Drivers/United Kingdom
Jim Clark
- 2× World Champion
- 1960–1968
- CLA
- Born 4 March 1936 in Kilmany
- Died 7 April 1968
- James Clark, Jr.
- Starts7273 entries
- Wins2535% of starts
- Podiums3244% of starts
- Pole positions3333× started from P1
- Fastest laps28
- Grand Slams8pole, win, fastest lap, every lap led
- Titles21963, 1965
Career numbers
- Avg grid position3.5
- Avg finish3.6
- Retirement rate32%
- Pole-to-win conversion45%
- Positions gained0
- Points scored274
- Longest winning streak6
- Longest podium streak9
- Longest points-scoring streak12
- TeamsLotus (1960–1968)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
74 entries, 72 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryDutch Grand Prix 1960DNF · Lotus
- First winBelgian Grand Prix 1962P1 · Lotus
- Last winSouth African Grand Prix 1968P1 · Lotus
- Last startSouth African Grand Prix 1968P1 · Lotus
All 74 races, season by season
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innes Ireland | 1960–1965 | 7:4 | 21:7 | −1.26% | 84 : 31 | Compare |
| Mike Spence | 1963–1966 | 9:1 | 22:1 | −1.88% | 90 : 18 | Compare |
| Trevor Taylor | 1961–1964 | 7:2 | 19:1 | −2.90% | 107 : 7 | Compare |
| Jo Siffert | 1962–1964 | 7:0 | 13:0 | −4.16% | 79 : 1 | Compare |
| Jim Hall | 1960–1963 | 7:1 | 11:0 | −5.60% | 64 : 3 | Compare |
| Stirling Moss | 1960–1961 | 1:4 | 1:10 | +1.00% | 15 : 32 | Compare |
| Masten Gregory | 1961–1963 | 4:0 | 10:1 | −3.05% | 54 : 1 | Compare |
| Peter Arundell | 1964–1966 | 3:1 | 9:1 | −3.23% | 37 : 12 | Compare |
| Graham Hill | 1967–1968 | 2:0 | 9:3 | −1.15% | 50 : 21 | Compare |
| Mike Hailwood | 1963–1964 | 3:0 | 10:0 | −4.42% | 32 : 1 | Compare |
| Chris Amon | 1963–1965 | 1:0 | 11:0 | −3.15% | 56 : 2 | Compare |
| Richard Attwood | 1965 | 3:1 | 7:0 | −3.20% | 36 : 2 | Compare |
| Jack Brabham | 1962–1963 | 3:0 | 6:0 | −1.23% | 18 : 3 | Compare |
| Maurice Trintignant | 1962–1963 | 2:0 | 7:0 | −4.26% | 30 : 0 | Compare |
| Moisés Solana | 1964–1967 | 1:0 | 5:0 | −2.68% | 20 : 0 | Compare |
| Lucien Bianchi | 1961–1962 | 1:0 | 4:0 | −4.33% | 13 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Maggs | 1961–1965 | 2:0 | 3:0 | −5.70% | 12 : 0 | Compare |
| Pedro Rodríguez | 1963–1966 | 0:0 | 5:0 | −3.29% | 22 : 0 | Compare |
| Peter Revson | 1964 | 0:0 | 4:0 | −5.52% | 18 : 0 | Compare |
| Henry Taylor | 1961 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −4.62% | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Wolfgang Seidel | 1961–1962 | 0:0 | 4:0 | −8.83% | 12 : 0 | Compare |
| Gerry Ashmore | 1961 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −8.55% | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| John Surtees | 1960 | 0:1 | 2:1 | −0.86% | 4 : 6 | Compare |
| Michael May | 1961 | 1:0 | 2:0 | −5.64% | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Ian Burgess | 1961 | 1:0 | 2:0 | −6.00% | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Marsh | 1961 | 1:0 | 2:0 | −5.12% | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Hap Sharp | 1963 | 1:0 | 2:0 | – | 13 : 0 | Compare |
| Alan Stacey | 1960 | 0:0 | 1:1 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Willy Mairesse | 1961 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| John Campbell-Jones | 1962 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Fisher | 1967 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Ron Flockhart | 1960 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 2 : 1 | Compare |
| Bernard Collomb | 1963 | 1:0 | 1:0 | −8.71% | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Gerhard Mitter | 1964–1965 | 0:0 | 2:0 | −6.37% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Piers Courage | 1966–1967 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| David Piper | 1960 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Tim Parnell | 1961 | 0:0 | 2:0 | −12.87% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jay Chamberlain | 1962 | 1:0 | 1:0 | −16.17% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Giacomo Russo | 1965–1966 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Cliff Allison | 1961 | 0:1 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Chris Irwin | 1967 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Ernest Pieterse | 1962–1963 | 0:0 | 2:0 | −7.75% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Brausch Niemann | 1963 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Peter Ryan | 1961 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Olivier Gendebien | 1961 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Roger Penske | 1962 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Rob Schroeder | 1962 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Egbert Wietzes | 1967 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Phil Hill | 1963 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Heinz Schiller | 1962 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Paul Hawkins | 1965 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Jackie Oliver | 1967 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Shelly | 1962 | 0:0 | 1:0 | −10.08% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Gaetano Starrabba | 1961 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Nino Vaccarella | 1962 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Giancarlo Baghetti | 1967 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Bob Bondurant | 1965 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Neville Lederle | 1962 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 1 | Compare |
| Lloyd Ruby | 1961 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Rodger Ward | 1963 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Walt Hansgen | 1964 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
Green: Jim Clark came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zandvoort | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2.7 |
| Spa-Francorchamps | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3.9 |
| Watkins Glen | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Silverstone | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4.8 |
| Hermanos Rodríguez | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| Prince George | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Nürburgring | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Monza | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4.7 |
| Reims-Gueux | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Aintree | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brands Hatch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Kyalami | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Monaco | 6 | 7.3 | ||
| Rouen-Les-Essarts | 2 | – |