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🇬🇧 Jim Clark

Racing driver from United Kingdom. Formula 1, Lotus-Ford. Two-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Jim Clark
Born
4 March 1936(b. 1936)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Lotus-Ford
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Championships
21963, 1965
Career wins
25
Career podiums
32
Career starts
72
Career DNFs
22
Racer Rating
6,518
Jim Clark
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,518
Rank 51 of 40,105 indexed, -617 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Jim Clark is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-Ford. Clark is a two-time champion (1963, 1965), with 25 wins and 32 podiums from 72 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,518 ranks Clark 51th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1968 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFMONBELGBRNEDGERITAUSAMEXSOUMONNEDBELFRAGBRGERCANITAUSAMEXSOU
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1968-01-01KyalamiFormula 1P1+99
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+134Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1962Formula 1P1
+128Watkins Glen International 1962Formula 1P1
+127Aintree 1962Formula 1P1
+123Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1963Formula 1P1
+119Reims-Gueux 1961Formula 1P3
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Zandvoort8 starts+39
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps8 starts+27
Watkins Glen International7 starts+16
Silverstone4 starts+15
Struggles
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza7 starts-39
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez5 starts-21
Circuit de Monaco6 starts-13
Nürburgring7 starts-6
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1968▸Formula 1Lotus-Ford111019P10+997,135
1967▸Formula 1Lotus-Ford11455641P3−127,037
1966▸Formula 1Lotus-BRM8125216P6−2357,048
1965▸Formula 1Lotus-Climax9662654P1+827,283
1964▸Formula 1Lotus-Climax10333532P3−2787,201
1963▸Formula 1Lotus-Climax10790773P1+8827,479
1962▸Formula 1Lotus-Climax9334630P3+2496,596
1961▸Formula 1Lotus-Climax8022011P6+2436,348
1960▸Formula 1Team Lotus601108P7+4,7556,105
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Clark finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Graham Hill6,13072452763%
🇺🇸 Dan Gurney5,94570442663%
🇦🇺 Jack Brabham6,16368422662%
🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier5,61467452267%
🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren6,14366432365%
🇬🇧 John Surtees5,95865461971%
🇺🇸 Richie Ginther6,41350292158%
🇨🇭 Jo Siffert6,1365041982%
🇬🇧 Innes Ireland5,82347331470%
🇮🇹 Lorenzo Bandini6,31842261662%
🇬🇧 Jackie StewartHigher-rated, 3× champion6,66929191066%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Jim Clark was a British Formula 1 driver who raced for Lotus between 1960 and 1968, competing in a championship field that mixed amateur and professional entrants. He won two World Drivers' Championship titles, in 1963 and 1965, and retired after nine seasons with 25 wins and 32 podiums from 72 starts.[1]

Clark's record places him among the strongest drivers of his era. He finished ahead of established professionals including Dan Gurney, with whom he was closely matched across multiple seasons, and Jackie Stewart, who would go on to win three championships of his own. Against Graham Hill, a three-time Formula 1 champion, Clark was evenly competitive throughout their time racing together. His 25 victories stood as the record for Formula 1 until well after his retirement, as did his tallies for pole positions and fastest laps. He won the Indianapolis 500 in 1965, the first non-American victor in the race's modern history.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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