Description: MotorsportMemorabilia 1964 Grand Prix commemorative cover signed BOB BONDURANT Jim Clark continued to perform well in the early part of the 1964 season with the Lotus 25 but despite achieving 5 pole positions, leading most laps and 3 wins, engine problems with the new Lotus 33 relegated him to third place in the final reckoning. John Surtees took just a single pole position and won 2 races in the Ferrari 158 and narrowly took the Drivers and Constructors Championships from Graham Hill in the BRM P261, who also had one pole and 2 victories. On present day rules, without cancelled points, the titles would have belonged to Graham Hill and BRM. The artwork depicts John Surtees in the Ferrari 158 (No 7) leading from Graham Hill's BRM P261 (No 3).The first special is autographed by BOB BONDURANT who started racing in Triumphs and Corvettes on the West Coast of the USA. His big break came with a Class win at Denver in Carroll Shelby's extremely powerful AC Cobra. In 1964 he signed for the Shelby team to compete in the distance events; his best result was winning the GT Class in the Le Mans 24-Hour Race with Dan Gurney,. A hectic 1965 season, driving the Cobra, Ford GTs as well as participating in F2 and F3 races, culminated in driving F1 for Ferrari in place of the injured John Surtees at the US GP and for Reg Parnell, driving the Lotus 33 in the Mexican GP. Bob Bondurant stayed with Formula 1 for 1966, competing in 5 races in the BRM P261 and 3 races for Dan Gurney in the Eagle T1G. He achieved a commendable fourth place in the Monaco GP on his first competitive drive in the BRM P261. In parallel with his F1 racing, he competed with sports cars, bringing a Porsche home in fourth place at the Nurburging 1000 kms event. A bad accident at Watkins Glen in 1967 prevented him racing for a while but he made a successful comeback with 2 seasons of Can Am racing in 1970 & 71. He retired to run his own high performance driving school. We usually have lots of other items up for sale so why not have a look
Price: 10 GBP
Location: Littlehampton
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Type: Cover
Sport: Motor Sport
Motor Sport Type: Formula 1
Autographed: Autographed
Period: 1960s
