Go the Scots !
But Senna said fangio
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Senna and fangio are my top for best F1 driver of all time. Greatest driver period, Jim Clark
If your old mechanics, read mates, still get teared up, 50 years later, that alone, shows what kind of a human he was.
Clark didn't win by two minutes, he won by two laps !!!!! Basically he smashed the competition that year.
I'm english. So much Scotland has given to the world. Television, telephone, golf, penicillin and the fridge just for starters. For me, Jimmy Clark should be top of that list.
The legend that is Jimmy Clark the most gifted and naturally quick professional racing driver of his era. Wish you were still with us champ
Jimmy Clark drove so smoothly he was at one with the car.He made driving the car fast look effortless.
Jim Clark- GOAT. Greatest Driver & Greatest Champion of all- an absolute gentleman. Died two years before I was even born and over the years, I've become obsessed with Jim Clark. If had four wheels, Jim could drive it faster and race it better than any of his contemporaries. Senna regarded Jim as GOAT, that's good enough for me. I rest my case.
Always my favourite driver - that ability to just jump into anything and be competitive. There is a great story demonstrating Clark's dry sense of humour: After one particular race, Jackie Stewart was telling a story of how his throttle cable had become stuck and he had to take the corners flat out and Clark responded with his soft, Scottish accent 'so let me get this right, Jackie - you'd normally lift off there?' Always brings a smile to my face...
I saw Jim Clark racing on ABC's Wide World of Sports in America (Texas) . His driving could put my heart in my throat .
At 74 I am still waiting for a major motion picture of his life and career , done properly not some dry documentary nor romanticized version of a racing legend . IMO , we owe it to him .
Hello sir, I'm 15 years old. I can sadly only watch this mans racimg through old videos and he's definitely one of the best drivers I've ever watched.
I would love to see a motion picture of his life and career, That would be amazing. God bless you sir! Have a good day/night.
❤️😀🇬🇧 at least we have some footage of him. Honestly all you need is to watch him drift that Ford Cortina. Hollywood would ruin it. And if he were alive today, from what I've read of him, he'd say "what's this bollocks?".
Here here!
Racing God JIM CLARK - Unmatched Maestro. 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...
I was too young to see Jim Clark race. He died 13 years before I was born. But when Sir Jackie Stewart says Jim Clark was the best, then that's what he was. I now realised that Senna and Fangio said the same of Clark. There couldn't possibly be higher praise.
That last line, ‘he was a gentleman and a gentle man. It’s a pity he’s not around now because… it’d be nice to have him.’
Very touching, and it would be nice to have him.
Such simple words but the weight behind them my god. Legends all of them
I cannot recall the year, but was in the early 1960s, Jim was racing a Lotus 24 at the Monaco GP, and the rear anti-roll bar was working loose on it's mountings, eventually just connected to both wheels, but not secured to the chassis, throughout the process, Jim's lap times were unaffected, he just compensated, and adjusted his driving to overcome the problem, a master.
Not just the greatest driver of all time but probably the greatest human to ever get behind a wheel.
Jim Clark’s skillset was the combination of all greats, the fastest man of his time, knew the car like he was a mechanic, drove smoother like butter, stormed the tracks precisely like no other, took the turns with godspeed, at the end of the day he was just a shy farmer from the quiet fields of Scotland who wanted to race a car.
Jim Clark is the best of the best. No doubt. R.I.P.
Magnificent tribute.
So fortunate to see Jim Clark numerous times in the Tasman Series.
Jim Clark is the GOD of Motorsports. He's a natural and he deserved way more.
if i may change the subject for a second here this is an astonishing piece of TV, absolutely wonderful
I know this is off topic , but I remember reading about Hammond switching to being a tv presenter for top gear because he wanted to improve his presenting skills. If anything I think this is his best presentation. As someone who had never heard of Jim Clark this genuinely tugged at my heart strings. Well done you little man.
I am astonished at how many people look blank when you say his name, Jim Clark!! See Senna and Fangio's comments!
I heard about Jim, not really knowing who he was or what he represented as a driver. But after that piece of video i knew exactly who he was on and off track. The very best
this show makes me appreciate people i’ve not even existed at the same time as
ok amazon, stop the buffoonery and give us this kind of show back. This is great television.
Ayrton Senna was and is the greatest Formula One Driver of all time.
Jim Clark was and is the greatest _Driver_ of all time.
That’s the distinction.
Jim Clark will never being forgotten
Agree, Jimmy, Gilles and Ayrton Gone but never forgotten ...
He is the undeniable G.O.A.T.
when I was younger I saw many incredibly talented drivers on TV, Mika Häkkinen, Petter Solberg, Ken Block, Colin McRae, Pablo Montoya, Sebastian Vettel, but Jim Clark is in a class of his own, an absolutely incredible driver, a moment of silence for him and his incredible career as one of the world's best drivers ever
My dad saw Jim race at the Nurburgring and in Sweden in 1961, although he was at the races to see Stirling Moss, and never told me any impression he had of Clark. I was friends with Ed Hinchliff, longtime Trans Am racer, at the end of his life. Ed raced against Jim, and met him a few times, eventually losing a firl to him. Ed said that Jim was a perfect gentleman and an amazing driver.
Thanks for sharing!
My Mum's best friend was Maggie Clark of Flawcraig - she was Jim's cousin, we called him Uncle Jim because we already called Maggie Auntie Maggie . My mum did one day have a driving lesson from Jim, she was a great driver too! Scotland was in mourning for years after that hammer blow.
Saw him race at Kyalami. A legendary man, without the egotistical self importance of most of the current formula one drivers.
In his F1 Career, as there were fewer races per year, Jim Clark raced in F1 World Championship Grands Prix. Of these 72, in 46 of the races, something broke on the car in such a way as to slow Jim Clark down, or drop him out of the race.
Of the remaining 26 races, Jim Clark finished second on 1 occasion. Of the remaining 25 races, Jim Clark won all of them..................
In the history of motor racing (not just F1) there is Jim Clark.........................................................and then there are the rest.
where did you get that stat? (in 46 races something broke on the car)
@@antonioruella377 - I read a magazine article (back in around 2002) which compared all of the F1 drivers (who had each won at least two F1 Championships at the time). The article asked "Who was the Greatest F1 Driver of all Time ?". This was a long article , each driver had a paragraph in-which a journalist gave an account of why that particular driver was the best / greatest. Etc... The point about the 46 races in-which something broke on the car, comes from this particular article.
@@DennisBloodnokPhotographyVideo if true it’s unbelievable, but to be honest i doubt it
@@antonioruella377 Well F1 cars in the past were far less reliable (and a lot less safe) than F1 cars of today. Drivers used manual gearboxes and often found (during the race) than one or more of the individual gears broke. EG Niki Lauda lost fourth gear during the 1984 Austrian Grand Prix. But Lauda still managed to win that race.
Imagine you are that one guy who beat Jim Clark in a fair battle...
❤️😀🇬🇧 brilliant post . Thank you. I could watch him drift that cortina all day. They could have saved some weight and only put 3 wheels on it. Every pic I've seen there's 1 wheel waving🖐. There's a good chance he'd still win on a mower.
The hero of my early days growing up in Scotland, his death two months before my 8th birthday wasn’t comprehendible at that age, I just knew an idol was gone. The tributes to Jim Clark are immense, from the greats & the fans & that also includes how lovely a human being Jim was. You are loved 🙏💙🏴
God bless Scotland
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@@Lorddonen May the Lord bless Wales 🏴. I was 10 years in Llanelli 💙❤️
@@KeithWilliamMacHendry amazing! I hope you enjoyed it!
@@Lorddonen Immensely
Clark has 8 Grand Slams from only 72GP’s & that’s not counting the grand slams from all the unofficial F1 races he participated in. Hamilton has 6 from nearly 300 races in much more reliable machinery.
Clark proved his genius by winning championships in F1, F2, Touring Cars, Tasman Series, Indy 500. Unquestionably the greatest & most talented racing driver of all time.
Best f1 drivers :Schumacher Fangio Clark. Best drivers of all time :Clark Clark Clark
Totally agree he drove a car the proper way not in one run by computers .like today.
I was 11years old when I saw him win at Cadwell Park in the MK1 Lotus Cortina.
Great video, the Tasman Series was raced over the northern winter in New Zealand and Australia. Jim Clark was one of the greatest of all time.
Thanks for sharing!
Stewart won't become a 3 times world champion if Clark was still alive to continue racing until 70s.
I’d say Jackie would’ve kept his 3 titles
The ancient greeks would have described him as The demi-god of Victory, speed,vapour, precision and having a humble attitude. Car race 🏁 🏁 1965 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 lol how many !!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤
They will never be a Jim Clark again
What a champion what a nice man
Clark to racing. Is Pele to soccer. Simply. The Best
After Jimmy died I never followed motor racing for years. He was enigmatic. Like Senna. A complete contrast with Stirling Moss. Clark was sheer class.
Thanks. Having a Scottish father I had a soft spot for Scottish drivers. Jimmy never had tarton on his helmet. I had an opportunity to go to Indy 500 that Jimmy won magnificently. Unfortunately I could not afford it. Motor Racing mag I think. Now defunct organised the trip.
Jimmy was too young to die. A part of me died with him. I loved the man. He was so modest. He talent did all the talking. Arguably like Senna mechanical failure broke the spell. We can forgive him for that.
Thanks. Clearly you loved Jimmy as many did. It was a ridiculous accident but indicative of the time. It is sobering how Graham Hill not Chapman pulled the team together. Respect. Arguably statistically but not charasmatically GH was the greatest.
There is a lot of compression of Clark's history at Indy here. Clark's first year at Indianapolis was in 1963 with a modified Lotus 25 with a Ford overhead valve V8. The car was slowish but easy on fuel and tires. Clark did the rookie test in 1963, then finished second in the race. He could have won, but the officials refused to black flag Parnelli Jones' roadster for throwing off oil.
Then in 1964, Ford came up with a DOHC engine and Clark qualified on pole. But Chapman had a sponsorship deal with Dunlop tires, who had no experience in oval racing. Tire problems led to suspension failure and retirement.
Then in 1965 he dominated the race. The Lotus 38 was the first car Lotus build with Indy in mind and led 190 of the 200 laps. Officially, 5 cars finished all 200 laps but in those days Indy allowed several minutes after the winner crossed the line for cars to complete the full 500 miles. In reality, Clark won the race by 2 minutes, which was just over 2 laps and the last "finisher" was 5 laps behind.
I think the biggest thing for me was the different cars and series he drove, winning them with ease. We all know how getting in a different vehicle can feel strange but driving on the edge takes something few of us could experience or learn because of the risks it presents and our willingness to survive. His self belief was unbreakable. To the extreme and beyond, he beat veterans of oval racing in the Indy 500 after a season littered with completely different racing series and cars. Finally winning the F1 crown, wow.
I think some may elude to taking a wrong decision on the choice between races on the day he died but ultimately I think he was a victim of the unsafe odds of that era catching upto him, he had 63 races in a season, triple what they endure now, with far less safety.
Probably Jim Clarke and Colin McRae stand out for me as legendary figures, I’m not Sottish I’m English and even I can see the very special people they were. They broke the mould
The F1 Lotus 25, the F2 Lotus is the 35, the Tasman Series GP car is a Lotus 32B Coventry-Climax, and the last one is the Lotus 38 that was developed for the Indy 500.
The best driver from all ages
... I remember exactly where I was, and doing when heard of Clark death. I was 16 years old.
Without his retirements for engine failures (often) he would be at 95% of victories/races contested
The documentary should also have mentioned that he would have won the 1962 and 1964 F1 World Championship if his leading car would have held up in the last race of each of those seasons.
Jim could have easily had 5 titles by 1968. 1964 and 68 should have been his.
Let's not count out the 1967 title also that he lost again for reliability
@@pianortd4800 Agreed. I was first introduced to racing watching Denis Hulme drive Can Am cars at Road America as a little kid. He was my Nr 1 favorite growing up. So I have a soft spot for his 1967 World Championship. I do not want to take that one away from him. :-) He is often overlooked.
@@reallyluckyoaklawn8306 denis was amazing, i was born in 2004 so i only read about him, what jack did to him after he got beaten by denis was a coward move in my opinion, he kicked him off the team without even thinking about it... anyway, i really like his story, he worked his ass off to make his dream come true and he made it, too bad that he died from that heart attack in the 90s if i'm not wrong
@@pianortd4800 A heart attack during the 1992 Bathurst race. I think Denny wanted to race with Bruce especially after their 1967 Can Am season. Denny won the Monaco GP and German GP (the Ring) in 1967, partnered Ken Miles in the "Dead Heat" 1966 Le Mans 2nd Place Ford MKII and was 4th at Indy twice 1967 Rookie of the Year and 1968. Tied for fastest lap at Le Mans in 1967 too. And 3 Can Am wins in 1967. Yet when Alonso's "quest" is discussed, Denny never gets mentioned. 2 3rd place finishes in the F1 World Championship (1968 and 1972) too!
He was born to run and to be the greatest of the world
Simply the best 😊
The greatest of all time..
They talk about Hamilton and Schumacher but if Jim Clark hadn't died so young god only knows what he would have achieved!!!!!!!
Exactly!
Jim Clark finished 2nd at the 1963 Indy 500 behind Parnelli Jones, who some felt should have been black flagged. He raced there again in 1964. So the rookie test, would have come while winning his first World Championship in May 1963.
From memory, in the drivers briefing before the start of the 1963 Indy 500 the teams were warned that dropping oil would receive a black flag, Parnelli Jones car was bucketing oil, but it being America, the team argued that the oil tank had crack in it, but the oil level was now below the crack, so please no black flag, if it had been Jims Lotus leaking oil, he would have been pulled up, as they say in boxing, in America, you have to knock out a yank to get a draw.
Tears me up everytime 😢
For me Fangio, Senna and Clark are all tied at #1. All had a certain ‘something’ that other drivers of their eras didn’t have. Fangio had more titles driving different car marques in an era when crashing meant DEATH. Senna was the greatest in wet weather and had an almost ‘mystical’ quality bordering on crazy, but anyone who has watches his turbo charged F1 car twitching as he masterfully controls it will agree (and gave huge chunks of his wealth to poor people ). Jim Clark drove multiple discipline race cars and excelled in them all. I feel both Clark and Senna would of won more championships had they lived longer…
The first race I ever saw was the 1967 Canadian F1 in the rain and all I knew was to find out who the guy that was negotiating the turn with both front wheels bouncing off the ground not a little but 5-6 inches not turning the steering but using the throttle to turn the rear he would hit the throttle numerous times while down shifting, front tires off the ground back down 4-5 times to go around a turn others were having the worst time with, not Jim, every lap the same up and down in the air, never seen anyone try that ever since, after I got home I went straight to the library and found a book called Jim Clark took it out and read all about the greatest driver who was not a mere mortal but one of a kind who drove the only way he knew, you are not going fast enough until the wheels leave the ground..
Colin: Make a car lighter and lighter until it breaks. Then make it lighter still. And when the car crashes, blame anyone other than me.
Fangio Clark Senna............................that's my three of the Best ever. Judge that by those not in that list to appreciate it's magnitude.
Personally I’d go Senna, Prost, Schumacher
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BEST OF THE BEST JIMMY FOR EVERY TOP GUN.
I thought Senna was the greatest. But with the Grandslam, he have 8 in such short career! This is mind boggling.
Truly is!
Lotus and Jim Clark stands as one of the greatest driver-team pairings of all time, along with Senna and McLaren, Schumacher and Ferrari, and Hamilton with Mercedes.
These kind of "genius meeting their premature demise" stories make me want to believe in devil pacts. Because how cruel/brutal the end is, in these stories.
I know, there's so many stories of brilliant people sadly dying in tragic ways.
Thanks for sharing this mate, I'm ashamed to say I didn't know anything about him. But I do now 👍
Not completely accurate. The rookie test was in 1963. The win was in 1965. He would likely have won in 63 but for Parnelli Jones dropping oil for all the cars behind making attack completely impossible. Clark was nonetheless incredibly impressed with Jones. He said Jones had the best car control he had ever seen. He tried very hard to get Jones to Europe for F1. It was just impossible because the money was in the US and the money in the Europe scene was a pittance by comparison. This was an example of Clark. Jim Clark raced for Jim Clark and he wanted to compete against the best. Not sure that many others have had that attitude then or since. For those who pursue the perpetual argument of who is the greatest ever, the factor that is omitted is the lotus machinery failures. His record is incredible, but when machinery failures are taken into account it is just unbelievable. The fact is that most times if the car held together and ran properly he won. Nobody comes close when records are properly analyzed. It's all there in black and white.
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Chances are pretty good that nobody knows who the greatest driver was because the variables are too many. Ali or Tyson? Era, competition, amount of events, technology, sponsor pressure, Colin Chapman, etc. you can say you like him more than the others though.
Definitely No1
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Senna the greatest but Clark the very best ever.
Wow the cars in the old days are small
This video misrepresents the facts of Clark's Indy history. USAC (the governing body at Indy at that time) did NOT require *world champion* Clark to take a rookie test! At the time of Clark's rookie appearance at Indy in May of 1963, he was not a F1 world champion, and, yes, like all new-comers at Indy, he took the rookie test; I'd bet that Jack Brabham did. Also, the video makes it seem as though Clark arrived at Indy for the first time in '65 and promptly won; this, of course, is also misleading. Although he did nearly win in '63 in his first appearance, he finished 2nd and won rookie-of-the-year honors -- and some argue he should have won that race because Parnelli should have been black flagged for his oil leak. 1964 was a DNF due to his chunking Dunlop tires causing rear-suspension failure while leading the race. Finally in '65 with Firestone tires and the Wood Brothers (NASCAR) pit crew, he won the race decisively. Clark was one of the greatest drivers, and arguably perhaps the best. But there's no point in embellishing the reality of his career.
No need for embellishment. He was , and still is for those who witnessed him, the best.
By quite a bit.
A lesser know fact, it was Henry Ford II who personally intervened, after the Dunlop tyre failures, and insisted Firestones tyres and the Wood brothers were deployed next time.
He finished 2nd in 1966 too. So over those four years in the Indy 500 his results were 2nd.....DNF.....1st.....2nd.
it wasn't April it was July 7th that he lost his life.
Does anyone know if Jim was ejected from the car ? Have read he lost control and went into the trees....
I think I heard his body was thrown from the car.
@@Lorddonen thank you....from the video I have seen....it was off there was no fire...
SENNA ALWAYS SENNA, PLEASE STOP ANY PERSON WHO GOT ANY PROOF ABOUT HIM SAYING THAT
Always be an argument. IMO AJ Foyt was the best ever. He didn't drive F1 wheras Clark drove Indy. Who know what would have happened if AJ raced in F1?
i´M TIRED About it
What the hell have you done with this? The music's like ear torture...
You're tripping ☠️
Best ...by a bit.
And then some.
Why 0 comments?
Sometimes you can see a resemblance to Senna
Its funny Hamilton gets a Knighthood for actually doing less in the world of Motorsport than Clark did
This statement is ludicrous at very best, and is typical of the type of character looking the sh*t on Lewis at every opportunity. I’m as big a fan of Jim Clark as the next, but Hamilton has won 7 world titles to Jim’s 2 and has been a torch bearer for black kids in Motorsport. He is more deserving of his knighthood than any driver in history.
@@michaeljamieson3582 Its actually a fact. Clark won multiple championships in multiple disciplines. That takes a lot more ability than winning 7 in one. Clark also won world championships in different disciplines in the same year. When has Lewis done this? Your defence of Hamilton is ludicrous . Not to mention his total Hypocrisy on BLM
@@beckillouise948 not a fact, it’s an opinion. And you are comparing 2 completely different eras, I genuinely do think Jim Clark was one of the greatest drivers in history but I also do not think taking a dump on Hamilton’s achievements enhances Clark’s status on any level. It just makes you look bitter for some weird reason.
@@michaeljamieson3582 Its not a dump and it IS a fact. A fact is something that actually happened , An opinion is something that may or may not have happened based on loose facts, Its a fact that Hamilton has never won a championship in anything other than by far he best car at the time, Other great drivers have, ITs not an opinion, its well documented
@@beckillouise948 pretty well much every champion including Clark won with the best car. Schumacher in the 95 Benetton is the only exception in recent memory. Your point holds no water.
The extra music you added ruined this whole thing.
I personally didn't make this documentary, it was made by the Grant Tour
Nice but the greatest of all time was Tazio Nuvolari
badly edited, either show it all
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My shopping trolley is faster
@@Lorddonen ua-cam.com/video/nkNK8HJT0-c/v-deo.html dude this video is too funny 😂
@@zeknight4352 Why?
HAMMOND !!!!!!