1.
GV MONACO
0.06

2.
SV SIGN GRAND PRIX
0.09

3.
LV TO SV. NO 23. LORENZO BANDINI (ITALY) B.R.M. AT SPEED ON COURSE.
0.15

4.
TV PAN NO. 3 JACK BRABHAM (ENGLAND) AT SPEED ON COURSE
0.22

5.
SV PAN NO 12 JIM HALL (ENGLAND) LOTUS. B.R.M. AT SPEED ROUND BEND
0.29

6.
SV TIME KEEPERS
0.31

7.
CU OFFICIAL TIME CLOCKS
0.33

8.
STV NO. 6 GRAHAM HILL (ENGLAND) B.R.M. PULLS INTO PITS.
0.39

9.
SV ENGINEERS WORK ON ENGINE OF NO. 24 COLOMBE BENARD (FRANCE) PORSCHE.
0.47

10.
SV GRAHAM HILL IN CAR IN PITS
0.52

11.
LV SPECTATORS
0.55

12.
SV PAN NO. 4 DAN GURNEY (ENGLAND) GIBEN PUSH START FROM PITS.
1.00

13.
LV PAN NO. 11 JOAKIM BONNIER (ENGLAND) COPPER CLIMAX AT SPEED ON COURSE.
1.05

14.
LV PAN TWO CARS ROUND BEND AND ONTO STRAIGHT
1.12



Initials PC/S/WS/EEH


SPORT: CAR RACING

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Background: BRITISH DRIVER JIM CLARK, IN A LOTUS, TODAY (THURSDAY), IMPROVED ON THE OFFICIAL LAP RECORD AT MONTE CARLO, BY ONE-FIFTH OF A SECOND WHEN HE NEGOTIATED THE TWISTING ROUND-THE-HOUSES CIRCUIT AT AN AVERAGE OF 118.803 K.P.H.(73.8 MPH).

CLARK, RUNNER-UP TO ANOTHER BRITISH DRIVER, GRAHAM HILL, IN LAST YEAR'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, WAS PRACTISING FOR SUNDAY'S MONACO GRAND PRIX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT WHICH ALSO COUNTS AT THIS YEAR'S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP.

CLARK'S TIME FOR THE 3.145-KILOMETRE CIRCUIT (1.95 MILES) WAS ONE MINUTE 35.3 SECONDS.BUT THE OFFICIAL RECORD, WHICH CLARK HIMSELF SET AT 1:35.5 DURING LAST YEAR'S RACE, STILL STANDS.IT CAN ONLY BE BEATEN DURING THE COURSE OF THE GRAND PRIX.

ORGANISERS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT PHIL HILL (UNITED STATES) AND GIANCARLO BAGHETTI (ITALY) HAD WITHDRAWN FROM SUNDAY'S RACE BECAUSE THEIR NEW ITALIAN-DESIGNED A.T.S.CARS WERE NOT READY.

LEADING LAP TIMES IN TODAY'S PRACTICE: JIM CLARK (BRITAIN, LOTUS) 1:35.3 RITCHIE GINTHER (UNITED STATES, B.R.M.) 1:37.0 GRAHAM HILL (BRITAIN, B.R.M.) 1:37.0 WILLY MAIRESSE (BELGIUM, FERRARI) 1:37.6.INNES IRELAND (BRITAIN, LOTUS-B.R.M.) 1:37.9 TONY MAGGS (SOUTH AFRICA, COOPER COVENTRY CLIMAX) 1:38.