Italian Grand Prix, Monza. The press tribune in the grandstand opposite the pits was a long walk through a narrow steamy tunnel crowded with excited Italians. Starting grid : Clark (Lotus-Ford 20) on pole alongside Jack Brabham 18 and Bruce McLaren 4. Chris Amon (Ferrari 7) and Dan Gurney (American Eagle 8) are on row 2. Officials wait for all the cars to line up. for the greatest drive of Clark’s career.
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I asked Facebook and Twitter about this picture. That’s me behind Jim Clark’s Lotus photographing its new engine during practice at Zandvoort. I started commenting on it then mis-keyed and couldn’t find where it came from, but delving into my photographic archive I was pleased to find the pictures I was taking that day (below - Jim Clark’s legs on the right) in front of the Lotus pit.
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