![]() Jimmy was about the same distance in front of me every lap but he was only about eighth and not making any ground." Nick Georgano - "He was lying 8th on lap five."Įric Dymock - "After four laps (he) lay eighth."Īmon (who, after qualifying 6th, lined up alongside Clark) - "We gotstarted and the Firestones were useless in the wet. Randy Barnett (covering the race for "Stars And Stripes") - "When the big field.took off in a light rain.Clark was somewhere in the middle of the bunch.looking at my notes and the first 10 drivers listed on my lap chart, there is never a mention of either Clark or Hill." After dinner that evening with Hill, he traveled with Ahrens to a TV studio to do the show "Das aktuelle Sport Studio", had breakfast next morning at the Hotel Luxhof in Speyer with Hill and Bell and then drove with them to the circuit.ĪCCOUNTS - Bell - "I do remember his mechanics driving the Lotus up and down the paddock all morning, trying to cure that misfire (that Clark had told him about at breakfast)." ![]() During practice on Saturday morning his engine conked out and he had to be towed back. HOCKENHEIMRING - There were problems with the fuel metering unit drive belts, getting the gear ratios right and the Firestones weren't working well in the wet. Among those lining up at Hockenheimring for the AvD Rennen along with Clark were Hill, Chris Amon, Derek Bell, Piers Courage, Robin Widdows, Chris Irwin, Chris Lambert, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Henri Pescarolo, Hubert Hahne, Peter Gethin, Brian Hart, Alan Rees, Kurt Ahrens and Xavier Perrot. Missing were Stewart (winner in Spain and testing his F1 car at Jarama), Ickx (teamed with Brian Redman on the BOAC-winning Ford GT-40), Ludovico Scarfiotti (teamed with Gerhard Mitter in the second place Porsche 907), Vic Elford (teamed with Jochen Neerpasch on the third place Porsche 907), Pedro Rodriguez (teamed with david pierpont on the fifth place ferrari 275 LM) and Jo Siffert teamed with Hans Hermann on the non-finishing Porsche 907). ![]() Jack Brabham couldn't be considered as he was contracted to Esso and Colin Chapman promised the sponsors in Germany that Clark would race. Clark was planning on debuting the Goodyear-shod Ford F3L at the BOAC 500 but he was contracted to Firestone, as was Graham Hill so Jochen Rindt was teamed with Denis Hulme along with Bruce McLaren and Mike Spence. Jacky Ickx, with unbedded brake pads, rammed Clark on the first lap, both were out, Clark was pissed and his mech, Dave Sims, put a new rear end on the car once back at the factory. It does include ground NOT gone over, however.īACKGROUND - A week before the race at Hockenheim, the opening round of the European F2 champs, the Gran Premio Barcelona, was held at Montjuich Park and Clark qualified his Lotus 48 second (by 0.1 second) to Jackie Stewart's Matra. If it includes ground already gone over - shoot me, I'm new to this forum. This is my take, what I believe happened in the tragedy. ![]()
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