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Jim Clark
Born on the 4th March 1936 in Kilmant, Fifeshire.
Race success with Border Reivers included 12 out of 20 starts in their D-Type Jaguar.
6th June 1960 GP debut at the Dutch race in a Lotus-Climax 18.
1960 Drivers World Championship = 10th with 8 Pts
1961 Drivers World Championship = 7th with 11 Pts
1st GP victory – Belgian GP 1962, followed by wins in British & US GPs.
1962 Drivers World Championship = 2nd with 30 Pts (Graham Hill Champion with 42 Pts)
The following season he wins seven of the 10 GPs.
1963 Drivers World Championship = 1st with 63 Pts (Graham Hill second with just 29 Pts)
The following season he won just 3 GPs due mainly to engine problems.
1964 Drivers World Championship = 3rd with 32 Pts (John Surtees Champion with 40 Pts)
Next year Clark again dominates with six more victories out of the ten races plus he also took victory in the Indy 500 – the only driver to be World Champion and Indy 500 winner in the same season.
1965 Drivers World Championship = 1st with 54 Pts (Graham Hill second with 40 Pts)
The new three litre formula sees Lotus initially on the back foot and Clark wins just one GP at Watkins Glen in the un-loved Lotus-BRM H16.
1966 Drivers World Championship = 6th with just 16 Pts (Brabham Champion with 42 Pts)
For 1967 Team Lotus had the Lotus-DFV 49 coming through and despite winning 4 GPs the unreliability of the team caught up with Clark.
1967 Drivers World Championship = 3rd with 41 Pts (Hulme Champion with 51 Pts)
Clark started the 1968 season with a win in the first GP in South Africa but he crashed and was killed at Hockenheim in an F2 race.
Jim Clark took part in 72 World Championship GPs winning 25. He took 33 Pole Positions and set 28 Fastest Laps.
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