Jim Clark's Top 10 Greatest Drives

52 years ago on the 7th of April 1968, F1 lost it's benchmark driver Jim Clark. To celebrate his sporting achievements, we've taken a look through his races and picked out his top 10 drives, along with some help from the man himself.
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[@klaseronen7535]

Jim Clark... The greatest of all time. Numbers of championships are only numbers.

[@vicomtedelomagne]

And Fangio called Jim Clarke the greatest driver of them all @@karmakazi101

[@paolomargini7904]

I was in Monza in 1967, and when Jim Clark took the lead, the crowd went wild.

[@pianortd4800]

Ho solo 17 anni ma jim è il mio pilota preferito di tutti i tempi, deve essere stato bellissimo vederlo spingere al limite per sdoppiarsi e riprendere i leader...

[@TylerOnF1re]

When you lap Bruce McLaren you know you did something right

[@titanent.6897]

Bruce mclaren was overrated. Clark was leaps and bounds better.

[@James-cr8mt]

@@titanent.6897 yeah but lapping the guy in second is no joke, regardless

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Jim Clark - of all those we lost too soon, his is the greatest "what if?" Much as he still commands utter respect from those who know anything about racing, a few more championships (which I have no doubt he'd have got) would have put to bed any squabbling about who is the GOAT. He drove close enough in time to Fangio to go up against him. And if he'd retired with "only" 5 WCs, especially given the sheer danger involved, he'd be above Schumacher in the GOAT lists. I'm sure that even Hamilton would agree. Great video. Respect for the great man who is still missed.

[@ikerh844]

Clark= 🐐🐐

[@northern_lights9333]

The bandwagoners and ignorants will claim Senna, Schumacher or Hamilton as the GOAT. Those that know their history know that Clark was & still is the true GOAT. Sublime natural talent that we’ll likely never see again

[@seanbonella]

even Fangio said he was the greatest, he was senna's hero, most grand slams than anyone else......need i go on....

[@garyfallows1123]

Fangio and Senna both said Jim Clark was the best driver ever, no more to say

[@Charles010]

Jim raced long before I started watching F1 yet his era of the 1960s was true British racing. He was such an unassuming man yet had God given talent for all forms of motor sport. Saloons, GTs, Indy, F1 etc. I wish I'd have seen him race yet the old bw film let's us appreciate his immense skill today. It is still so hard to comprehend how someone with surreal car control could die in an insignificant F2 race. Apparently a deflating tyre but why could this genius not control it at speed less than his F1 Lotus. Motor Racing can offer the greatest highs but equally the most appalling lows. Jim Clark was a legend. I always spare a thought for him on 7th April each year.

[@scottblackett5417]

No Milwaukee 200 1963? Lapped the entire field apart from AJ Foyt in 2nd place saying "I didn't want to rub their noses in it"....

[@SiVlog1989]

For me, his greatest drive was Monza 1967. After sustaining a puncture early on and falling a lap down on the leaders, he not only gained that lap back under green flag conditions and retook the lead. He would have won it, but sadly, his incredible drive used every last drop of fuel in the tank, causing him to drop to third. Although he was disappointed not to be rewarded with P1, the Italian fans took him to their hearts, applauding his superhuman effort and more importantly, forgiving him of any wrongdoing they thought he had when Wolfgang Von Tripps was killed there 6 years earlier

[@1932denise]

Jim Clark the greatest of all time 👍

[@MrBlazemaster525]

Jim Clark the G.O.A.T

[@beagle7622]

I was at Sandown on the Friday. He went out late on Friday for about 40 minutes. The greatest bit of driving I have ever seen. I still see that Lotus 49 sideways in a slight kink at the start of the main straight. Every lap he went around the corner he was in the same place. The noise of that one car’s exhaust was just amazing.

[@zxr-cade2026]

Jim Clark the master of his craft the greatest

[@darrellsmith5802]

A LH fan all the way all day. But I believe the wee Scot was the greatest driver of all time. He could drive anything super fast. To this day you're still missed Jimmy.

[@HotRod16]

I wish to watch all his races. Magnificent racer he is. I only learn about him from RichardHammond mentioning 'Grandslam' he still holding the record.

[@wrinkledfrotskin3800]

The greatest driver to ever grace the Formula 1 grid.

[@Ambrosius50]

I am grateful for this video. Whether Fangio was the greatest or Jim Clark, well ... in my mind it were the two. The sport today is a different thing.

[@JakobusVdL]

Nice review of the drives of my GOAT, thanks. The finishing gaps were often huge in Clark's era, and the cars were so unreliable. These days its a walk over if a race is won by more than 5 sec, and a tragedy if a car fails to finish all 21 races. 1960's F1 wouldn't be a great TV sport ;-)

[@twillis449]

You are correct, and I don't think Jim Clark would like modern F1.

[@exsappermadman25055]

It's the bloody distance of his wins that still resonates today. He won by bloody miles ahead!....

[@19megamustaine85]

Yes but never won in monaco so he can't be the greatest ,Graham Hill, Schumacher won 5 times and Senna 6 times !

[@exsappermadman25055]

@19megamustaine85 That is not how drivers are measured you lunatic!...

[@exsappermadman25055]

@@19megamustaine85 One single race does not a champion make...

[@ysgol3]

Some great points about the myth of Clark gaining an entire lap at Monza 1967 - the photo of him ahead of Graham is him unlapping himself - the point is made later, not expressly but from the fact that he only gained 2.2 secs on Graham that he would never have won if Graham hadn't broken down. For me BTW Indy 1965 is his outstanding race - as Sally Stokes, his girlfriend then said 'he flew'.

[@davidfoster1762]

I saw Clark twice. The 1965 Guards Trophy at Brands ( Lotus 30 or 40 + F2 car + Lotus Cortina ( he decided with Jack Brabham who was in a Mustang ) . And at the London Mayor celebration through London. Can’t remember the year , 63 or 64 or 65 . Still my hero .

[@johnash826]

He was one of those people, like JFK, you can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when his death was announced. As someone said, number of wins, number of championships are not the whole story!

[@LeoWuerde]

JIM CLARK - By far the greatest driver ever - no doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio and Senna about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark. 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...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius...

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Excellent and Outstanding!!!

[@eduardoantoniodicavalcanti]

Jim Clark, G.O.A.T. ... and more.

[@szewei85]

Long live the legend pilot😁😄

[@joribremer5260]

I also have that book its a good read :)

[@frederickmiles327]

Half right. Clarks drives in the inferior 2 litre Lotus climax in 1966 in Britain and Holland are among his best. However my view is that his first victory at Spa in the 1962 Belgian GP was his greatest and most difficult. Competing against a fired up Ferrari team of Mariesse, Ricardo Rodriquez and Phil Hill it was a long dangerous race with the front pack on the limit for the first two thirds of the race until Mairesse cliped the bacl to Taylors second placed Lotus 24. Up to that point in his career Trevor Taylor was probably as promising as Clark and a more obvious GP driver. Clark, Surtees and Taylor were effectively equal in the 1960 Formula Junior championship. The Lotus probably had 178hp at Spa at least 12hp less than the Ferrari V6. I would not put Sandown on the list but it interesting that Clark really didnt have all that much difficulty heading off Amon in 1968 and even Clark thought at Warwicks Farm Amon should have been much more of a challenger, Jimmy was jaded and disinterested during the series and went off the road from lack of concentration both at Levin and Teretonga. Amon and the 246 were much stronger in the following years 1969 series and Amons wins over Jochen Ridnt at Pukekohe and Sandown Park in straight duels were his greatest drives. But it says a lot that Amon beat Ridnt on the limit in Clarks 49BT world chanpionship chassis but could not really challenge Clark

[@giovannasperni2095]

The true legend of F1 the flying Scotsman no one like him

[@joshuak4372]

5 minutes in the rain.

[@TheKestevon]

The biggest talent in f1 of all time

[@vamolusatononi5551]

Saudoso Seu Clark 👏👏👏👏

[@thomasbennett712]

If Monza 67 isn't top I'm raging. OK it wasn't, but no.1 was really good anyway so it's fine.

[@M4NA5]

His numbers speak for themselves, but Fangio and Senna claimed Clark to be the greatest of all time, so there’s very little to debate. My all time favourite driver.

[@HoosierRooster]

Jimmy should have actually won the 1963 Indianapolis 500 because Parnelli Jones' car was leaking fluid and should have been Black Flagged but they had a conversation that if they black flag Parnelli a European car and driver was going to win the Indy 500...... then he wins the 1965 Race by Leading 190 out of 200 laps and i n 1966 spins the car three times does not contact the wall and finishes in second place behind Graham Hill in another Lotus.... Juan Manuel fangio stated that Clark was the best racing driver ever

[@pippiperade4030]

It was not for nothing that he was known as Gentleman Jim.

[@TS-mo6pn]

Very interesting, but the background music is execrable.

[@flatoutflatline1565]

He died on my birthday

[@tibbororban1976]

👏👏👏👑

[@Bobblenob]

Fangio stated Jim Clarke was the greatest F1 driver ever, all you need to know.

[@khasmir666]

It's Zandvoort, not Zandervoort

[@MasterOfDickery]

khasmir666 I caught that, it nearly sounds like sainte devote.

[@MasterOfDickery]

Didn’t he only finish second once?

[@chicobicalho5621]

Hamilton thinks Senna was the greatest driver in the world. Senna thought Fangio was the greatest driver in the world. Fangio thought Clark was the greatest driver in the world.

[@xinzhouping]

Senna about Clark: "He was the best of the best. [...] He was my boyhood hero." I believe he idolized him just as much, if not more, than Fangio.

[@jjmac3561]

Graham Gauld, not Gould.

[@SIMRACINGTRUCKER]

IMHO the only F1 driver greater than Clark was Fangio, only by a 10th!

[@marctspence]

Fangio rated Clark as the best.

[@jockellis]

Enzo Ferrari and Ferdinand Porsche felt Tazio Nuvalari was the best ever. And Enzo lived to see a lot of modern drivers. Hard to disagree with him, especially when you read about Nuvalari’s driving.

[@michaelkyriacou7026]

Aintree '500'.. ;)

[@awepen1596]

11:50 Sim Racing challenge ?? Anyone ?

[@agamer81]

Why does the voice sound automated?

[@andyelliott5084]

Some on screen graphics don't match narration. Voice over says South African GP East London and Aintree 200 but graphics read 500 WTF

[@SScoupe1]

The race was in East London, South Africa

[@petechristdisciple6435]

A great driver, God bless. Jesus loves you reader and saves.

[@petechristdisciple6435]

@Flame Resistant Troll Amen. God bless, in Jesus name 😀

[@jjmac3561]

You are the Troll here. Go away with your imaginary fiend/friend drivel. Just where was this deity you claim of when Jim Clark was killed.

[@petechristdisciple6435]

@@jjmac3561 Never called someone btw "troll". It was in their profile name. God bless and have a nice day 👍

[@TylerOnF1re]

Hi

[@SBA_poiko]

Hi

[@squilldx5055]

Hi

[@Formula1Madx]

Bye

[@user-cz1fp5fs7k]

Senna was the greatest of all time...

[@iggy1297]

How is the 1967 Italian GP even on this list? That was more akin to a Mercedes doing well after a bad pit stop than a classic Jim Clark drive. That race should go on 'Lotus's Top 10 Races', not here.

[@jamesreynolds2867]

You have to factor in, that in 1976, pitstops for tyres, were not a 5 second exercise, the cars did the whole race on one set, Clarks puncture at Monza, involved jacking up the corner, and undoing six wheel nuts with a hand brace, puts his drive back to the lead into prospective.