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Agreed. From a long-time Clark fan really well done, with only one mistake - he did not have the choice between the BOAC 500 (where he would have shared a Ford 3LEpisode 5 - the Jim Clark piece was excellent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_P68
with Graham Hill) and the Formula 2 at Hockenheim, but contractural obligations obliged him to do the latter. He wasn't enthusiastic about it - the car wasn't at all competitive, and, as his mechanic said on the programme, he wasn't at all optimistic about achieving a decent result.
P.S. I'll add to it that it makes it sound as if Clark and Lotus simply turned up at Indy in 1965 and won. In fact, they turned up in 1963, when Clark came second (he should have won, because winner Parnelli Jones was dropping oil all over the track and should have been black-flagged). In 1964, they made the patriotic (if incorrect) decision to use Dunlop tyres, which fell to bits. In 1965, all went well - Clark led for 190 of the 200 laps and Indy was changed forever.
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