News about Jim Clark

OLIVER HOLT: Few pass this way any more. A path once followed the bank of the stream that flows sullenly and noiselessly through the woods. But it is barely visible now. Tall, gangling weeds choke it and obscure it. Footsteps have not flattened them. It is raining, as it was on that day in April 1968 and even though the army of trees and the dense undergrowth hide them from view, the sound of race cars hurtling around the Hockenheimring half a mile or so away echoes through the forest like an elegy. An auto festival is taking place there and the air is filled with the sounds of exhausts cracking and spluttering, tyres screaming and squealing and beseeching, and engines revving and roaring and squabbling.

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THE wall of sound hits you like a symphony for the senses. A low, grumbling growl that builds up to a wailing crescendo. A visceral experience that only racing cars can produce. This is engineering excellence at its very best: a complex tapestry of turbocharged engines, whining transmissions, crackling exhausts and burning rubber. If it sounds like a thrill - it is. A sensory overload that excites and impresses in equal measure. That I'm getting the chance to experience it in person only adds to the exhilaration.

Karen Farquharson, 49, worked for Thistle Marine in Peterhead, Scotland, for 27 years. However, she was forced to resign last year due to anxiety. Mrs Farquharson, pictured left with her husband Graham, took Jim Clark, right, to an employment tribunal, where she successfully said she had been discriminated against because she was a woman. Clark was 'was blunt by nature,' according to the tribunal.

ROB ROBERTSON: The greatest driver of all-time? Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher's appeal, as well as Ayrton Senna and Manuel Fangio, will be reaffirmed on Sunday as his exploits were remembered during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone will be emphasized. It's been 60 years since Jim Clark first won the British Grand Prix, the culmination of a season that saw him win in Belgium, Holland, France, and the United Kingdom - all back-to-back, as well as Italy, Mexico, and South Africa. He came second in Germany and third in the United States, the only Grand Prix in which he did not take part was the opener in Monaco, where he had to abandon while leading on the 78th lap due to gear-box failure.

Despite the fact that humans have mapped a large area of the earth and its immediate regions, certain portions of the world are still inaccessible to only the wealthy. Private citizens can fly in a Russian spacecraft and a week in the International Space Station can spend a week. Many that are more conservative will fly to the beginning of space or $250,000 to explore the planet's oceans' depths.

Despite inflation and a general economic recession in 2022, seven properties remained over the $100 million mark when the mega-mansions were auctioned for a large sum. That number is still down from the eight deals that were nine figures or higher in 2021, while there were 44 sales of over $50 million in 2022, down from 48 years ago. The 44 sales of over $50 million in the United States are still the country's second-highest ever recorded. For example, only 23 homes went for that much money in 2019.

MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, has donated two Beverly Hills homes to a California charity that will use a significant portion of the funds to house the homeless and move toward an immigrant integration service. Scott, 52, who was married to billionaire Bezos for 25 years, ended their marriage in 2019 with 25 percent of their Amazon stock and pledged to invest at least half of her money over her lifetime. In August, she made her most recent donation to the California Community Foundation, a non-profit charity, but Dirt.com reports that the transaction was only confirmed. According to Fortune, it's the latest in Scott's ongoing philanthropy spree, where she has given away more than $236 million to Habitat for Humanity and $275 million to Planned Parenthood.

Max Verstappen's home win at Circuit Zandvoort on Sunday was another spectacular twist in the F1 season. After yet another strong showing, the Red Bull driver won his fourth victory in a row, but that wasn't the only big talking point from the weekend. Sportmail looks at all the best bits from a brave pigeon standing amidst the screaming cars to Sebastian Vettel's heart-warming meeting with Ukrainian refugees before the race.