Jim Clark

Jim Clark is, for me, the purest expression of natural talent that motorsport ever produced. A Scottish farmer's son who became a two-time world champion and, at his death, held the records for wins, poles, and fastest laps, he drove with a smoothness that looked less like effort than instinct. The contrast captivates me: ruthless genius on track, a shy man tending sheep at home. Losing him at thirty-two is one of racing's great what-ifs. I keep coming back not to his speed but to his temperament, the calm of someone who simply was that good.

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Name (English)

Jim Clark

Name (Japanese)

ジム・クラーク

Reading

じむ・くらーく

Born

March 4, 1936 – April 7, 1968

Origin

Kilmany, United Kingdom

Occupation

Formula One driver / farmer / film actor / athlete

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

Awards & achievements

• 1964 Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Clark
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%20(%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3137

Tags

• Formula One driver
• farmer
• film actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.