Public attention spiked: 6,831 Wikipedia readers in one day, 12.1× the usual 563, with 0 article edits.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #attention
- #spike
- #pageviews
Figure timeline
Jim Clark
James Clark was a British racing driver from Scotland who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1968. Clark won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1963 and 1965 with Lotus, and—at the time of his death—held the records for most wins (25), pole positions (33), and fastest laps (28), among others. In American open-wheel racing, Clark won the Indianapolis 500 in 1965 w…
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
sports · British racing driver (1936–1968) · Formula One driver · farmer · film actor · athlete · also Jim Clark, James Clark, Clark
Born 4 March 1936 · Died 7 April 1968 · Q3137
24 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
9 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Title
- Award
2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
Motor Sport ranked Clark as the greatest racing driver of all time
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
2020· 1 entry
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
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1968· 2 entries
Died 1968-04-07.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
The 32-year-old Clark had achieved 33 pole positions and had won 25 races from his 72 Grand Prix starts in championship races
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1965· 6 entries
Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with Lotus F1 (1965).
- #sportsdb
- #honour
- #title
1967 and 1968, with a record 15 wins in 32 starts
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
And Levin and Teretonga in 1967 did not count towards Tasman Cup points
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Clark was awarded the American Broadcasting Company's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
With Lotus, becoming the first non-American winner of the race in 49 years
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
And also won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 in the Lotus 38
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1964· 3 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1964).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Clark came within just a few laps of retaining his World Championship crown
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
As well as in French and British Formula Two
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1963· 5 entries
Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with Lotus F1 (1963).
- #sportsdb
- #honour
- #title
And 1965 with Lotus, and—at the time of his death—held the records for most wins (25), pole positions (33), and fastest laps (28), among others
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
And 1965, Clark equalled Alberto Ascari's record for the highest percentage of possible championship points in a season (100%)
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Clark held the record for the highest percentage of laps in the lead in a season, losing it 60 years later in 2023 to Max Verstappen
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
Winning seven out of the ten races and Lotus its first Constructors' World Championship
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1962· 1 entry
An oil leak from the engine cost him the title, conceding to John Surtees
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1961· 1 entry
Lotus fielded the highly-successful 25 chassis from 1962 onwards
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1959· 1 entry
1960, and 1961, finishing second in class in 1959 driving a Lotus Elite, and finishing third overall in 1960, driving an Aston Martin DBR1
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1942· 1 entry
The family moved to Edington Mains Farm, near Duns, Berwickshire, in the Borders
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-03-04.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth