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what a great record of history

Great shot
Jim Clark was up there with the best of all time.
Martin

Indeed, Jimmy was. He was a lovely guy, quiet but with a mischievous sense of humour. As a driver, most contemporaries and current rank him as one of the world's greatest, along with Fangio. His ability to drive whatever came his way was fantastic - that Oulton Gold Cup meeting was typical - not only the Lotus Grand Prix car, but a Lotus Cortina in the saloon car race, and a Lotus 18 (I think) in the sports cars. Many in the circuit reckoned his untimely death in that fatal racing crash was down purely to poor build quality of the F1 car he was driving and that there was a steering or suspension failure. We'll never know.

The race Jim at the Hockenheimring was a F2 race.
The rumour I heard was that it was a slow rear tyre puncture.
What ever the reason, it was a tragic loss of a very talented driver.
Martin

Mea culpe Martin. I meant to write F2. The Lotus 48 Jimmy was driving was chassis R4, which was about 30mm longer than the three previous 48's. He had driven it in only two previous races, retiring in one, and supposedly had not been happy about its handling compared to the earlier builds. even an inch difference in the length of the tub can affect overall handling.

Going back in time again - latest on my gallery from one of the wonderful Richard Seaman Memorial Trophy meetings at Oulton Park in the 1960s - a Mike Hawthorn lookalike!