1966 Mexican Grand Prix

F1 Mexico Mexican October 23 1966 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 1963.svg V Gran Premio de Mexico Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico Permanent racing facility 3.107 5.000 65 201.946 325.000 Warm, clear John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 1:53.18 United Kingdom Richie Ginther Honda 1:53.75 United States John Surtees Cooper-Maserati United Kingdom Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco Australia Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco New Zealand MEX The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca on 23 October 1966. It was race 9 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the fifth Mexican Grand PrixPeter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 424 and the first to be run under the new three-litre Formula.Kettlewell, Mike. "Grand Prix Racing South of the Border", in Ward, Ian, executive editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974) Volume 12, p.1332. It was held over 65 laps of the 5 km on circuit for a race distance of 325 km on. The race was won by British driver John Surtees driving a Cooper T81-Maserati, his first victory since leaving Scuderia Ferrari to join Cooper. Surtees led home reigning world champion Australian owner-driver Jack Brabham, driving a Brabham BT20-Repco,Kettlewell, p.1332. by eight seconds. A lap down in third place, also driving a Brabham BT20, was Brabham's teammate New Zealander Denny Hulme. Surtees's victory promoted him to second place in the championship, vaulting past Austrian driver Jochen Rindt of the Cooper works 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 Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 7 UK John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 1:53.18—2 1 UK Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 1:53.50 +0.323 12 USA Richie Ginther Honda 1:53.56 +0.384 5 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:53.95 +0.775 8 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 1:54.19 +1.016 6 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 1:54.21 +1.037 3 UK Graham Hill BRM 1:54.61 +1.438 11 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Climax 1:54.78 +1.609 15 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 1:54.93 +1.7510 4 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 1:55.90 +2.7211 18 UK Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 1:55.98 +2.8012 19 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:55.99 +2.8113 22 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:56.49 +3.3114 14 USA Ronnie Bucknum Honda 1:56.59 +3.4115 17 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:56.84 +3.6616 9 Mexico 1934 Moisés Solana Cooper-Maserati 1:57.44 +4.2617 10 UK Innes Ireland BRM 1:57.46 +4.2818 2 UK Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 2:00.79 +7.6119 16 USA Bob Bondurant Eagle-Weslake 2:02.88 +9.70 Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1966&gp=ACF%20GP&r=1&type=qualhttps://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1966&gp=Mexican%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1966 Mexican GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 26 August 2020https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1966-mexican-grand-prix 1966 Mexican Grand Prix Motor Sport Magazine 26 August 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 UK John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 65 2:06:35.34 1 9 2 5 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 65 + 7.88 4 6 3 6 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 64 + 1 lap 6 4 4 12 USA Richie Ginther Honda 64 + 1 lap 3 3 5 15 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 64 + 1 lap 9 2 6 22 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 63 + 2 laps 12 1 7 2 UK Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 61 + 4 laps 17 8 14 USA Ronnie Bucknum Honda 60 + 5 laps 13 Ret Retired 11 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Climax 49 Differential 8 Ret Retired 17 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 40 Engine 14 Ret Retired 19 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 33 Suspension 11 Ret Retired 8 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 32 Suspension 5 Ret Retired 10 UK Innes Ireland BRM 28 Transmission 16 Ret Retired 4 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 26 Oil Leak 10 Ret Retired 16 USA Bob Bondurant Eagle-Weslake 24 Fuel System 18 Ret Retired 3 UK Graham Hill BRM 18 Engine 7 Ret Retired 1 UK Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 9 Gearbox 2 Ret Retired 9 Mexico 1934 Moisés Solana Cooper-Maserati 9 Overheating 15 DNS Did not start 18 UK Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 0 AccidentSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/588/ 1966 Mexican Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131006031435/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/588/ 6 October 2013 Notes This was the 10th win for a Maserati-powered car. Final Championship standings Bold text indicates the World Champions. Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 AUS Jack Brabham 42 (45) 10px 1 2 UK John Surtees 28 10px 1 3 AUT Jochen Rindt 22 (24) 10px 3 4 NZL Denny Hulme 18 10px 1 5 UK Graham Hill 17Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1966/mexique/championnat.aspx Mexico 1966 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Brabham-Repco 42 (49) 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 31 (32) 10px 3 UK Cooper-Maserati 30 (35) 10px 4 UK BRM 22 10px 5 UK Lotus-BRM 13Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. 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