MotorsportMemorabilia 1964 Grand Prix commemorative cover signed DAVID HOBBS 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 second special cover is signed by DAVID HOBBS who started racing in the early 1960s with Lotus and Jaguar sports cars, migrating through Formula Junior and Formula 2 to the Lola T70 in 1965. His first Formula 1 race was in the BRM P261 when he finished third in the 1966 Syracuse GP. In 1967, he drove F2 cars for Team Surtees as well as participating in Formula 1 events (2 x BRM P261 & Lola T100); finishing well but without points. He established himself in the top league of sports car drivers in 1968 by winning the Monza 1000 km Race in a Ford GT40. Further Formula 1 race drives were achieved in 1968 (1 x Honda RA301), 1971 (McLaren M19A - standing in for Mark Donohue) and 1972 (McLaren M23 - substituting for Mike Hailwood). David Hobbs is noted for the variety of drives he has undertaken in a 30-year career in motor sport: Formula 1 & 2, endurance, Can-Am, F5000, touring cars and IMSA. The highlight of his career was winning the 1983 Trans-Am Series Championship in the Chevrolet Camero. Once retired as a driver, he concentrated on a career as a TV commentator for CBS in the USA
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