JIM CLARK
The farmer from Scotland was an outstanding talent and the greatest driver of his epoque. During the sixties he competed very often, but not regularly in the Formula 2 events, because he was also involved in Indianapolis 500, the Tasman Series in Australia and New Zealand and British Touring Car Racing. For this reason it is one of the greatest tragedies in the history of international motorsport, that this extraordinary celebrity was killed in a Formula 2 race of minor personal importance at German Hockenheim at the beginning of april, 1968. The reason for the accident was speculated about for a long time, but there are important hints, that the crash had been caused by a slow puncture.
The
remains of Jim Clark´s Lotus Ford 48 in the forest of Hockenheim
after
crashing into a tree
Graphics: project * 2000
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