F1 was in Mexico City for the Grand Prix this weekend, some 61 years after the first one that counted towards the championship was held in 1963 – the inaugural race was a year earlier but was not a championship race.
As part of his golden year, Jim Clark took pole position, had the fastest lap and won the race, all for the sixth time in nine races that season, dominance that Max Verstappen can only dream of in this rather more closely fought year.
Autosport reported that ‘The Flying Scotsman’, already assured of his first drivers’ title, “Equalled Alberto Ascari’s record half dozen grande épreuve wins in one season”. Clark would beat that record in the tenth and final race of the season when he chalked up win number seven.
It wasn’t plain sailing for Clark, for, “During the closing laps Clark’s 25 suffered fuel surge in the corners, but he managed to maintain his sub two-minute average to complete the 65-lap course…once again Clark had displayed that great virtuosity which made the splendid efforts of excellent drivers seem puny by comparison.”
You can read the full race report here.
