Mario also holds the record for the most races between pole positions, having taken pole in 1966, 1967, and 1987.Īndretti’s 1969 Indy 500 win was a dominant one – starting from second on the grid, Andretti led 116 of the 200 laps, despite one of his wheels jamming on, and obliging him to run a quite tired Firestone to the checkered flag. Mario Andretti competed in the Indy 500 four years before (and long after) his F1 career, and has the second highest number of entries his 29 starts being beaten only by four-time winner AJ Foyt’s 35. Photo by: Motorsport Images Mario Andretti – 1969 However with no official protest launched by Clark or Lotus, Hill's win stood. Clark had spun twice during the race and was able to continue, and theories postulate that a lap might not have been attributed to Clark as a result. While Hill was awarded the win, second-placed Jim Clark’s Lotus team also thought they had won the race. Hill won the Indy 500 at his first attempt, though this win wasn’t without dispute.
While he took one win at both Le Mans and the Indy 500, his five wins in Monaco earned him the nickname ‘Mr Monaco’, and he has the second highest number of wins in the Principality (behind Ayrton Senna on six, and tied with Michael Schumacher). Graham Hill is, to date, the only person to win motorsport’s illustrious ‘Triple Crown’ – wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indy 500, and F1’s Monaco Grand Prix (or F1 world championship). Photo by: Ford Motor Company Graham Hill - 1966 Jim Clark, Lotus-Ford, won Ford's first Indy 500 victory, and the first for a rear-engine car in the 500 Jackie Stewart, also racing in F1 at the time, was Hill's teammate and was leading in the closing stages when oil pressure problems robbed him of victory and handed the lead to Hill… or Clark, depending on who one believes.
This made him only the second Brit to win the Indy 500, after Dario Resta's triumph in 1916.Ĭlark would go on to qualify second alongside Mario Andretti the next year, but on race day found himself classified behind the Lola of fellow Brit and F1 driver Graham Hill. Foyt but then dominated the race, leading 190 of the 200 laps. He came back the next year and qualified second to A.J. Having finished second behind Parnelli Jones' roadster in the 1963 race, Clark's Lotus took pole in 1964, but had to retire at quarter-distance when a tire threw a tread and damaged his suspension irreparably. He was able to apply this talent to multiple series as well, winning the F1 championship twice, the Tasman series three times, and the Indy 500 once, before he was tragically killed in 1968. Jim Clark is considered one of the best drivers ever, and still holds the record for the highest percentage of laps led in an F1 season (71.47% in 1963).
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