Monday 19 May 2008

Jim Clark - Solitude 1964



Prismacolor pencils on gray archival stock 22.5"x 11"
© Paul Chenard 2008


Jim Clark died tragically 40 years ago this year.
He crashed in an F2 race at the Hockenheimring in Germany in a Lotus 48.

In this sketch, Jim Clark is racing a Lotus 33 to a win of the Solitude F1 race in 1964. Left to right, we find Clark, second place finisher John Surtees in a Ferrari 158, Graham Hill in a BRM P261 and Sir Jack Braham in a Brabham BT7-Climax. Both Hill and Brabham crashed out in the race; Surtees finished the year as F1 Driver's World Champion. In fact, everyone here was a Driver's World Champion. Clark took it in 1963 and 1965, Hill took it in 1962 and 1968, and Brabham took it in 1959, 1960 and 1966. Brabham also took it as a Constructor in 1966 and 1967. Lots of talent in one place!

The following poster advertised the race ... beautiful artwork!

1 comment:

Leigh O'Gorman said...

Hey Paul,
I've posted that entry up and i've linked it as well, if you want a look (http://easymusicfordifficultears.blogspot.com/2008/05/death-of-jim-clark-part-2.html) and I've also got a Formula 1 Archive blog coming along very slowly too (http://formula1archive.blogspot.com/)


Hope you are well,
Leigh