1966 French Grand Prix

F1 France French Circuit-Reims-1954.png Reims-Gueux 3 July 1966 52e Grand Prix de l'ACFMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1966 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/reims3big.jpg The Programme Covers Project 20 October 2017 Reims-Gueux, Reims, France Temporary road course 5.187 8.348 48 248.980 400.694 Hot, dry Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 2:07.8 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 2:11.3 ITA Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco AUS Mike Parkes Ferrari UK Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco NZL FRA The 1966 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims on 3 July 1966. It was race 3 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the "60th Anniversary race" of Grand Prix racing, which had started with the GP of France in 1906. It was also the 16th and last time the French Grand Prix was held on variations of French highways near Reims, following a three-year absence from the region. The race was held over 48 laps of the 8.35 km mi on circuit for a race distance of 400.694 km mi. The race was won by the 1959 and 1960 World Champion, Australian driver Jack Brabham, driving his Brabham BT19. It was Brabham's eighth Grand Prix victory and his first since the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix, six years earlier. It was also his first win since establishing his Brabham team, and the first win for the Australian-developed Repco-Brabham V8 engine. Brabham became the first driver to win a World Championship Grand Prix in a car bearing his own name. British driver Mike Parkes finished second in a Ferrari 312, 9.5 seconds behind, while Brabham's team-mate, New Zealander Denny Hulme, finished third in his Brabham BT20, albeit two laps down. Brabham now led the Driver's Championship on 12 points, two ahead of Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini and three ahead of BRM's Jackie Stewart and Ferrari's John Surtees. The win was the first of four in succession for Brabham as he began his march towards his third world title. Race summary Jim Clark was a non-starter, recovering from an accident after he was hit in the eye by a bird during practice. Qualifying was firmly in the hands of Ferrari and especially Lorenzo Bandini with a pole set at 2:07.8 in his 3-litre 312/66, averaging 146.112 mph (233.780 km/h). After the start, Bandini duly led, with Jack Brabham in what would later be nicknamed his 'Old Nail' BT19 – which had a bit less straightline speed – following in his slipstream for a while. Mike Parkes, who had taken over at Ferrari from John Surtees acquitted himself well, duelling with Graham Hill for third place, becoming second when Hill's camshaft broke. When the Italian had to retire due to a broken throttle linkage, Brabham took first place at the finish – his first win since the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix and the first driver to win a championship Grand Prix in his own car. It was also the last race ever at Reims-Gueux, the original venue of the Formula One French Grand Prix. 1950 World Champion Nino Farina died in a car accident while on his way to watch this race.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-fargiu.html Drivers: Giuseppe Farina Grandprix.com 13 June 2012 Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 20 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 2:07.8—2 10 UK John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 2:08.4 +0.63 22 UK Mike Parkes Ferrari 2:09.1 +1.34 12 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 2:10.2 +2.45 6 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 2:10.9 +3.16 38 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 2:12.2 +4.47 8 NZL Chris Amon Cooper-Maserati 2:12.4 +4.68 16 UK Graham Hill BRM 2:12.8 +5.09 14 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 2:13.3 +5.510 32 UK Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 2:14.2 +6.411 42 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 2:15.4 +7.612 36 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 2:15.6 +7.813 2 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2:15.6 +7.814 2 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Climax 2:16.5 +8.715 26 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 2:17.9 +10.116 44 UK John Taylor Brabham-BRM 2:19.2 +11.417 4 UK Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 2:19.6 +11.818 30 SWE Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 2:23.5 +15.7 Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1966&gp=ACF%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1966 ACF GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 20 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20211214123059/https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1966&gp=ACF%20GP&r=1&type=qual 14 December 2021 deadhttps://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1966-french-grand-prix 1966 French Grand Prix Motor Sport Magazine 20 August 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 48 1:48:31.3 4 9 2 22 UK Mike Parkes Ferrari 48 + 9.5 3 6 3 14 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 46 + 2 Laps 9 4 4 6 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 46 + 2 Laps 5 3 5 26 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 45 + 3 Laps 14 2 6 44 UK John Taylor Brabham-BRM 45 + 3 Laps 15 1 7 36 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 44 + 4 Laps 12 8 8 NZL Chris Amon Cooper-Maserati 44 + 4 Laps 7 NC Not classified 42 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 42 + 6 Laps 11 Ret Retired 2 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Climax 40 Oil Leak 13 NC Not classified 20 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 37 + 11 Laps 1 NC Not classified 30 SWE Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 32 + 16 Laps 17 Ret Retired 16 UK Graham Hill BRM 13 Engine 8 Ret Retired 38 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 10 Fuel System 6 Ret Retired 32 UK Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 8 Clutch 10 Ret Retired 10 UK John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 5 Fuel System 2 Ret Retired 4 UK Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 3 Gearbox 16 DNS Did not start 2 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax Accident (18) Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/582/ 1966 French Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131005185834/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/582/ 5 October 2013 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 6 1 AUS Jack Brabham 12 10px 1 2 ITA Lorenzo Bandini 10 10px 3 UK John Surtees 9 10px 2 4 UK Jackie Stewart 9 10px 1 5 AUT Jochen Rindt 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1966/france/championnat.aspx France 1966 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 ITA Ferrari 21 10px 2 2 UK Brabham-Repco 12 10px 1 3 UK BRM 9 10px 1 4 UK Cooper-Maserati 9 10px 5 USA Eagle-Climax 2Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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