This year marks the 30th anniversary of the last Grand Prix victories for Colin Chapman’s hallowed marque. David Malsher talks to Lotus designer Martin Ogilvie, and pays tribute to a stunning year-long performance by Ayrton Senna. I’m not a fan of racing’s raw statistics without context, but while bored in that quiet gap between Christmas and New Year, I was checking out F1’s updated records and a couple of figures caught my eye. I was gratified to note that Jimmy Clark’s remarkable tally of 33 pole positions in 72 grands prix – accumulated over just seven years, and at a time when there were only around 10 GPs per season – keeps him fifth among the all-time polesitters, a...
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