Richard Hammond's Tribute to Racing Legend: Jim Clark | The Grand Tour

Which racing legend from the past do you admire most?

This story was one of the best pieces of actual journalism that the guys and their team ever made. Don't get me wrong, I love the fun goofy stuff but these stories are just spectacular. The script, the storytelling, the editing. Perfection, thank you.

"Instead, he drove the rest of the race, and we're talking 160 miles an hour..." Damn. "in the wet..." Damn! "with one hand on the steering wheel and one hand holding the gear lever in place." DAMN! "And he still won..." GOD DAMN!!! "by nearly 5 minutes." GOD FUCKING DAMN, WHAT A LEGEND!!!!

My mum played dominoes with him in a pub in Scotland. She won, he bought the drinks. What a great example of a human being.

“He was outstandingly the greatest Formula One driver of all time.” - Juan Manuel Fangio

When it comes to story telling in automotive sector, the trio will make you more curious and eager than a young adult about the birds and bees. Jeremy’s film on Lancia, the Alfa disco volante, etype jag, Senna’s documentary. James’s Ford vs Ferrari, Astronauts and Corvettes, the edge of space. Hammond’s Jim Clark’s documentary, Lancia stories, his films in Discovery. Just to remember from the top of my head. Sometimes it will make you dreamy and misty eyed.

I did not know about Jim Clark before I had seen this feature in The Grand Tour. But once I did, I was convinced that he was the greatest and most talented driver ever. The fact that Fangio called him the best, Senna held him as a boyhood hero and so many other stories and statistics are more than enough evidence for the case of him being the greatest ever...

"And he still won.... by nearly 5 minutes." goosebumps.

"He was the best I ever knew" -Bruce McLaren

If anyone needed at proof, why Jim Clark is the greatest driver of all time. One number: 1965! To compete and WIN, every racingseries there is, in the same year is madness and something, that was never done again.

Now I admire Jim Clark the most as a racing driver

Jim Clark is flat out amazing...the fact that he could still win at Spa while driving in the rain at 160 mph, one handed is pretty much the stuff of legend

This was one of the best pieces of journalism in the Grand Tour and a terrific tribute to someone I hadn't heard of before... and really should have. Great job.

I remember Jim when I was a little boy in the sixties. He was then and still is my all time king of all the racing drivers. Bless you Jim.

Pieces like this is what this show will be remembered for, the Story of Ford v Ferrari, the War between Audi & Lancia... so many examples of amazing stories, told in an amazing way.

He is my mum’s cousin and I’m so proud to be family, his Aunt used to say “poor Jimmy he drove too fast “ that was my Grandma and I only found out how fabulous he was after she passed, I met his parents as a very small child but love that I see his handsome genes in us all god bless you Jimmy

These 3 guys can make us laugh till we shit ourselves and tear up during motor story time

Jim Clark is undoubtedly one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, and the greatest of his era. The Grand Tour was right to pay tribute to one of motor racing’s all-time greats.

Statistics prove that Jim Clark was truly the greatest driver in motorsport history. He won in terms of a ratio, more races than any other driver. Give him any of Schumacher's Ferraris or Senna's McLarens, he wouldnt have dropped a single race in any season he competed. Whats more (going by the comments from his pit crew fellas at Lotus), he would've saved both Ferrari or McLaren a fortune in tyres/parts, because he nurtured a car through races.... No other drivers in history will be as good as him....... Hamilton idolised Senna but Senna idolised Jim Clark. An idol's idol....

His win was in '65 - his "rookie test" was in '63 (when he should have won if USAC officials had followed their own rules and black-flagged Parnelli Jones for dropping oil)