In 1966, after four consecutive
wins in the race, Jim Clark could
only manage tofinis h a lowly
fourth in the British GP, but
returned to the winner’s circle
in 1967, with the race back at
Silverstone. It was yet another
lights-to-flag victory for Clark,
and his fifth and last world
championship victory on home soilOne of the quirky events thatuse d
to surround theBritish GPwas a
post-racecricket match. This one
followed the 1974 race andthough
the result is not known thegame
incl uded Ken Tyrrell, JohnWatson,
DennyHulm e, James Hunt,Niki
Lauda and Graham Hill among
others, although some ofthe ‘whites’
were strictly non-regulationWater, water everywhere for
Romain Grosjean as his Lotus E20
aquaplanes during practice for the
2012 British GP. Grosjean topped
the timesheets in Friday’sfirst
practice but the rain was so heavy
that Silverstone advised spectators
not to travel to the circuit for
qualifying on Saturday to save the
car parks forraceday spectatorsSHOWCASE THE BRITISH GP
88 GP RACING JULY 2020
In 1966, after four consecutive
wins in the race, Jim Clark could
only manage tofinis h a lowly
fourth in the British GP, but
returned to the winner’s circle
in 1967, with the race back at
Silverstone. It was yet another
lights-to-flag victory for Clark,
and his fifth and last world
championship victory on home soilOne of the quirky events thatuse d
to surround theBritish GPwas a
post-racecricket match. This one
followed the 1974 race andthough
the result is not known thegame
incl uded Ken Tyrrell, JohnWatson,
DennyHulm e, James Hunt,Niki
Lauda and Graham Hill among
others, although some ofthe ‘whites’
were strictly non-regulationWater, water everywhere for
Romain Grosjean as his Lotus E20
aquaplanes during practice for the
2012 British GP. Grosjean topped
the timesheets in Friday’sfirst
practice but the rain was so heavy
that Silverstone advised spectators
not to travel to the circuit for
qualifying on Saturday to save the
car parks forraceday spectatorsSHOWCASE THE BRITISH GP