1967 French Grand Prix

F1 France French 1967 07 02 y 1967 Circuit_Le_Mans_Bugatti.png 53e Grand Prix de l'ACFMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1967 https://www.progcovers.com/motor/lemans670702.jpg The Programme Covers Project 20 October 2017 Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France Permanent race track 4.430 2.753 80 354.40 220.24 Graham Hill GBR Lotus-Ford 1:36.2 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:36.7 7 GBR Jack Brabham AUS Brabham-Repco Denny Hulme NZL Brabham-Repco Jackie Stewart GBR BRM FRA The 1967 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans on 2 July 1967. It was race 5 of 11 in both the 1967 World Championship of Drivers and the 1967 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the first French Grand Prix to be held in Le Mans since the race in 1929, and 2025 as of 2025 is the only time the Bugatti Circuit has been used for the Grand Prix, though the circuit continues to host the French motorcycle Grand Prix. The new Bugatti circuit opened in 1965 and used the main pit straight at Le Mans, which back in 1967 did not have the Dunlop Chicane. After the start and the Dunlop Curve, instead of the left turn at the Esses at the bottom of the hill, the Bugatti Circuit instead turned right at "La Chapelle" into an infield section comprising the third gear "Le Musée" left hander and the second gear "Garage Vert" corner which led onto the back straight, whose only distinctive feature was the "Chemin Aux Boeufs" left hand kink (now a left-right chicane) some two-thirds along, before heading back to the pit straight via the "S Bleu" and "Raccordement" corners near the entrance to the pits. The Bugatti circuit was seen as somewhat boring and was universally unpopular with both drivers and crowds, with only a reported 20,000 attending the race. Some of the drivers were reported to have privately wished the race was run on the full 13.461 km mi on long Circuit de la Sarthe, where the 5.7 km mi on Mulsanne Straight was actually 1.3 km mi on longer than the entire Bugatti circuit. At the time, circuit lengths of 10 km mi 1 on or longer were common in Grand Prix racing, including the 14.120 km mi on Spa-Francorchamps used for the Belgian Grand Prix and the 22.835 km mi on Nürburgring used for the German Grand Prix, so many drivers felt that using the full 24 Hours circuit should have been considered as the venue by the Automobile Club de France. Race report Graham Hill was on pole and led away for the first lap until Jack Brabham took over. On lap 7 Jim Clark took the lead and Hill passed Brabham to make it a Lotus 1–2. Hill then retook the lead until his crown-wheel and pinion failed on lap 14. The same problem caused Clark's retirement from the lead on lap 23, leaving Brabham ahead of Dan Gurney, Chris Amon and Denny Hulme. On lap 41 a fuel line broke on Gurney's car, making it a Brabham 1-2 and Amon's throttle cable broke several laps later. Brabham drove home serenely to win his first race in eight Grands Prix by 49.5 seconds from teammate Hulme, and over a lap in front of the BRM of Jackie Stewart. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 7 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:36.2—2 3 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:36.3 +0.13 9 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 1:37.0 +0.84 6 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:37.5 +1.35 8 NZL Bruce McLaren Eagle-Weslake 1:37.6 +1.46 4 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 1:37.9 +1.77 2 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 1:38.0 +1.88 12 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 1:38.9 +2.79 15 UK Chris Irwin BRM 1:39.4 +3.210 10 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 1:39.6 +3.411 18 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:40.1 +3.912 11 UK Mike Spence BRM 1:40.3 +4.113 14 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 1:40.5 +4.314 17 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1:44.9 +8.715 16 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 1:45.2 +9.0 Source:https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1967&gp=ACF%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1967 ACF GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 26 August 2020 October 2026 InternetArchiveBot Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 80 2:13:21.3 2 9 2 4 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 80 + 49.5 6 6 3 10 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 79 + 1 Lap 10 4 4 18 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 77 + 3 Laps 11 3 5 15 UK Chris Irwin BRM 76 Engine 9 2 6 14 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 76 + 4 Laps 13 1 NC Not classified 16 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 68 + 12 Laps 15   Ret Retired 2 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 47 Throttle 7   Ret Retired 9 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 40 Fuel Leak 3   Ret Retired 12 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 33 Engine 8   Ret Retired 8 NZL Bruce McLaren Eagle-Weslake 26 Ignition 5   Ret Retired 6 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 23 Differential 4   Ret Retired 17 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 16 Ignition 14   Ret Retired 7 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 13 Differential 1   Ret Retired 11 UK Mike Spence BRM 9 Halfshaft 12   WD Withdrawn 1 ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari   WD Withdrawn 5 UK John Surtees Honda   WD Withdrawn 19 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati   WD Withdrawn 20 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford   WD Withdrawn 21 FRA Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1967/571/ 1967 French Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219063747/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1967/571/ 19 February 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 NZL Denny Hulme 22 10px 4 2 AUS Jack Brabham 16 10px 1 3 MEX 1934 Pedro Rodríguez 12 10px 1 4 NZL Chris Amon 11 10px 1 5 UK Jim Clark 10Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1967/france/championnat.aspx France 1967 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Brabham-Repco 27 10px 2 UK Cooper-Maserati 17 10px 3 3 UK BRM 11 10px 1 4 ITA Ferrari 11 10px 1 5 UK Lotus-Ford 10Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em French Grand Prix 1967 1967 Belgian Grand Prix 1967 British Grand Prix 1966 French Grand Prix 1968 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Category:1967 in French motorsport