1966 German Grand Prix

F1 West Germany German 7 August 1966 Circuit Nürburgring-1927-Nordschleife.svg XXVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany Permanent racing facility 14.168 22.810 15 212.52 342.15 Overcast and wet Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 8:16.5 UK John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 8:49.0 UK Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco Australia John Surtees Cooper-Maserati UK Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati Austria GER thumb|250px|right|Lorenzo Bandini in his Ferrari on his way to sixth place. The 1966 German Grand Prix was a mixed Formula One and Formula Two motor race held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife on 7 August 1966. It was race 6 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 28th German Grand Prix and the 22nd to be held at the Nordschleife. It was held over 15 laps of the 22 kilometre circuit for a race distance 342 kilometres. The race was won by 1959 and 1960 World Champion Jack Brabham driving his Brabham BT19, his fourth win in succession. Brabham won by 43 seconds over the Cooper T81 driven by 1964 World Champion John Surtees. Surtees' Austrian teammate Jochen Rindt finished third. The first Formula Two driver to finish was French driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise in eighth driving a Matra Sports entered Matra MS5. The race also saw the death of British driver John Taylor after a collision with Jacky Ickx. Brabham had collected 39 points, more than double his nearest rival, BRM driver Graham Hill. Race report Another wet track provided a duel between Jack Brabham and John Surtees for the whole race. It was not until the Cooper's clutch failed two laps from the end that the Australian's win was guaranteed. Jim Clark, despite qualifying on pole, made a mistake and spun into a ditch after using the wrong tyres. In a far more serious crash, the Tyrrell-entered Matra MS5 of Jacky Ickx and the privately entered Brabham BT11 of John Taylor crashed near the bridge between Quiddelbacher and Flugplatz. Taylor was badly burned in the accident and succumbed to his injuries four weeks later. This would be the last Formula One race on the original Nürburgring Nordschleife before the Hohenrain chicane was added to slow the cars coming into the pits. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 1 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 8:16.5 — 2 7 UK John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 8:18.0 +1.5 3 6 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 8:18.8 +2.3 4 11 ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 8:20.2 +3.7 5 3 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 8:20.8 +4.3 6 9 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 8:21.1 +4.6 7 10 UK Mike Parkes Ferrari 8:21.7 +5.2 8 12 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 8:22.8 +6.3 9 8 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 8:27.7 +11.2 10 5 UK Graham Hill BRM 8:28.6 +12.1 11 14 USA Bob Bondurant BRM 8:33.0 +16.5 12 17 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 8:35.2 +18.7 13 15 UK Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 8:38.6 +22.1 14 19 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 8:42.5 +26.0 15 4 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 8:49.3 +32.8 16 27 Belgium Jacky Ickx Matra-Ford 8:52.0 +35.5 17 2 UK Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 8:52.7 +36.2 18 34 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 9:00.4 +43.9 19 33 France Jo Schlesser Matra-Ford 9:01.5 +45.0 20 31 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Ford 9:03.0 +46.5 21 25 West Germany Kurt Ahrens Jr. Brabham-Ford 9:04.7 +48.2 22 28 West Germany Hans Herrmann Brabham-Ford 9:05.7 +49.2 23 32 UK Piers Courage Lotus-Ford 9:06.0 +49.5 24 29 UK Alan Rees Brabham-Ford 9:08.4 +51.9 25 16 UK John Taylor Brabham-BRM 9:08.9 +52.4 26 20 UK Chris Lawrence Cooper-Ferrari 9:10.9 +54.4 27 26 West Germany Hubert Hahne Matra-BRM 9:17.0 +1:00.5 28 35 Switzerland Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 9:17.2 +1:00.7 29 30 West Germany Gerhard Mitter Lotus-Ford 9:32.2 +1:15.7 DNQ Did not qualify 18 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati No time — Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 15 2:27:03.0 5 9 2 7 UK John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 15 + 44.4 2 6 3 8 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 15 + 2:32.6 9 4 4 5 UK Graham Hill BRM 15 + 6:41.4 10 3 5 6 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 15 + 8:28.9 3 2 6 9 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 15 + 10:56.4 6 1 7 12 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 14 Electrical 8 8 34 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 14 + 1 lap 18 9 26 West Germany Hubert Hahne Matra-BRM 14 + 1 lap 27 10 33 France Jo Schlesser Matra-Ford 14 + 1 lap 19 11 28 West Germany Hans Herrmann Brabham-Ford 14 + 1 lap 22 12 2 UK Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 14 + 1 lap 17 Ret Retired 15 UK Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 12 Alternator 13 Ret Retired 1 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 11 Accident 1 Ret Retired 20 UK Chris Lawrence Cooper-Ferrari 10 Suspension 26 Ret Retired 11 ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 9 Electrical 4 Ret Retired 10 UK Mike Parkes Ferrari 9 Accident 7 Ret Retired 4 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 8 Ignition 15 Ret Retired 31 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Ford 7 Engine 20 Ret Retired 17 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 3 Clutch 12 Ret Retired 32 UK Piers Courage Lotus-Ford 3 Accident 23 Ret Retired 29 UK Alan Rees Brabham-Ford 3 Engine 24 Ret Retired 14 USA Bob Bondurant BRM 3 Engine 11 Ret Retired 19 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 2 Transmission 14 Ret Retired 25 West Germany Kurt Ahrens Jr. Brabham-Ford 2 Gearbox 21 Ret Retired 16 UK John Taylor Brabham-BRM 0 Fatal Accident 25 Ret Retired 27 Belgium Jacky Ickx Matra-Ford 0 Accident 16 DNS Did not start 18 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 0 Injury DNS Did not start 35 Switzerland Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 0 DNS Did not start 30 West Germany Gerhard Mitter Lotus-Ford 0 Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/585/ 1966 German Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131005190059/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/585/ 5 October 2013 Note: The race was held with both Formula One and Formula Two cars competing together. Formula Two entries are denoted by a pink background. Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut race for British drivers Piers Courage and Alan Rees, German drivers Kurt Ahrens, jr. and Hubert Hahne, Belgian driver and future Grand Prix winner Jacky Ickx, French drivers Jo Schlesser and future Grand Prix winner Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Swiss driver Silvio Moser. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for French constructor Matra. This was Cooper's 50th and 51st podium finish. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 AUS Jack Brabham 39 10px 2 UK Graham Hill 17 10px 4 3 UK John Surtees 15 10px 4 AUT Jochen Rindt 15 10px 2 5 UK Jackie Stewart 14Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1966/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1966 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Brabham-Repco 39 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 23 10px 3 UK BRM 22 10px 4 UK Cooper-Maserati 17 10px 5 UK Lotus-Climax 7Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em External links Formula One World http://motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1966/germany.html 2008-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20080205090312/http://motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1966/germany.html 2008-02-05 German Grand Prix 1966 1966 Dutch Grand Prix 1966 Italian Grand Prix 1965 German Grand Prix 1967 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix German Grand Prix