British Grand Prix: Jim Clark's final Silverstone win 50 years on

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Jim Clark (pictured left in his Lotus car) , his fifth British Grand Prix win and his last. Lotus boss Colin Chapman looks on with arms folded (left)Image source, Getty Images
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Fifty years ago, the Grand Prix at Silverstone was very different from today in terms of technology, but there was just as fierce a competition between drivers. It was won by the late Scot Jim Clark (pictured left in his Lotus car), his fifth and final British Grand Prix win.
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Clark, considered to be one of the greatest racing drivers in the history of Grand Prix, was killed the following year in a car crash during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim, when his car left the track at 170mph (274km/h), somersaulted through the air and hit a tree.
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The 15 July 1967 race on the Northamptonshire track had been looking like a Lotus 1-2 with Graham Hill (pictured with his wife and six-year-old son Damon - who went on to become a champion driver himself) in front until he suffered rear suspension failure on lap 54.
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Denny Hulme of Brabham took the number two spot, while Chris Amon of Ferrari came third and Jack Brabham (pictured), of Brabham, came fourth.
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New Zealand racing driver Denny Hulme's team-mate was Australian racing driver Jack Brabham.
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This photo shows Jim Clark on right in white, talking with racing boss Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus cars. The figure in racing gear on the left talking to a mechanic is racing driver Graham Hill.
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Earlier this week it was revealed that the future of the British Grand Prix was put in doubt after Silverstone's owner confirmed it had activated a break clause to cease hosting the race after 2019, over concerns it could not afford it unless a new deal was agreed.