My thoughts exactly. I get the impression that drivers nowadays don't feel the need to attack in the corners and instead wait until the DRS zones to slip stream past.
0:20 are there fking trees next to the street? i wonder how stupid people have been to race against each other on normal streets without any security systems. brave drivers...! but also stupid :D (i think u know what i mean. no offense btw. just wanted to say).
The legend. The onboard footage is just so damn scary, imagine how twitchy that Lotus must've been, and he makes it look easy, like a speed run to the local pub.
Great Jim Clark, one of the legends. His driving is so smooth and fast. I wish F1 could return to the days of pure racing, now it is just a work of marketing and advertising.
Great Jim Clark, one of the legends. His driving is so smooth and fast. I wish F1 could return to the days of pure racing, now it is just a work of marketing and advertising.
Why the FUCK can't you people just enjoy F1 throughout the years? Each decade has a group of people pissing and moaning about how the sport is getting watered down. The same group of you here would be the same ones complaining when aero was introduced in F1. Each of the top drivers of any given generation are all human beings, and they are all proficient in the vehicles they train in. There's no reason a top F1 driver of today couldn't drive an older vehicle well with training, and vice-versa.
Nowadays there are full-motion racing simulators that are100% realistic. I would like to see a virtual grand prix among Schumacher, Prost, Hamilton, Stewart, Fittipaldi, Lauda and Brabham, all driving identical cars. Let's say a 1967 Lotus-Ford.
a true era of real drivers ... i respect these guys more than any other era ! Put me in one of those machines and i'd do one lap, hopefully finish without crashing, crawl out and probably piss myself !
Best Formula 1 driver ever. Had there been live tv coverage of the races in the 60's and the sport had been as huge as it became in the 80's and 90's, I have little doubt Clark would have been mentioned a lot more today.
The sad thing is a lot of people equal tv coverage with quality. This is particularly true among artists, where some are more famous for their latest scandal rather than their music.
The drivers of today would end up as debris spread through the trees before the completed a lap compared to the old time drivers. Those cars back the were death traps and UNFORGIVING of even the slightest error.
I ly disagree with EJrocky. Lewis and Kimi Can drive "real" stick shift cars.
I wonder if Jim Clark would be able to drive a modern F1 car with its Paddle shifters 15 buttons and 6 dials. While having a conversation with a race engineer while pulling 4Gs (perhaps following team orders)
I do agree that Jim Clark was a Badass who drove around a 500hp Aluminum can wearing a helmet and fireproof sweater.
Oh man. These old drivers are totally bad asses. Narrow track, trees all over. I could shit my pants riding with him (if there was a seat for a passenger) :D
Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and Ronnie Petersson are the fastest and most talented drivers ever. They all chose the fastest car and they all payed the price for beeing faster than a bullet from a gun. However, If you´ve ever really raced you know that accidents is whats chasing you. But today it´s pretty safe. However: I think they were a lot faster. They would die after a misstake today also.
Agree completely. Fact is mechanical failure robbed him of the 1962 and 1964 titles, both of which he was leading the last race if the season for almost all the laps, but had to retire with a few laps left. 1967 he would have won easily if the car wasn't unreliable. He would have had 5 easy titles if the car was more reliable. Anway he would easily have won the 1968 title as well had he not died.
Indy 1963, decimating the american in their own game. Zandvoort 1966,led with a 2litre car
The problem imo with F1 is it is neither of what it should be.
it should either be a driving purists test of endurance and ability without aids,
or it should be an engineering purists strive to the perfect driving machine, not limited and hampered by petty rules made by teams who couldn't take the pace, and banning anything that was a real leap forward. unlimited apart from the only limits being a few basic safety and size constraints so they will fit on the grid. This is what i would like.
@EJRocky man i can't agree with you there. you're right, F1 IS the pinnacle of motorsport, but along with advances in technology, the PINNACLE of motorsport is supposed to carry up to date advances in these areas. what everyone seems to forget, or miss entirely, is the thrill of racing. sure there's a lot of talent out these days but racing used to be composed of not only the talented, but most importantly the FEARLESS. THAT is what made for great racing.
That comment is one year old, yet people still respond... lol. My opinions were a little strong in those comments and I realise I made myself look like a bit of an arse. I still prefer the classic over the modern, but yeah I don't really care anymore :p
@600etecXRS KERS is fine. It's a pretty neat idea and is a great strategic tool to use at driver discretion but DRS is stupid. That's just a terrible idea.
@600etecXRS at least thanks to kers and drs we see some overtaking, it might not be real, but its better than no overtaking at all, wich we had before kers and drs
I agree. Jim Clark could drive ANY car and be competetive. He was robbed of the 1963 Indy 500, and mechanical trouble robbed him of dozens of race wins.
I love Jim Clark, he was the greatest of his time. And that is all you can say really, just like Schumacher, Senna, Stewart, or Fangio. They were just the best of their time also. A racing driver is a racing driver, no matter the era. If you're fast in one car, you're usually fast in another. Lewis or Vettel would have been quick in these cars, and Clark would have dominated the sport today, as he once did.
@EJRocky So what you're saying is F1 is driving primitive terribly handling cars on terribly designed race tracks where both cars and tracks and media promote death in racing instead of prevent it? Epic fail. Yeah, I'd like to see less aids in F1.... I'd like to see NO aids in F1 - but other than that, I'd rather not go back to the old days of drivers dying month after month. Speaking of death, RIP Jim Clark.
@HASS1321 oh you know like tracks with no barriers, trees and people right near the track surface, some tracks even were intentionally designed to cause suspension/tire failures back then in order to make it more exciting for the people watching. You had anything from terribly prepared race tracks, to intentionally deadly race tracks. There was no SAFETY, not for fans and certainly not for drivers. The media was no better - 95% of the media opposed making racing safer at the time.
@HASS1321 I'd prefer the old circuits with today's safety innovations and no Ecclestone. But I'd prefer today's circuits with today's safety innovations over the old circuits without those safety innovations Those circuits weren't willing to add the safety which is why they aren't in F1 anymore. One thing is for sure I don't want to see any more boring tracks like Dubai.
I understand your point, but you can also turn it the other way around:
Imagine a young Jim Clark, still alive, and put him in a 2010 F1 car.... He would be blown away by the immense g-forces, particularly in corners and during braking.
It goes so fast nowadays, don't think it's a piece of cake nowadays.
@s1003232 But Clark would certainly NOT be blown away by todays pathetic emasculated tilke circuits.Spa,Nurburgring The original Silverstone et al,are all pathetic shadows of their former selves.Its the big corners that split the men from the boys,Masta,Woodcote etc.Today its just glorified Kart tracks.
@kallo182 i don't think the drivers you mention would smoke the drivers of this Error Jim clark was very fast smooth and precise and he was also fit and these cars were hard to drive that said i wouldn't know i haven't driven one i wish we could see Jim Clark and all the greats take on the drivers in the modern era int hese old beast i reckon that would be one hell of a race its a shame he died in such a short time :(
If they cant drive this car, is because they dont have enough eggs (to drive this shit ugly and dangerous car, i dont like to watch racing drivers dying)
But about AIDS, they CAN learn to drive without "aids", they are racing drivers.
@EJRocky There are no electronic aids in Formula One, haven't been for the past 4 years last I remember. Modern Formula 1 cars are more physically demanding, under full breaking they force the driver to exhale because they can pull up to negative 6G's, in cornering as high as 5.5G's, in a cockpit that gets little to no ventilation, that runs around 65C, while wearing a 4 layer fireproof suit. Sure these cars required pure talent and finessing, but today's cars still require talent.
I removed that comment now... it was from over a year ago lol. And if I did say that modern F1 doesn't require talent, I was completely wrong and I totally take it back. I love modern F1
The drivers in this time got Balls and driving skills.
Look at the drivers now, they don't have to drive, the car is driving by itself.
XTheScavengerX 1 day ago
@francesthemutes
My thoughts exactly. I get the impression that drivers nowadays don't feel the need to attack in the corners and instead wait until the DRS zones to slip stream past.
55DJL 1 week ago
The cockpits back in the day had to be enormous! How could the drivers otherwise fit their balls in the cars?
andytom 1 week ago
best sound F1 car i have ever heard
spartankman 1 month ago
Donwforce?
wheelychecker 1 month ago
Priceless, priceless footage...
Kenmorfdublin 1 month ago 3
I was shitting myself just watching that. You definitely wouldn't want to put a wheel out of place in those days!!
althehun1 1 month ago
0:20 are there fking trees next to the street? i wonder how stupid people have been to race against each other on normal streets without any security systems. brave drivers...! but also stupid :D (i think u know what i mean. no offense btw. just wanted to say).
elichy 2 months ago
@elichy he died because of he hit a tree while racing... R.I.P jim clark
mellesick 1 month ago 2
What a fucking annoying voice... I wanna hear the engine.
LAtrailers 2 months ago 2
Beautiful Car and Beautiful Track. Oulton would be an amazing track for f1 these days.
jimftr 2 months ago
awesome video thanks for the upload im an american but i still think formula1 is the best racing in the world i hope it never dies.
dylanzz1 2 months ago 3
Haha...sweet driving shoes
Lastwordismine 3 months ago
Clark, Fangio, Moss... Truly heros. The only guy of modern F1, that touched this 'magic' was Senna. The best drivers EVER. Great vid.
tmmphono 3 months ago
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tmmphono 3 months ago
one word: Precision.
dumaramutsi 4 months ago
The legend. The onboard footage is just so damn scary, imagine how twitchy that Lotus must've been, and he makes it look easy, like a speed run to the local pub.
haggidubious 4 months ago
Good God!
Apoic123 4 months ago
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Great Jim Clark, one of the legends. His driving is so smooth and fast. I wish F1 could return to the days of pure racing, now it is just a work of marketing and advertising.
TifosiAlonso 4 months ago
Great Jim Clark, one of the legends. His driving is so smooth and fast. I wish F1 could return to the days of pure racing, now it is just a work of marketing and advertising.
TifosiAlonso 4 months ago
die alten formel 1 fahrer sind immer noch die besten ! besser als vettel sogar :D
turboniko1993 5 months ago
Driving with trees around the road... in high speed... you must have balls...
andersonleite166 5 months ago
When f1 was masterpiece ,not a political fight..
govedar4o 7 months ago 33
BALLS
mcarrera77 7 months ago 36
@mcarrera77 made out of steel
dadennisman 2 months ago
honestly i think driving one of these F1 cars would be more exciting than driving a current day F1 car
MattB613 8 months ago
Why the FUCK can't you people just enjoy F1 throughout the years? Each decade has a group of people pissing and moaning about how the sport is getting watered down. The same group of you here would be the same ones complaining when aero was introduced in F1. Each of the top drivers of any given generation are all human beings, and they are all proficient in the vehicles they train in. There's no reason a top F1 driver of today couldn't drive an older vehicle well with training, and vice-versa.
opmike343 8 months ago 4
@opmike343 motherfucking THANK YOU!!!
balitaSR 6 months ago
shitmacher and greasy alonso would be too busy trying to find a way to cheat ...
MrSennagod 8 months ago
No comparison possible, stop comparing please. This is very good and scary.
exlibrecaos 8 months ago
OMG..look at the track conditions..trees , schrubs, soild on the edge..wheh!!
klepetar 10 months ago
This is fantastic footage, but I wish the commentator would shut up so we can hear the engine properly!
cu547 11 months ago
Happy Birthday Jimmy!! R.I.P
sickpup4 11 months ago
Mechanical grip ONLY
bubi8894 1 year ago
Nowadays there are full-motion racing simulators that are100% realistic. I would like to see a virtual grand prix among Schumacher, Prost, Hamilton, Stewart, Fittipaldi, Lauda and Brabham, all driving identical cars. Let's say a 1967 Lotus-Ford.
It would be nice.
stefanorso 1 year ago
@stefanorso
i think Prost is the smoothest of all times, Lauda too.
Schumacher without a oversteering car is not so good like others.
1967 cars are understeering.
Clark preferred 1500cc cars, 1967 was 3000cc cars.. but Clark was fast as well
the others guys are all fast, but Villeneuve the faster :D
gnubboleso 1 year ago
a true era of real drivers ... i respect these guys more than any other era ! Put me in one of those machines and i'd do one lap, hopefully finish without crashing, crawl out and probably piss myself !
disengagejam 1 year ago
Best Formula 1 driver ever. Had there been live tv coverage of the races in the 60's and the sport had been as huge as it became in the 80's and 90's, I have little doubt Clark would have been mentioned a lot more today.
The sad thing is a lot of people equal tv coverage with quality. This is particularly true among artists, where some are more famous for their latest scandal rather than their music.
4 straight wins on the old Spa says a lot.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago 3
The drivers of today would end up as debris spread through the trees before the completed a lap compared to the old time drivers. Those cars back the were death traps and UNFORGIVING of even the slightest error.
Zoomer30 1 year ago
@Zoomer30 U're deeply wrong, dude.
adyolive 1 year ago
THAT IS TALENT
0ThePainkiller0 1 year ago
What a driver!
The best are always smooth.
They are in control and therefore nothing takes them by surprise, however fast they are travelling.
avril2 1 year ago
I ly disagree with EJrocky. Lewis and Kimi Can drive "real" stick shift cars.
I wonder if Jim Clark would be able to drive a modern F1 car with its Paddle shifters 15 buttons and 6 dials. While having a conversation with a race engineer while pulling 4Gs (perhaps following team orders)
I do agree that Jim Clark was a Badass who drove around a 500hp Aluminum can wearing a helmet and fireproof sweater.
wchrisg0528 1 year ago 3
@wchrisg0528 u seriously suggesting Raikkonen or Hamilton are better than Clark??
Clark was like Senna or Villeneuve, just bloody quick
Erkal2006 1 year ago
@wchrisg0528 so your saying he was worse because he couldnt use paddles? he had skill, not a games console
66606cl66 1 year ago
Notice the trees he's blasting past.
JoshTheBassist 1 year ago
Oh man. These old drivers are totally bad asses. Narrow track, trees all over. I could shit my pants riding with him (if there was a seat for a passenger) :D
lincius22 1 year ago
Very nice to see this video. I grew up watching Jimmy Clark and he was truly one of the best racing drivers ever.
joeaksa 1 year ago
awesome
rezimato 1 year ago
I love the look of these old racers. I'd hate to crash in one, though. They were death traps.
neomuttley 1 year ago
Genealogy driver genius
Jim Clark
Jochen Rindt
Ronnie Petersson
Gilles Villeneuve
Ayrton Senna
r196642 1 year ago
he waz the man
Thunderspaz 1 year ago
Very nice!
rockyPants4000 2 years ago
Sorry I think that Stefan Bellof should also be among those three
torahund 2 years ago
Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and Ronnie Petersson are the fastest and most talented drivers ever. They all chose the fastest car and they all payed the price for beeing faster than a bullet from a gun. However, If you´ve ever really raced you know that accidents is whats chasing you. But today it´s pretty safe. However: I think they were a lot faster. They would die after a misstake today also.
torahund 2 years ago
@torahund , sorry but I don´t agree. Gilles Villeneuve, Senna and Ronnie Peterson were the fastest F1 ever saw.
hgfo378 2 years ago 3
absolutely the best driver of the modern era
macmacma 2 years ago 3
This guy is by far the greatest driver ever lived. Everyone talks about Senna & Schumi, etc..... based on howmany wins/poles/title they achieved.
Clarke his the best records in terms of ratio...he achevied more in fewer years and much less races than most drivers..
The best driver ever in my book.
aaronkimi86 2 years ago 4
Jim Clark was a great driver, but Juan Manuel Fangio was the greatest if you ask me
BunkerFox 2 years ago
agreed.
irishash85 2 years ago 2
Agree completely. Fact is mechanical failure robbed him of the 1962 and 1964 titles, both of which he was leading the last race if the season for almost all the laps, but had to retire with a few laps left. 1967 he would have won easily if the car wasn't unreliable. He would have had 5 easy titles if the car was more reliable. Anway he would easily have won the 1968 title as well had he not died.
Indy 1963, decimating the american in their own game. Zandvoort 1966,led with a 2litre car
McLarenMercedes 2 years ago
Agree with EJrocky and luketorpedo
arturcraft2 2 years ago
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EJRocky 2 years ago 21
The problem imo with F1 is it is neither of what it should be.
it should either be a driving purists test of endurance and ability without aids,
or it should be an engineering purists strive to the perfect driving machine, not limited and hampered by petty rules made by teams who couldn't take the pace, and banning anything that was a real leap forward. unlimited apart from the only limits being a few basic safety and size constraints so they will fit on the grid. This is what i would like.
luketorpedo 2 years ago 2
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EJRocky 2 years ago 12
well said!
McLarenMercedes 2 years ago
@EJRocky man i can't agree with you there. you're right, F1 IS the pinnacle of motorsport, but along with advances in technology, the PINNACLE of motorsport is supposed to carry up to date advances in these areas. what everyone seems to forget, or miss entirely, is the thrill of racing. sure there's a lot of talent out these days but racing used to be composed of not only the talented, but most importantly the FEARLESS. THAT is what made for great racing.
planetaryduality23 10 months ago
@planetaryduality23
That comment is one year old, yet people still respond... lol. My opinions were a little strong in those comments and I realise I made myself look like a bit of an arse. I still prefer the classic over the modern, but yeah I don't really care anymore :p
EJRocky 10 months ago
@EJRocky yep KERS and DRS is bullshit, it aint real racing
600etecXRS 2 months ago 5
@600etecXRS KERS is fine. It's a pretty neat idea and is a great strategic tool to use at driver discretion but DRS is stupid. That's just a terrible idea.
francesthemutes 1 week ago
@600etecXRS at least thanks to kers and drs we see some overtaking, it might not be real, but its better than no overtaking at all, wich we had before kers and drs
TheEvanovitch 2 days ago
I agree. Jim Clark could drive ANY car and be competetive. He was robbed of the 1963 Indy 500, and mechanical trouble robbed him of dozens of race wins.
McLarenMercedes 2 years ago 2
@EJRocky
I love Jim Clark, he was the greatest of his time. And that is all you can say really, just like Schumacher, Senna, Stewart, or Fangio. They were just the best of their time also. A racing driver is a racing driver, no matter the era. If you're fast in one car, you're usually fast in another. Lewis or Vettel would have been quick in these cars, and Clark would have dominated the sport today, as he once did.
timickan 1 year ago 3
@EJRocky
this car is like a formula 3 :D
is strange but hamilton was a karting and F3 champions :D
gnubboleso 1 year ago
@EJRocky So what you're saying is F1 is driving primitive terribly handling cars on terribly designed race tracks where both cars and tracks and media promote death in racing instead of prevent it? Epic fail. Yeah, I'd like to see less aids in F1.... I'd like to see NO aids in F1 - but other than that, I'd rather not go back to the old days of drivers dying month after month. Speaking of death, RIP Jim Clark.
erasetoimprove 1 year ago
@erasetoimprove
terribly designed race tracks? What do you mean?
HASS1321 1 year ago
@HASS1321 oh you know like tracks with no barriers, trees and people right near the track surface, some tracks even were intentionally designed to cause suspension/tire failures back then in order to make it more exciting for the people watching. You had anything from terribly prepared race tracks, to intentionally deadly race tracks. There was no SAFETY, not for fans and certainly not for drivers. The media was no better - 95% of the media opposed making racing safer at the time.
erasetoimprove 1 year ago
@erasetoimprove
So you like todays stupid Tilke circuits more?
HASS1321 11 months ago
@HASS1321 I'd prefer the old circuits with today's safety innovations and no Ecclestone. But I'd prefer today's circuits with today's safety innovations over the old circuits without those safety innovations Those circuits weren't willing to add the safety which is why they aren't in F1 anymore. One thing is for sure I don't want to see any more boring tracks like Dubai.
erasetoimprove 11 months ago
@EJRocky
I understand your point, but you can also turn it the other way around:
Imagine a young Jim Clark, still alive, and put him in a 2010 F1 car.... He would be blown away by the immense g-forces, particularly in corners and during braking.
It goes so fast nowadays, don't think it's a piece of cake nowadays.
s1003232 1 year ago
@s1003232 But Clark would certainly NOT be blown away by todays pathetic emasculated tilke circuits.Spa,Nurburgring The original Silverstone et al,are all pathetic shadows of their former selves.Its the big corners that split the men from the boys,Masta,Woodcote etc.Today its just glorified Kart tracks.
lti124 1 year ago
@EJRocky
Raikkonen, Hamilton or Alonso would somke the Drivers of this Time...
The Drivers of today are Full Profis, start Racedriving with 4 or 5 Jears, drive every Day 200 Km on an Bike and run Triatlon or Maraton.
The Drivers of 1960 was Semi-Profis, absolut NO Fitness, and start With Racedriving in an Age about 20-30 Jears...
kallo182 11 months ago
@kallo182 i don't think the drivers you mention would smoke the drivers of this Error Jim clark was very fast smooth and precise and he was also fit and these cars were hard to drive that said i wouldn't know i haven't driven one i wish we could see Jim Clark and all the greats take on the drivers in the modern era int hese old beast i reckon that would be one hell of a race its a shame he died in such a short time :(
monsterrocks 8 months ago
@EJRocky
If they cant drive this car, is because they dont have enough eggs (to drive this shit ugly and dangerous car, i dont like to watch racing drivers dying)
But about AIDS, they CAN learn to drive without "aids", they are racing drivers.
brunoiwa 11 months ago
@EJRocky No doubt Hamilton could be fast in any car. I just doubt that he would WANT to go fast with such a car! One mistake can be fatal!
22j77 8 months ago
@EJRocky There are no electronic aids in Formula One, haven't been for the past 4 years last I remember. Modern Formula 1 cars are more physically demanding, under full breaking they force the driver to exhale because they can pull up to negative 6G's, in cornering as high as 5.5G's, in a cockpit that gets little to no ventilation, that runs around 65C, while wearing a 4 layer fireproof suit. Sure these cars required pure talent and finessing, but today's cars still require talent.
bob333336 8 months ago
@bob333336
I removed that comment now... it was from over a year ago lol. And if I did say that modern F1 doesn't require talent, I was completely wrong and I totally take it back. I love modern F1
EJRocky 8 months ago
Amazing stuff, thanks for posting. :)
tugatomsk 2 years ago 2
the circuit back in 63 is so much cooler than iti is today
ferrarif169 2 years ago
one fault with the car and your hanging from a tree!
FordCortinamk3 2 years ago 3
imagine tree lined f1 tracks today!
faustomasic 2 years ago
amazing
MadMonkeyTV 3 years ago
looks like he has no fear
BarneveldDarts 3 years ago
Nice onboard movie and pretty good for 1963!
RvE1985 4 years ago 2
great footage! thanks for sharing
safarisuit 4 years ago
this is 1963 and no 1953 , Jim clark debut in F1 in 1960
showtimethemusic 4 years ago 20
Ok! I know i do a little mistake to write the title. Thanks for your accuracy. Bye
liuk433 4 years ago 12