MotorsportMemorabilia 1964 Grand Prix commemorative cover signed FRANK GARDNER 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).Australian FRANK GARDNER who concentrated on racing cars after winning 23 out of 24 races in his Jaguar C-type to become the New South Wales Sports Car Champion in 1956/7, has signed the extra special cover. He came to UK to compete as a driver but had to start off as a mechanic rather, working initially for Aston Martin and later for the newly formed Jack Brabham Team. He drove the Brabham in a few non-F1 races during 1962 but turned down the chance of a Brabham seat for 1963, electing to join Ian Walker for a most successful sports and Formula Junior programme. Now well established, he raced for John Willment Automobiles (JWA) in F2 with associated sports and saloon car drives. In 1964 he raced in Formula 1 entering just one race in the JWA Brabham BT10. A fuller season followed with 7 races in the Brabham BT11, yielding 3 non-point scoring finishes. In 1967, he was second to Jackie Ickx in the European F2 championship, driving in a Lola and was runner up in the Tasman Series, along with Jackie Stewart and Jack Brabham. Gardner failed to qualify for the 1968 Italian GP in the rather dated Bernard White Racing BRM P261 but by this time he had re-established himself in saloon and sports car racing. He was the UK Saloon Car Champion 3 times: in 1968 with the Ford Escort; 1970 the Ford Mustang and 1971 in the Chevrolet Camero. He was simultaneously contesting F5000 in the works Lola, taking championship titles in 1971 and 72. He returned to Australia to race in the national sports sedan races, taking the Championship in 1976 and 77. Frank Gardner was a most formidable driver who would have achieved great success in F1, given competitive machinery.
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