Hamilton thinks Senna was the greatest, Senna thought Fangio was the greatest, and Fangio thought Clark was the greatest. End of story.

Jimmy was simply the best that ever turned a wheel 👏. I still can't believe we lost him?

A true sign of greatness is someone who makes it look easy, Jimmy could do that.

The only racing driver I adored completely and cried when he died. Saw him at Zandvoort in 1967 Grand Prix.

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...

As a former co-owner of a commemorative "Jim Clark" edition Lotus Esprit built for the American market to honor the 25th Anniversary of his winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1965. Beautiful machine, my late Husband and I showed that car at countless British car shows here and as members of Lotus Cars USA we won many first in our class awards at the annual Lotus Owners Gathering we had the pleasure of meeting so many of former famous Lotus drivers. Unfortunately not Jim Clark. Mario Andretti, Sir John Ireland, Sir Jack Brabham, Dan Guerney and many of the Lotus engineers we became great friends with over the years and countless other Lotus owners. "Jimmy" as we lovingly referred to our Esprit has left me with so many awesome memories since my Husband passed away suddenly. I transferred ownership for $1.00 to my Daughter and Son In Law, who lovingly took car of him until about three years ago when they sold him to a Canadian, who hopefully is still loving cared for by our Northern British Car loving neighbors.

There was only one Jim Clark, never to be equaled.

Loved seeing the 1.5L cars. No wings, skinny tires and no computers or radios. Real test of driver ability to get the most out of them. Clark, Graham Hill, and their fellow drivers of that era, all absolute legends.

I watched Jim drive in the 1967 Canadian GP at Mosport, raining on and off all day the mist coming off the tires was unbelievable anyone behind the first row became invisible once they got on the power how any of those guys could see was beyond human water pouring off their faces only eye goggles for protection. I was watching on a corner that went downhill to a 90 degree turn of course filled with the water running downhill and here comes Jim his front wheels bouncing off the water with 5-6 inches of air under them as he used the throttle to turn the back as push the front wheels back down, no other car did this, they either slowed right down or drove off unable to control the hydroplaning I had never seen anyone before or after pull this stunt off, it was then I realized this chap was not of this world, lap after lap front tires bouncing up and down steering wheel straight and the sound of him stabbing the throttle to make the rear tires and engine torque kick the backend out to negotiate the turn never missing once lap after lap he made something no one else dared to try and driving like it was dry out while both front tires had bounced 6 inches off the turn and about the same 5-6 bounces for that corner, his car making the corner while others were all over the place. They just don't make men like those old boys who with very little could do so very much, modern men would come up with excuses and reasons why this and that is not possible and very unsafe when these guys only used a lap belt if they chose to a set of goggles without tear offs, their faces totally black by the end of a race this is how much confidence they had in their abilities.. Where have these kinds of spirited souls gone, the world could certainly use their vision, commitment, dedication, and courage to do something because it's the right thing to do..

Jimmy was my childhood hero. His death came at the beginning of the 3 litre era. He had of course dominated the earlier 1 1/2 litre era. Would he have dominated the 3 liter era as well? Once others started to get the Ford Cosworth engines Lotus’ advantage with the 49 began to falter an advantage they would not regain until the arrival of the 72. What would Jim have been like in a 72? Would the others even bothered to turn up?

A tragic loss in a race considered by many to be fairly insignificant on a one to ten scale. A gentleman racer! RIP.

SENNA, FANGIO E CLAK SÃO OS MELHORES ELES ATINGIRAM NIVEIS INALCANCAVEIS 👑👑👑

The tragic death of the young, beloved, and brilliant Jim Clark completely validates Jackie Stewart and later Niki Lauda who courageously defied the “old boy” network who ran F1 and thought it somehow ennobling for a “gentleman racer” to be killed while competing. It wasn’t until the commercial interests took over that driver were treated any better than WWI generals treated their “cannon fodder” enlisted men.

I remember years ago reading a comment about Jim -"Today any driver will give 100 reasons why he didn't win a race-with Jim Clark that was never the case,even given a halfway decent car to drive your battle would be for second place!" says it all about Jims ability!

The visual film quality is remarkable for the quantity of color footage, given the era when black & white was still popular. In addition, the motion film prints were in good shape, too. And the footage with some of the races . . . astounding!

He was the best of his time!!! I can't say of all time .

Jim Clark was the GOAT. Senna was great in his generation, Hamilton had Mercedes.

Those 1.5 cars 🚗 with Those skinny tires you could really see the car control Those bad boys had.

Oscar Piastri and him are so much alike both on and off the track from everything I have watched on him Clarke and well let’s just say he is a bit of an obsession just like Piastri is

Actually, Clark's first podium finish was a 3rd at Zandvoort in 1961. It was probably a more dramatic drive than Reims, as he spent most of the race harassing Phil Hill for second. He also finished 9 seconds ahead of Moss. And the last race at Watkins Glen wasn't a "tradition" in 1961. That was the first USGP held at the Glen; the previous two races had been at Sebring in Florida and Riverside in California.

Not sure if it's just me (I doubt it because all other videos work fine for me) but the audio on this video is extremely jumpy and slightly unpleasant to listen to . Does anyone else have this issue? Apart from that, a very interesting film.

@ 1:45....Masten Gregory wasn't thrown into the air when he hit the bank, he jumped out of the car before he hit the bank. Masten always did that. Rather than ride the car to his death , he'd leap out and take his chances. Masten Gregory won the 1965 24hrs. of LeMan with Jochen Rindt and has the distinction of being the first American to stand on a F-1 Grand Prix podium finishing third at Monaco in 1957. Edit: the engine that power the Lotus 29 at Indianapolis in 1963 was not the twin cam engine that won the race in 1965. It was a fuel injected 260 c.i. ohv pushrod passenger car engine that the 255 4-cam Indy engine was based on.

Jimmy was the best of his time. There's so many great drivers in various applications that it's impossible to say any one of them is the best

3:05 if you know you know?

I think Masten Gregory was Jim's boyHOOD hero not his boyfriend hero. 😄😄

It's. on this day in 1968 Jim Clark had experienced his fatal crash. I'm kinda thinking this about the only natural thing natural about Jim Clark's driving career. His career was short and in development still compared to Aryton Senna. A similarity between Senna and Clark is the previous season was funky frustrating. It was found they both had mechanical error's that led to there accident's. Misfortune Indeed. But I digress the actual naturel was Aryton Senna. I mean not to discredit either of them again misfortune. May they both rest in peace.

What a shame the sound is crap. Otherwise, great film of probably the most talented driver ever - and that includes Max!

4:14 I doubt that this is the 1962 French GP with Von Trips in the list...

I guess Clark was the only one completely natural in F1. The second should be Senna.

Interesting video which I found a bit irritating and inconsistent at times. They gloss over some of Clark's wins probably because they have no film of it which is rather odd as it must surely exist. Most odd was the assertion early on that Spa was his 'most hated circuit' then later on it's described as his favourite circuit (it was generally reckoned to be the former). Other faults include pronouncing Ginther as Ginter all of which detracts from some great footage. Sorry but not that good overall - too many gaps to tell the story properly.

1:39 'Boyfriend hero'?

Clark, what a driver, Chapman, a thief who couldn't give a fk about safety or anyone but himself. great vid.

Interesting that people here are comparing Senna to Ckark. Clark was in a different league, as was Fangio, and Moss, and Rosemeyer, and Schumacher. Senna might just make the top 6 but he's nowhere near as good as people like to think. Additionally if you measure these great mean by their personal stature Senna probably doesn't even make the top 10. Likewise hamilton.