Jim Clark's Top 10 Greatest Drives 

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

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

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.

When you lap Bruce McLaren you know you did something right

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

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

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

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.

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Jim Clark the G.O.A.T

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

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.

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"....

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.

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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...

The greatest driver to ever grace the Formula 1 grid.

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'.

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.

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 ;-)

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 .

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.

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

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!

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

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

Very well researched actually, the analysis of monza. In the same way Senna didnt rate Donnington. I read an article once about Fangio and the German gp of 57 saying it was not his best, something about because of the length of the track the Ferraris only got 2 pit boards a lap so had no idea he was closing that fast so were taking it easy.

Excellent and Outstanding!!!

I also have that book its a good read :)

Long live the legend pilot😁😄

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

5 minutes in the rain.

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.

The biggest talent in f1 of all time

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

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

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

Saudoso Seu Clark 👏👏👏👏

Very interesting, but the background music is execrable.

He died on my birthday

Didn’t he only finish second once?

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

It's Zandvoort, not Zandervoort

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Graham Gauld, not Gould.

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.

11:50 Sim Racing challenge ?? Anyone ?

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

Aintree '500'.. ;)

Why does the voice sound automated?

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

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

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.

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Senna was the greatest of all time...