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Old 04-08-2003, 07:23 AM   #1
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Jim Clark

On a more serious note - witth the debating and stuff - I forgot to mention that yesterday it was 35 years ago that the late and great Jim Clark died in Hockenheim during a F2 race.

He drove 72 GP's of which he won 25. He was Champion in '63 and '68. I think we can say he was the best driver of his generation!

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Old 04-08-2003, 07:25 AM   #2
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Definitely. He's a legend, and deservedly so. The death was tragic.
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Old 04-08-2003, 07:14 PM   #3
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Champion '63 and '65 Guido. '68 was Hill's second.

Had he lived Jimmy probably would have taken it though, along with Rindt's '70 in the Lotus 72. And a few others besides. Then again Lotii in those days weren't the safest.

A top candidate for greatest driver ever!
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Old 04-09-2003, 08:14 AM   #5
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Champion '63 and '65 Guido.
BIG SHAME ON ME!! Have looked it up wrongly then...

It would take another 2 years before I saw the daylight after his second title, so I didn't experience it then, only got it out of the books. Sorry.



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