News Details

Jim Clark's claim to December fame

These days we've come to accept that the Formula 1 world championship has run its course by December. By now, teams, drivers and their cars are all snuggly wrapped up nice and warm over the off-season. It wasn't always that way, however. Back in the early 1960s, the final race of the year was twice held right at the end of the year, in the heat of South Africa. The last time that happened was in 1963. Jim Clark was victorious at the 23.4km Prince George Circuit in East London on December 28. His Lotus beat Brabham's Dan Gurney to the line by over a minute. Graham Hill and Bruce McLaren were over a lap down on the lead pair. It capped a particularly shining year for Clark. The Scot won...
Full Story »
7y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Lewis spends 2 days on Yamaha MotoGP at Jerez

Lewis Hamilton love motorcycles and MotoGP and sometimes the feelings are...
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Michael Schumacher 'watched' Hamilton win Brazil GP

now viewing Michael Schumacher 'watched' Hamilton win Brazil GP Dec 10,...
7y ago from F1Hub.net

Renault Sport F1 changes name

Renault Sport F1 will be changing its name…apparently that's become...
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com

A trio of Honda drivers talk shop at Motegi

This weekend, Honda organized its traditional end-of-season Thanks Days...
7y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'It was an unbelievable performance' - Martin Odegaard...

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard heaped praise on teammate Declan Rice...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal fan Anne Hathaway shares cheeky 'Owen goal'...

Arsenal fan Anne Hathaway shared a social media message referencing...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'He's maybe one we should have tried to grab' - Steven...

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard believs the club made a mistake by not...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal 2-1 Brighton: Gunners go back on top after...

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video...
11h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.