Jim clark driving his ford cortina rally car and touring car
While in late 1966 perhaps most astonishingly of all Clark had a go at the RAC Rally, as Rally GB used to be known. Rallying was if anything even further removed from circuit racing then, and the RAC Rally was close to unrecognisable - that year covering 2400 miles with 63 special stages across five days and three nights.
And Clark, again in a Cortina, performed magnificently, winning three stages and sitting comfortably inside the top 10 overall throughout. This was before losing time in a crash on SS40, before he rolled out definitively a few stages later.
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Gentleman Jim. Simply the best. Thanks for all the wonderful memories of a better time.
The very best driver to ever have lived anywhere in the world.
the GREATEST driver Britain has ever produced to this day
@MagicAyrtonforever
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He was great but there are others.
@smothdude
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Greatest driver the world has ever produced
@stratman9449
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absolutely....and cheers from germany....and i saw Jim in the 60s here at the "solitude" races....fantastic....
Drove in F3, F2, F1, Indy, Rally. And had success in all! He came from a British kid living with his family working in a farm, To one of the. If not, THE best, Racing driver of all time.
It's important to note that back in Jim's day Grand Prix drivers would be expected to drive anything and everything. And rarely had a free weekend in their diary. Compare that to todays drivers who are contractually obligated to stick to racing, team testing and promotional events for sponsors. Especially when you consider the great 1960s French F1 driver Johnny Servoz-Gavin who entered a non championship rally for fun and was injured by a branch catching his eye. It affected his vision sufficiently to end his Grand Prix career.
O cara entrava en drift en curvas opostas ....por Isso AYRTON SENNA O Admirava... Good Clark.
Oulton park at the end.
I seconded it!
Britain in Graphic Dephinition.