Jim Clark, Silverstone, 1967
The maestro with his British Grand Prix-winning Lotus 49, at what turned out to be his last race appearance on home soil. Les doesn’t pretend he knew Jim Clark well, but he was on nodding terms. “A very shy man, but one of those superstars, like Ayrton Senna and Stirling Moss, who it was a privilege to have watched.”
Chris Amon, Oulton Park, 1968
The Kiwi driver could be looking straight down the lens at Old Hall, in a shot that captures his artistry to perfection at the 1968 Oulton Park Gold Cup. Chris Amon in a Ferrari 312 finished second to Jackie Stewart’s Matra, but it’s this image and others similar that stick most in the mind. “It’s my favourite shot,” says Les. “I seem to remember there were just three photographers: myself, Nigel Snowdon and one other at Old Hall and this is how close we could get, before the
