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everybody wish Lella, Elio and Didier a happy birthday IMMEDIATELY
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happy joint birthday to three of the baddest of all time
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didier pironi at home, 1980 | photo by james andanson
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jimclarkposting · 11 days
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BASE YOUR CHOICE ENTIRE ON THEIR LOOKS !!! feel free to add pictures in reblogs and i will reblog them as "publicity" :D <3
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jimclarkposting · 16 days
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WOLFGANG VON TRIPS wearing a very stylish hat at the 1961 BRITSH GRAND PRIX
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jimclarkposting · 17 days
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help people on twitter are calling a 2015 race "old f1"
#no
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MICHELE ALBORETO before the start of the 1991 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX
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NIGEL MANSELL slaying on the pitwall at the 1991 SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM CLARK [4TH MARCH 1936]
“He was a gentleman and a gentle man. It’s a pity he’s not around now because… It’d be nice to have him.“ - Billy Cowe, Team Lotus mechanic
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Happy birthday JIM CLARK!!!!!!!!!!!! (04/03/1936 - ∞) 💚⚡
“I have a policy that I get to spend as much on myself as I give away.”
James Clark Jr. was born in Kilmany (Scotland) into a farming family, he was the youngest child of five and he was also the only boy. In his late teens Jim started racing in local road rallyes and hill climb events driving his own Sunbeam-Talbot, obviously his parents were opposed to the idea of him taking part in such dangerous activities, but since the start he proved to be a talented driver. By 1958 he started to race for the Border Reivers, a local team owned by Ian Scott-Watson, in total he 18 races with the team. On Boxing Day in 1958, Jim would take part at an event that would change his life, that day he raced against the man that would launch him in the world of Formula 1 racing: he finished second to Colin Chapman in a ten lap GT race at Brands Hatch; Colin was so impressed by Jim that he gave him a ride in one of his Formula Junior cars.
Jim made his debut at the Dutch GP at Zandvoort in 1960,after that John Surtees left team Lotus to race motorcycles; unfortunately Jim was unable to finish his debut race: he suffered a transmission failure on lap 42, but his second race went even worse, he got a real taste of the dangers of the sport. At the Belgian GP, held at the extremely fast and dangerous Spa Francorchamps, he would witness two fatal accidents: the one of Chris Bristow and the one of his own teammate, Alan Stacey. Jim was so traumatised by this event that he considered ending his own career but after some influence from fellow drivers, family and friends he decided to continue. Later that season he would gain his first podium in Portugal, giving him enough points to earn the 10th position in the World Championship.
After being a runner up for the 1962 World Championship, which was won by Graham Hill, in 1963 he would dominate through out the season with his Lotus, although having a few up and downs, he managed to win his first World Championship by winning seven out of the ten races of the season. In 1965 not only he was competing in Formula 1, but he took part in the Tasman Series and the Indianapolis 500. That year he would make history by being the first and only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 and his second F1 World Championship in the same year. The next year, with the new regulations, Lotus became less competitive in fact he was only able to finish three out of the nine races that season, but fortunately in 1967 the engine and reliability of the car were improved and managed to finish third in the World Championship.
Once again he signed with Lotus for the 1968 season which started in a positive way: Jim took the pole position and victory at the first race of the season, but tragedy struck. During the four months gap between the first and the second race, drivers would compete in F2 since it became a sort of training ground for them, as happened at the German GP at Hockenheim; unfortunately that would be Jim’s last race.
Jim is often described as a quiet man and not very talkative (in fact I struggled to find a good quote lol) and he’s still considered one of Formula One’s best drivers. Till to this day he holds the record for most Grand Chelems (8). (A Grand Chelem in motor racing consists in scoring pole position in qualifying, fastest lap during the race and the winning while leading every lap of the race in the same weekend. To date only 25 drivers have secured a Grand Chelem).
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jim clark on the farm (assisted by sweep)
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jimclarkposting · 28 days
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didier pironi on the set of an antenne 2 program in france, 30.01.1982 | photos by alain mingam
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GILLES VILLENEUVE - WINNER OF 1979 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX
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LOOK AT WHAT ARRIVED YESTERDAY!! thank you so much @sunflowersinthesnow for letting me know this book was available on ebay!! i can't believe i'm actually holding jim clark's autobiography in my very own hands. my day is made <33
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jim clark. you agree
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jim clark. you agree
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