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1960 — 1968
Team Lotus
25 wins, two titles, and the 1965 Indianapolis 500.
- 1963 title
- 1965 title
- 25 wins
Jim ClarkF1 career history
Won a quarter of the races he started, all for Lotus, before being killed in a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
- Titles
- 2
- Wins
- 25
- Poles
- 33
- Podiums
- 32
- Starts
- 72
- Teams
- 1
Career Chronology
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1 of 1 team stint shown · 1960 — 1968
2 championship seasons in this range:1963 · 1965
Full career totals
1960 — 1968 · 9 seasons- Races
- 73
- Wins
- 25
- Podiums
- 32
- Poles
- 34
- Championships
- 2
Win rate 34.2%Podium rate 43.8%Points 274Best season 1963 (7 wins, 9 podiums)Titles 1963, 1965
Exports the 1960 — 1968 selection only
The Long Version
A Borders farmer, he joined Colin Chapman's Lotus in 1960 and never drove for another Formula One team.
Titles came in 1963 and 1965, the latter alongside victory at the Indianapolis 500.
His seven wins from ten races in 1963 remains one of the highest win rates in a season.
He died at Hockenheim in April 1968; his death shook a generation of drivers into demanding safer circuits.