Jim Clark

[WarrenBee]

There was a documentry about him on TV the other night.
I am no Formula 1 fan, but as a Kid I remember hearing his name a lot, and remembered him dying in Germany in 68. But until the other night I never realised what a fantastic driver he was. Does anyone else remember him?

 

[Stanley]

Before my time to see but by all accounts/ documentaries etc he was an exceptional driver, Schumacher level of the time but a very different personality, a quiet man who lived in rural Scotland as I recall.

I think he was very much Jackie Stewart's role model, died at the "ring" practising for a minor class race.

Many put him in the top half dozen of all time great drivers, if not the top.

 

[SH]

Does anyone else remember him?

One of the abiding memories of my childhood. I was happily playing in the street on my seventh birthday when I was called in to be told he'd been killed...

 

[Salford Bee]

A picture of his memorial at Hockenheim.

 

[California Bee]

Jim Clark was a superb driver and dominated the sport of motor racing in the sixties. I think he also raced and won the Indianapolis 500 event. A class human being to boot!

 

[Thorne In The Side]

There was a documentry about him on TV the other night.
I am no Formula 1 fan, but as a Kid I remember hearing his name a lot, and remembered him dying in Germany in 68. But until the other night I never realised what a fantastic driver he was. Does anyone else remember him?

If he was that good how come he died in a driving accident?

 

[abee]

If he was that good how come he died in a driving accident?

I don't believe that you meant that but it also sweeps up Ayrton Senna and many others.

The cause of the Clark accident was never established but it was believed to be a deflating rear tyre that unbalanced the car. A brilliant driver.

 

[Salford Bee]

I don't believe that you meant that but it also sweeps up Ayrton Senna and many others.

The cause of the Clark accident was never established but it was believed to be a deflating rear tyre that unbalanced the car. A brilliant driver.

Agree fully with this abee. When you're driving at such speeds as F1 drivers do accidents are bound to be heavy.

A prime example was Hakkinen's crash caused by a deflating rear tyre. He escaped unhurt but it was a shocking crash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhwPSAI-dOo&feature=related

Look at the speed of the accident. In those days he might well have hit a tree (which I believe happened to Clark)