1966 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title F1 Monaco Monaco 22 May 1966 Circuit de Monaco 1950.png XXIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco Street Circuit 1.954 3.145 100 195.400 314.500 Overcast, Mild, Dry Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:29.9 United Kingdom Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:29.8 Italy Jackie Stewart BRM United Kingdom Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari Italy Graham Hill BRM United Kingdom MON The 1966 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 22 May 1966. It was race 1 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the first World Championship event of a new era for Formula One, for which engine regulations were altered from 1.5 litres of maximum engine displacement to 3.0 litres. The race was the 24th Monaco Grand Prix. The race was won by British driver Jackie Stewart driving a BRM P261. He took a forty-second victory over the Ferrari 246 of Italian driver Lorenzo Bandini. It was Stewart's second Grand Prix victory after winning the Italian Grand Prix the previous year. Stewart's team-mate, fellow Briton Graham Hill finished a lap down in third position in his BRM P261. The only other driver to be classified as a finisher was American driver Bob Bondurant driving a BRM P261 entered privately by Team Chamaco Collect. Race report The first World Championship race of the new 3-litre engine formula was held in Monaco. No team was ready for the new regulations, not even those who built their own engines, like Ferrari and BRM, with several teams starting the race with 1965 engines still in place, some of them enlarged Coventry Climax V8. Even pre-1961 engines of the 2.5 litre era were used again, namely the 4cyl Coventry Climax. Some had downsized sports car racing engines to suit, but these were heavy and lacked power. As a 4.2 litre DOHC Ford Indy V8 engine had helped Jim Clark and Team Lotus win the 1965 Indianapolis 500, Bruce McLaren had contracted third parties to make the smaller 3.0 L (180 cu in) Ford 406 that had been chosen by Team McLaren for the F1 constructor debut with the McLaren M2B. It lasted for only 9 laps in the race before leaking oil. Some sessions were filmed for the movie Grand Prix. Thus, the British-licensed as well as based and New Zealand-owned McLaren team debuted not in British racing green nor in New Zealand's traditional racing colours of green, black and silver, but instead in white and green in order for Grand Prix director John Frankenheimer to be able to use the McLaren as a double for the fictional Yamura cars in the film.Action! McLaren at the movies http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/heritage/action-mclaren-at-the-movies-6114785/ McLaren 25 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160525124019/http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/heritage/action-mclaren-at-the-movies-6114785/ 25 May 2016 23 May 2016 Another new engine based on an American Oldsmobile V8 was the Australian Repco-Brabham V8 in the back of Brabham's new 1966 BT19 chassis. John Surtees, though still recovering from a crash at Mosport Park, led for 14 laps from Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt and Denny Hulme until his differential broke, handing the lead to Stewart. Hulme retired whilst Graham Hill and Jim Clark disputed third place before Clark's suspension gave out. Meanwhile, Lorenzo Bandini was smashing the lap record before having to ease off to prevent the front brakes wearing out. Stewart won from Bandini with Graham Hill third and Bob Bondurant fourth the only other car past the line in a race of extreme attrition. New rules meant that cars had to complete 90% of the race distance to be classified and eligible for points, meaning that whilst Guy Ligier and Jo Bonnier were still racing, they were considered far enough behind to have actually retired. To this day, this race holds the record for having the fewest classified finishers in a single race in Formula One history. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 4 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:29.9 — 2 17 UK John Surtees Ferrari 1:30.1 +0.2 3 12 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 1:30.3 +0.4 4 11 UK Graham Hill BRM 1:30.4 +0.5 5 16 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:30.5 +0.6 6 8 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Climax 1:31.1 +1.2 7 10 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 1:32.2 +2.3 8 15 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1:32.5 +2.6 9 9 USA Richie Ginther Cooper-Maserati 1:32.6 +2.7 10 2 NZ Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:32.8 +2.9 11 7 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:32.8 +2.9 12 6 UK Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 1:33.5 +3.6 13 14 SUI Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 1:34.4 +4.5 14 18 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:35.0 +5.1 15 21 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 1:35.2 +5.3 16 19 USA Bob Bondurant BRM 1:37.3 +7.4 DNS Did not start 20 USA Phil Hill Lotus-Climax 1:42.2 +12.3 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 100 2:33:10.5 3 9 2 16 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 100 + 40.2 5 6 3 11 UK Graham Hill BRM 99 + 1 lap 4 4 4 19 USA Bob Bondurant BRM 95 + 5 laps 16 3 Ret Retired 9 USA Richie Ginther Cooper-Maserati 80 Transmission 9 NC Not classified 21 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 75 + 25 laps 15 NC Not classified 18 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 73 + 27 laps 14 Ret Retired 4 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 60 Suspension 1 Ret Retired 10 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 56 Engine 7 Ret Retired 14 SUI Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 35 Clutch 13 Ret Retired 6 UK Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 34 Suspension 12 Ret Retired 7 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 17 Gearbox 11 Ret Retired 17 UK John Surtees Ferrari 16 Transmission 2 Ret Retired 8 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Climax 15 Transmission 6 Ret Retired 2 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 9 Oil leak 10 Ret Retired 15 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 3 Engine 8 DNS Did not start 20 USA Phil Hill Lotus-Climax Camera car WD Withdrawn 1 NZL Chris Amon McLaren-Ford WD Withdrawn 3 UK Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM WD Withdrawn 5 UK Richard Attwood BRMSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/580/ 1966 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131005234830/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/580/ 5 October 2013 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut race for French driver Guy Ligier. This was BRM's fourth win of the Monaco Grand Prix, thereby breaking the old record of three wins in Monte Carlo set by Cooper at the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for McLaren. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Repco, the first Australian and Oceanian engine supplier in Formula One. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 UK Jackie Stewart 9 2 ITA Lorenzo Bandini 6 3 UK Graham Hill 4 4 USA Bob Bondurant 3Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1966/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1966 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 UK BRM 9 2 ITA Ferrari 6Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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