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E22 , Maldonado, Melbourne March 2014 - Image:
Lotus F1 Team
F1 fever is set to grip the Scottish Borders town of Duns
after it was confirmed that a modern Lotus F1 Team car has been
added to the dazzling array of machines on display at The Jim
Clark Weekend in Duns on May 16/17.
The Lotus F1 Team E22, which was raced by Romain Grosjean and
Pastor Maldonado across the world during the 2014 season, has
been organised by The Jim Clark Trust with Lotus F1 Team to
provide a dash of contemporary racing design among a stellar
line-up of classic Formula One cars, Touring and Sports cars
celebrating the 50 year anniversary of Jim Clark's unmatched
1965 season. The car, which features a unique, asymmetric ‘twin
tusk’ nose cone, will be shipped directly to Jim Clark’s home
town of Duns from the team’s state-of-the art headquarters in
Enstone, Oxfordshire, which is home to almost 500 people;
including many of the world’s leading minds in aerodynamics,
advanced materials research, engineering and automotive design.
The appearance of Lotus F1 Team is the latest boost for the
event being run by The Jim Clark Trust and Club Lotus to
celebrate Jim Clark’s second Formula One World Championship, his
famous Indianapolis 500 victory, Formula 2 Championship and
Tasman Championship, all in 1965. Sir Jackie Stewart and Allan
McNish, Patrons of the Trust, are also joining the celebrations
in a bid to raise awareness of plans to create a new Jim Clark
Museum by 2018.
Ben Smith, Secretary of The Jim Clark Trust commented: “We would
like to thank Lotus F1 Team for this remarkable addition in
support of The Jim Clark Weekend. F1 is coming to Duns to honour
Jim Clark, who remains revered and respected by the generation
that knew him, and we hope this weekend will inspire the next
generation to support plans for a new museum to celebrate his
legacy.”
Some of the other unique and extremely rare cars already
confirmed for the event with the support of many generous owners
include: two Lotus Type 25s including Jim Clark’s World
Championship winning 1963 Formula One car, a Lotus 38 Ford
(1965) similar to the actual Indy 500 race car, a Lotus Type 43
BRM (1966), three famous Lotus Cortina’s, the first production
Lotus Elan and original Porsche 356 from his early career.
Jim Clark is widely regarded as one of the greatest motor racing
drivers of all time, a national hero for Scotland and
international icon of the 1960’s, and remains the only driver to
claim both the F1 and Indy 500 titles in the same year. His
tragic death at Hockenheim in 1968 stunned the world but his
remarkable ability and reputation for sportsmanship lives on,
and fundraising is being kicked off for a £1.2m redevelopment of
the existing Jim Clark Museum to be delivered by a partnership
between Scottish Borders Council and The Jim Clark Trust.
The Jim Clark Weekend is free to the public, with a static
display of cars on Sat 16 May and the main event on Sun 17 May
featuring the exciting sight and sounds of the cars parading
through Jim Clark’s home town of Duns. The event runs from 11pm to 4pm on
both days outside the Jim Clark Museum in Duns with historic
trophies, a gallery, films, interviews and Pipe Band over the
weekend.
Join us for The Jim Clark Weekend
The Jim Clark Museum, 44 Newtown St, Duns, Scottish Borders TD11
3AU
Both days 11am-4pm. Static car display Sat May 16. Parade and
Main event Sun May 17.
Image: Jim Clark Trust |
