1966 Mexican Grand Prix

Mexico  1966 Mexican Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 9 in the 1966 Formula One season
Date October 23, 1966
Official name V Gran Premio de Mexico
Location Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.000 km (3.107 mi)
Distance 65 laps, 325.000 km (201.96 mi)
Weather Warm, clear
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Maserati
Time 1:53.18
Fastest lap
Driver United States Richie Ginther Honda
Time 1:53.75
Podium
First Cooper-Maserati
Second Brabham-Repco
Third Brabham-Repco

The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on October 23, 1966. It was the ninth and final round of the 1966 World Championship. The race was the fifth Mexican Grand Prix. The race was held over 65 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a race distance of 325 kilometres.

The race was won by British driver John Surtees driving a Cooper T81, his first such victory since leaving Scuderia Ferrari to join Cooper Car Company. Surtees lead home the newly crowned world champion Australian owner-driver Jack Brabham driving a Brabham BT20 by eight seconds. A lap down in third place, also driving a Brabham BT20 was Brabham's team mate New Zealander Denny Hulme.

Surtees victory promoted him to second place in the championship, vaulting past Austrian driver Jochen Rindt of the Cooper team.

Race report

John Surtees dominated to take his first win since transferring from Ferrari to Cooper in mid season. He took the lead from Jack Brabham on lap 6 and was never challenged. With Jim Clark suffering gearbox problems and both BRMs retiring, Richie Ginther was the only contender left. However he too had mechanical problems, and dropped back. Brabham rallied at the end to close, but Surtees had lapped the entire field up to second. The first year of 3-litre engines had resulted in wins for five different makes of car, using five different engines.

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 United Kingdom John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 65 2:06:35.34 1 9
2 5 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 65 + 7.88 4 6
3 6 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 64 + 1 lap 6 4
4 12 United States Richie Ginther Honda 64 + 1 lap 3 3
5 15 United States Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 64 + 1 lap 9 2
6 22 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 63 + 2 laps 12 1
7 2 United Kingdom Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 61 + 4 laps 17
8 14 United States Ronnie Bucknum Honda 60 + 5 laps 13
Ret 11 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-BRM 49 Differential 8
Ret 17 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 40 Engine 14
Ret 19 Switzerland Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 33 Suspension 11
Ret 8 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 32 Suspension 5
Ret 10 United Kingdom Innes Ireland BRM 28 Transmission 16
Ret 4 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM 26 Oil Leak 10
Ret 16 United States Bob Bondurant Eagle-Weslake 24 Fuel System 18
Ret 3 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 18 Engine 7
Ret 1 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 9 Gearbox 2
Ret 9 Mexico Moisés Solana Cooper-Maserati 9 Overheating 15
Source:[1]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Australia Jack Brabham 42 (45)
1 2 United Kingdom John Surtees 28
1 3 Austria Jochen Rindt 22 (24)
3 4 New Zealand Denny Hulme 18
1 5 United Kingdom Graham Hill 17

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 United Kingdom Brabham-Repco 42 (49)
2 Italy Ferrari 31 (32)
3 United Kingdom Cooper-Maserati 30 (35)
4 United Kingdom BRM 22
5 United Kingdom Lotus-BRM 13

References

  1. "1966 Mexican Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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