Editing Jim Clark (section)

==Legacy==
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 |quote  = There have been many stories about the tyres on Jim Clark's car lasting four races. This is true, but also the brake pads lasted three times longer than those of any other driver. Derek Wild used to say that you could put all the gearboxes on the bench in front of him in random order and he could tell which gearbox came out of Jim's car as it showed less signs of wear. The point is that the standard of preparation was no different between Jim's car and the number two car. It was just that the man was very "soft" on his car and so he tended to last the race distance as a result.
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 |source = ''If You Have Come Second You Have Lost, Winning the World Championship with Jim Clark''<ref>{{cite web|last=Windsor|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Windsor|title=Clark's Gold Cup|url=http://peterwindsor.com/2013/09/21/clarks-gold-cup/|website=Peter Windsor|access-date=6 November 2015|date=21 September 2013}}</ref>
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[[File:clark67.jpg|thumb|left|Clark driving at the [[1967 United States Grand Prix]]]]
At the time of his death in 1968, the 32-year-old Clark had achieved 33 pole positions and had won 25 races from his 72 Grand Prix starts in championship races. He had more Grand Prix wins (25) and pole positions (33) than any other driver, including five-time World Champion [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], despite winning three fewer World Championships; he also won most of the races he finished and was often winning, or in a podium position, when he had to retire due to mechanical failures, without which he could have equalled, if not beaten, Fangio's World Championship record. Fangio himself called Clark the greatest driver ever.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rencken |first=Keith Collantine, Dieter |date=2018-04-07 |title='Fangio said he was the greatest ever': Jim Clark remembered, 50 years on |url=https://www.racefans.net/2018/04/07/fangio-said-greatest-ever-jim-clark-remembered-50-years/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=RaceFans |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216175300/https://www.racefans.net/2018/04/07/fangio-said-greatest-ever-jim-clark-remembered-50-years/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Although many of his records in total numbers were later eclipsed in part due to more races started and improved reliability, Clark's percentage-related ones remain either unbeaten or near the top.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-26 |title=Top 10: The drivers with the highest win percentages in F1 history |url=https://www.planetf1.com/features/top-10-highest-f1-win-percentages |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=PlanetF1 |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216190046/https://www.planetf1.com/features/top-10-highest-f1-win-percentages |url-status=live }}</ref> In 73 entries and 72 races (he missed a race weekend due to an injury), Clark achieved 33 poles (45.2%), 34 finishes (47.2%), 25 wins (34.7% wins to races, 73.5% wins to finishes), and 8 Grand Chelems (pole position, fastest lap, race win, and led every lap of the race); in those 34 races he finished, Clark led 70.3% of the laps and 68.0% of the distance. Some of his Grand Chelems and percentage records persist into the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malsher-Lopez |first=David |date=2023-04-07 |title=How Jim Clark's F1 stats still hold up, over 50 years on |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/jim-clark-genius-legend-Lotus/4778023/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Motorsport.com}}</ref> Clark's record of seven wins in a season was not equalled until {{f1|1984}} when [[Alain Prost]] won seven races for [[McLaren]], and was not broken until [[Ayrton Senna]] won eight races in the {{f1|1988}} season, also for McLaren (Senna's teammate that year was Prost who again equalled the old record by winning seven races). Clark's record is favourable compared to Prost and Senna's as the 1963 season only consisted of 10 rounds while 1984 and 1988 were run over 16 rounds, giving Prost a success rate of 43.75% and Senna a 50% winning ratio compared to Clark's 70% success rate.<ref name="Cooper 2021"/> Clark's 60-year record of highest percentage of laps in the lead in a season was only broken in 2023 by [[Max Verstappen]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Sam |date=2023-11-19 |title=Max Verstappen beats incredible 60-year record at Las Vegas Grand Prix |url=https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verstappen-f1-record-las-vegas-gp |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=PlanetF1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hardy |first=Ed |date=2023-11-26 |title=F1 records broken by Max Verstappen in 2023 |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-records-broken-by-max-verstappen-in-2023/10543882/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Autosport |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128165942/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-records-broken-by-max-verstappen-in-2023/10543882/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chiu |first=Nigel |date=2023-11-27 |title=Max Verstappen: Every record Red Bull driver has broken in 2023 on his way to third F1 title |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/13017353/max-verstappen-every-record-red-bull-driver-has-broken-in-2023-on-his-way-to-third-f1-title |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Sky Sports}}</ref> Despite his total numbers being eclipsed, Clark is considered among the greatest Formula One drivers, with fellow Scot and three-time World Champion [[Jackie Stewart]] still considering Clark and Fangio the greatest Formula One drivers ever.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Leeuwen |first=Andrew |date=2020-10-06 |title=Stewart: F1 titles and wins don't put Hamilton on level of Clark, Fangio |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/stewart-f1-titles-and-wins-dont-put-hamilton-on-level-of-clark-fangio-4978466/4978466/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Autosport}}</ref>

[[File:Jim_Clark_gravestone_2019_P1010986.jpg|thumb|upright|Clark's grave in Chirnside lists him as farmer before racing driver as he had wished.]]
Clark is remembered for his ability to drive and win in all types of cars and series,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turner |first=Kevin |date=2023-04-07 |title=Ranked! Jim Clark's top 10 performances in F1, Indy and more |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/jim-clark-top-10-races-lotus-ranked/4776323/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Motorsport.com |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216175300/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/jim-clark-top-10-races-lotus-ranked/4776323/ |url-status=live }}</ref> including a [[Lotus-Cortina]], with which he won the 1964 [[British Touring Car Championship]], [[Champ Car World Series]], [[rallying]], where he took part in the 1966 [[RAC Rally]] of Great Britain in a Lotus Cortina, and [[Sports car racing|sports cars]]. He competed in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race in 1959, 1960, and 1961, finishing second in class in 1959 driving a Lotus Elite, and finishing third overall in 1960, driving an [[Aston Martin DBR1]]. He took part in a [[NASCAR]] event, driving a 7-litre [[Holman Moody]] Ford at the [[American 500]] at the banked speedway at [[North Carolina Speedway|Rockingham]] on 29 October 1967. Qualifying in 25th place (out of 44), he worked his way up to 12th before retiring with engine failure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/articles/jim-clark|access-date=23 July 2023|title=Jim Clark Does NASCAR}}</ref> Clark was able to master difficult Lotus sportscar prototypes, such as the [[Lotus 30]] and [[Lotus 40|40]]. He also had an ability to adapt to whichever car he was driving. Often other top drivers would struggle to find a good car setup, Clark would usually set competitive lap times with whatever setup was provided and ask for the car to be left as it was. At the [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix]], he won by nearly five minutes over the second-place finisher, the widest gap on record.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tafà |first=Riccardo |date=2023-12-06 |title=The best Formula 1 drivers ever |url=https://rtrsports.com/en/blog/the-best-drivers-of-formula-1-ever/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=RTR Sports}}</ref> Clark wrote an autobiography, which was published just after his first world championship, titled ''Jim Clark at the Wheel.'' The book was updated after his Indy 500 victory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Richard |date=2020-04-24 |title=The power of Scotland: remembering Jim Clark in a Lotus Evora |url=https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/power-scotland-remembering-jim-clark-lotus-evora |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Autocar}}</ref> Of what made Clark such a good driver, Stewart said: "He was so smooth, he was so clean, he drove with such finesse. He never bullied a racing car, he sort of caressed it into doing the things he wanted it to do."<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Jim Clark: The Quiet Champion |type=Television production |publisher=[[BBC Four]]}}{{Page needed|date=March 2025|time=yes}}</ref> When Clark died, fellow driver [[Chris Amon]] said: "If it could happen to him, what chance do the rest of us have? I think we all felt that. It seemed like we'd lost our leader."<ref name="amon">{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-clajim.html |title=Jim Clark |publisher=Grandprix.com |access-date=2010-02-26 |archive-date=3 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203151243/http://grandprix.com/gpe/drv-clajim.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/clark.htm |title=History of Formula 1 – Grand Prix Hall of Fame – Jimmy Clark – Images |publisher=Ddavid.com |access-date=2012-07-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605095229/http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/clark.htm |archive-date= 5 June 2011 }}</ref>

Clark is buried in the village of [[Chirnside]] in [[Berwickshire]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1968/04/22/609814/a-farewell-to-jimmy-clark |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Hill |first=Graham |author-link=Graham Hill |title=A farewell to Jimmy Clark |date=22 April 1968 |page=63 |archive-date=3 October 2019 |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003024934/https://www.si.com/vault/1968/04/22/609814/a-farewell-to-jimmy-clark |url-status=live }}</ref> A memorial stone can be found at the Hockenheimring circuit, moved from the site of his crash to a location closer to the modern track,<ref name="Evans 2018"/> and a life-size statue of him in racing overalls stands by the bridge over a small stream in the village of his birth, Kilmany in Fife.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=July 1993<!--2014-07-07--> |title=Clark memorial |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-1993/79/clark-memorial/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |magazine=Motor Sport|issue=79}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-02-21 |title=Tribute to a supreme Scottish sportsman Statue will honour twice world champion Jim Clark's place in history |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12075218.tribute-to-a-supreme-scottish-sportsman-statue-will-honour-twice-world-champion-jim-clarks-place-in-history/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-05-30 |title=The enigmatic, complex and superfast Jim Clark |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12321342.the-enigmatic-complex-and-superfast-jim-clark/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=The Herald}}</ref> The Jim Clark Motorsport Museum can be found in [[Duns, Scottish Borders|Duns]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liveborders.org.uk/culture/museums/our-museums/jim-clark-motorsport-museum/ |title=The Jim Clark Motorsport Museum |website=Live Borders |access-date=2023-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521153811/http://www.duns.bordernet.co.uk/local/clark.html |archive-date=21 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Jim Clark Trophy was introduced in the {{F1|1987}} season and for drivers of cars with naturally aspirated engines but was discontinued after turbo-charged engines were restricted in 1988 and dropped for {{F1|1989}}. The now Jim Clark Memorial Award is an annual award given by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers to Scots who have contributed significantly to transport and [[motorsport]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=5 August 2014|title=Rally doctor is honoured with 2014 Jim Clark Award|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/rally-doctor-is-honoured-with-2014-jim-clark-award-1-3498596|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> The [[Jim Clark Rally]] is an annual event held in Berwickshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Clark Rally|url=http://www.jimclarkrally.org/|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> Clark was an inaugural inductee into the [[Scottish Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2002.<ref name="Scottish Sports Hall of Fame 2002">{{Cite web |title=Jim Clark OBE |url=https://sshf.sportscotland.org.uk/inductees/jim-clark-obe/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Scottish Sports Hall of Fame |date=2002 |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509033528/https://sshf.sportscotland.org.uk/inductees/jim-clark-obe/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, ''[[The Economist]]'' ranked all champion drivers of F1 history by the relative importance of car quality to driver skill, based on a study by Andrew Bell of the University of Sheffield. This ranking considers the relative statistical significance of the car maker's contributions. Clark ranked second, behind only Fangio.<ref name="manvmachine">{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/17/engineers-not-racers-are-the-true-drivers-of-success-in-motor-sport|title=Man v machine|publisher=The Economist|accessdate=21 November 2020|date=17 October 2020|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120194230/https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/17/engineers-not-racers-are-the-true-drivers-of-success-in-motor-sport|url-status=live}}</ref> Objective [[mathematical model]]s,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Eichenberger |first1=Reiner |last2=Stadelmann |first2=David |date=December 2009 |title=Who Is The Best Formula 1 Driver? An Economic Approach to Evaluating Talent |url=https://www.unifr.ch/finwiss/de/assets/public/research/academic%20publications/Who%20ist%20the%20best%20formula%201%20driver.pdf |journal=Economic Analysis & Policy |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=389–406 |doi=10.1016/S0313-5926(09)50035-5 |access-date=2024-02-10 |via=University of Fribourg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Andrew |last2=Jones |first2=Kelvyn |last3=Sabel |first3=Clive E. |last4=Smith |first4=James |date=2016-06-01 |title=Formula for success: Multilevel modelling of Formula One Driver and Constructor performance, 1950–2014 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274080402 |journal=Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=99–112 |doi=10.1515/jqas-2015-0050 |issn=1559-0410 |access-date=2024-02-10 |via=ResearchGate |hdl-access=free |hdl=1983/dd66908d-255b-47ec-94f1-e5e7acfeca49 |archive-date=2 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202212933/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274080402_Formula_for_success_Multilevel_modelling_of_Formula_One_Driver_and_Constructor_performance_1950-2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> such as Eichenberger and Stadelmann (2009, 2nd), original F1metrics (2014, 1st),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-18 |title=Who was the greatest F1 driver? |url=https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/who-was-the-greatest-f1-driver/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=F1metrics |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214162224/https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/who-was-the-greatest-f1-driver/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bell ''et al.'' (2015, 2nd), ''[[FiveThirtyEight]]'' (2018, 12th), and updated F1metrics (2019, 6th), put Clark consistently among the greatest Formula One drivers ever.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-26 |title=2014 model-based driver rankings |url=https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/2014-model-based-driver-rankings/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=F1metrics |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214162427/https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/2014-model-based-driver-rankings/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Justin |date=2018-05-25 |title=Who's The Best Formula One Driver Of All Time? |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/formula-one-racing/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=FiveThirtyEight}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-22 |title=The f1metrics top 100 |url=https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/the-f1metrics-top-100/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=F1metrics |archive-date=9 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209235350/https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/the-f1metrics-top-100/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, ''[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]'' ranked Clark as the greatest racing driver of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/racings-greatest/the-100-greatest-racing-drivers/|title=The 100 greatest racing drivers|date=31 May 2024|access-date=19 November 2024|magazine=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|archive-date=7 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207104739/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/racings-greatest/the-100-greatest-racing-drivers/|url-status=live}}</ref>