{"id":9765,"date":"2010-01-28T11:11:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T11:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9765"},"modified":"2023-07-14T09:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T08:35:42","slug":"were-on-board-with-jim-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/were-on-board-with-jim-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re on Board with Jim Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9767\" title=\"hof_profile_right_125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hof_profile_right_125.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Clark\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hof_profile_right_125.jpg 345w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hof_profile_right_125-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hof_profile_right_125-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hof_profile_right_125-158x159.jpg 158w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hof_profile_right_125-278x278.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s many that are claimed to be the greatest British driver who ever lived. It&#8217;s a tough competition.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Stewart might have been the most pugnacious whilst Sir Stirling Moss might have been the most preternaturally talented. Nigel Mansell could well have been the most tenacious and workmanlike. James Hunt, on the other hand might have been the most playboy-like and fragrant. Lewis Hamilton, however, might turn out to be the most successful.<\/p>\n<p>We know who was the most stylish. Jim Clark.<\/p>\n<p>Superb vintage onboard footage below with the great Raymond Baxter commentating, and a fine representation of his sculpted features above.<\/p>\n<p>Who is your favourite Brit driving legend?<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2vkRn-E6L84\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We reckon Jim was the most rakish &#8216;best British driver ever&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,1780],"tags":[236,591,183],"class_list":["post-9765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-people","tag-f1","tag-jim-clark","tag-motorsport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jim Clark - our favourite British Racing Driver | Influx magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Who was the best British Racing Driver? 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