04-05-2022, 03:55 AM
My F1 days began with perhaps James Hunt, sure I had then and have subsequently heard about other legendary drivers but my knowledge of them was to all intents and purposes non-existent.
Tonight I watched on my Amazon Prime account a Grand Tour program (Season 3 Episode 5). In it Richard Hamilton drove the Lotus 25 of Jim Clark and much of the program was in fact devoted to his achievements. I watched David Sims an engineer with Lotus who worked with Clark who still after all these years was moved to tears about his death. Cedric Selzer another one of Clarks engineers told how he was invited to a party given by Juan Fangio in which Fangio told him he thought Clark was the best ever driver. Ayrton Senna paid a visit to Clarks school a homage as he called it for a guy who was a hero of his.
Every sport has its superstars and every era usually has a few (Although hyperbole these days is simply out of control) and its hard and not really very scientific or even balanced to say who was the best ever although many try and many arguments are carried out in pursuit of those opinions that we all have. The variables are simply too great to take into consideration.
I knew nothing about Jim Clark until I saw this (quite brilliant) piece by someone you would not expect (Richard Hammond) and by the end of it I was left thinking to myself this guy was the greatest of them all.
At the end of the program I thought Jeremy Clarkson (Yes, that Jeremy Clarkson) was pretty damn close to crying you could see the emotion of the piece really got to him.
Tonight I watched on my Amazon Prime account a Grand Tour program (Season 3 Episode 5). In it Richard Hamilton drove the Lotus 25 of Jim Clark and much of the program was in fact devoted to his achievements. I watched David Sims an engineer with Lotus who worked with Clark who still after all these years was moved to tears about his death. Cedric Selzer another one of Clarks engineers told how he was invited to a party given by Juan Fangio in which Fangio told him he thought Clark was the best ever driver. Ayrton Senna paid a visit to Clarks school a homage as he called it for a guy who was a hero of his.
Every sport has its superstars and every era usually has a few (Although hyperbole these days is simply out of control) and its hard and not really very scientific or even balanced to say who was the best ever although many try and many arguments are carried out in pursuit of those opinions that we all have. The variables are simply too great to take into consideration.
I knew nothing about Jim Clark until I saw this (quite brilliant) piece by someone you would not expect (Richard Hammond) and by the end of it I was left thinking to myself this guy was the greatest of them all.
At the end of the program I thought Jeremy Clarkson (Yes, that Jeremy Clarkson) was pretty damn close to crying you could see the emotion of the piece really got to him.