Jim Clark took the first F1 win of his inaugural championship year on this day at the 1963 Belgian GP. In today's Great Read, one grand prix winner snuggles into another: David Coulthard gets to grips with the Lotus 25, a car synonymous with his compatriot Clark. Within but a few laps of Silverstone, he's completely smitten...
David Coulthard cuts the ignition, wiggles the red leather steering wheel and folds his arms. "Well, if you'd just like to put me in the back of the truck I'll stay in here. Tell the wife and kids I love them, but I might not be home." It's a nice soundbite from the professional broadcaster; maybe he composed it on the run down the pitlane, aware cameras were waiting, that the BBC crew has him miked up in the car.
But it becomes plain later that the enthusiasm is real, the pleasure unfeigned. One Scottish driver who took the chequered flag here at Silverstone connecting with another Scotsman who did the same 50 years ago, one brick in an over-arching year that made him champion. This is Jim Clark's Lotus 25, a revolution in design that fulfils a well-used phrase. It really did make all other racers obsolete overnight.
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