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 any 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 have had a prized momento of Jim Clark stolen. It was a personally signed photo of a Lotus 49. I had Jim sign it in January 1968 at a promotion pre the Teratonga round of the Tasman series. Jim came second to Bruce McLaren after he spun at the Elbow. I framed the photo and kept it until it was stolen along with a number of such items in 2021 as near as I can tell.
This was so good to watch ! Seeing Beaky Simms was awesome. When he was chief mechanic for the Hesketh F1 team (for James Hunt) he used to drink in our pub near Lord Hesketh's Estate and my 12 year old self would converse with Beaky till the early hours and those memories will never leave me. He also used to let me stay at his cottage on the Estate whereby I'd read all his Autocoarse books till i fell asleep in one. Beaky is a beautiful fella and I will always love him with all my heart ❤ Incredibly special guy & a fantastic talent for setting up the cars. Thanx Beaky ! Remember Ricky from The Plough ?? Yaaay !! Rxxx
I still find it so so sad. he should never have been racing on that ridiculously unsafe track that day, he should have been at Brands Hatch for a much more significant race, back in the UK for the first time that year and surrounded by his friends and home fans.
As a modern day F1 fan, this makes me appreciate Jim Clark who was well before my time. Very nice job Hammond, well done.
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 any 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 have had a prized momento of Jim Clark stolen. It was a personally signed photo of a Lotus 49. I had Jim sign it in January 1968 at a promotion pre the Teratonga round of the Tasman series. Jim came second to Bruce McLaren after he spun at the Elbow. I framed the photo and kept it until it was stolen along with a number of such items in 2021 as near as I can tell.
This was so good to watch ! Seeing Beaky Simms was awesome. When he was chief mechanic for the Hesketh F1 team (for James Hunt) he used to drink in our pub near Lord Hesketh's Estate and my 12 year old self would converse with Beaky till the early hours and those memories will never leave me. He also used to let me stay at his cottage on the Estate whereby I'd read all his Autocoarse books till i fell asleep in one. Beaky is a beautiful fella and I will always love him with all my heart ❤ Incredibly special guy & a fantastic talent for setting up the cars. Thanx Beaky ! Remember Ricky from The Plough ?? Yaaay !! Rxxx
Aw, that's just lovely - he does seem a wonderful, sensitive person whom I'd love to meet.
Unmatched our flying Scotsman
Senna said Clark was the greatest of them all.
I still find it so so sad. he should never have been racing on that ridiculously unsafe track that day, he should have been at Brands Hatch for a much more significant race, back in the UK for the first time that year and surrounded by his friends and home fans.
Let me correct that for you... Scottish racing legend!
English racing legend
Jimmy was Scottish. Jimmy was the best driver I've seen. By a bit. And then some.