1967 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian XXVII Grand Prix de Belgique Spa 1950.jpg 18 June 1967 Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium Permanent racing circuit 8.770 14.120 28 245.56 395.36 Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 3:28.1 UK Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 3:31.9 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake USA Jackie Stewart BRM UK Chris Amon Ferrari New Zealand BEL The 1967 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 18 June 1967. It was race 4 of 11 in both the 1967 World Championship of Drivers and the 1967 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 28-lap race was won by Eagle driver Dan Gurney after he started from second position. Jackie Stewart finished second for the BRM team and Ferrari driver Chris Amon came in third. Excluding the Indianapolis 500, this is the only win for a USA-built car as well as one of only two wins of an American-licensed constructor in Formula One.http://allamericanracers.com/gurney_grand-prix/eagle_f1-story.html Eagle Eye: The Eagle Gurney-Weslake F1 Effort 2012-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20121022150820/http://www.allamericanracers.com/gurney_grand-prix/eagle_f1-story.html 2012-10-22 live Penske achieved a victory at the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix having raced with an American licence, but the car was built at the British base in Poole. Though American-owned, the British-based Shadow achieved a victory at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix having raced with a British licence. See the http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Zeltweg-1976-08-15e.jpg 1976 Austrian Grand Prix Entry list and the http://www.racingsportscars.com/f1/entry/Zeltweg-1977-08-14-14189.html 1977 Austrian Grand Prix Entry list It was also the first win for an American constructor in a Grand Prix race since the Jimmy Murphy's triumph with Duesenberg at the 1921 French Grand Prix. Race report Jim Clark led off the grid from pole position and maintained that position for the first 11 laps and was 20 seconds ahead of Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney when he had to come into the pits for a plug change, which cost him two minutes. Stewart built up a comfortable lead, helped even further when Gurney had to come into the pits with fuel pressure problems, losing another 20 seconds. However, it was now Stewart's time for mechanical problems as his gearshift was faltering. Gurney set a new lap record to catch and pass him 8 laps from the end and gain a maiden victory for the beautiful magnesium and titanium Eagle car. The light weight and advanced aerodynamics of the car made it very fast, and Gurney shattered Tony Brooks' record Grand Prix average of 143 mph (set some 8 years earlier) on his way to victory. The Eagle was timed at 196 mph on the back straight, an extraordinary speed for a car with an engine producing (at that time) something less than 400 h.p. Mike Parkes had a horrendous crash on the first lap at the exit of Blanchimont after losing control (on oil spilled from Stewart's BRM); his Ferrari rolled a number of times and he was thrown out of the car. Doctors considered amputating his legs and he was in a coma for a week. He survived, but had broken both of his legs. Parkes never raced in Formula One again.https://www.imps4ever.info/algemeen/parkes.html Mike Parkes - The Imp Site Franka www.imps4ever.info 12 October 2018 Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 21 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 3:28.1—2 36 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 3:31.2 +3.13 22 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 3:32.9 +4.84 29 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 3:34.3 +6.25 1 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 3:34.3 +6.26 14 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 3:34.8 +6.77 25 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 3:35.0 +6.98 3 UK Mike Parkes Ferrari 3:36.6 +8.59 2 ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 3:37.7 +9.610 7 UK John Surtees Honda 3:38.4 +10.311 12 UK Mike Spence BRM 3:38.5 +10.412 39 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 3:39.1 +11.013 30 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 3:39.5 +11.414 26 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 3:40.3 +12.215 17 UK Chris Irwin BRM 3:44.4 +16.316 34 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 3:45.4 +17.317 19 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 3:49.5 +21.418 32 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 4:01.2 +33.1 Source:https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1967&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1967 Belgian GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 26 August 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 36 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 28 1:40:49.4 2 9 2 14 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 28 + 1:03.0 6 6 3 1 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 28 + 1:40.0 5 4 4 29 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 28 + 2:13.9 4 3 5 12 UK Mike Spence BRM 27 + 1 lap 11 2 6 21 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 27 + 1 lap 1 1 7 34 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 27 + 1 lap 16   8 19 UK Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 26 + 2 laps 17   9 30 Mexico 1934 Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 25 Engine 13   10 32 FRA Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 25 + 3 laps 18   NC Not classified 2 ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 24 + 4 laps 9   Ret Retired 25 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 15 Engine 7   Ret Retired 26 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 14 Engine 14   Ret Retired 39 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 10 Engine 12   Ret Retired 22 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 3 Clutch 3   Ret Retired 7 UK John Surtees Honda 1 Engine 10   Ret Retired 17 UK Chris Irwin BRM 1 Engine 15   Ret Retired 3 UK Mike Parkes Ferrari 0 Accident 8  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1967/564/ 1967 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218143835/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1967/564/ 18 February 2014 Notes This was Dan Gurney's fourth Formula One World Championship Grand Prix win and the third with a different team. Gurney became only the second driver to win a Grand Prix driving for his own team - after Jack Brabham. This was also the first win for his team Eagle, for an American constructor and for a Weslake-powered car. Gurney's win with Eagle was the third first win he achieved for the teams he drove for. At the 1962 French Grand Prix, Gurney had won Porsche's first and only Grand Prix win. At the 1964 French Grand Prix, he won Brabham's first Grand Prix win, only to win for the first time for Eagle now. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 NZL Denny Hulme 16 10px 2 MEX 1934 Pedro Rodríguez 11 10px 2 3 NZL Chris Amon 11 10px 1 4 UK Jim Clark 10 10px 13 5 USA Dan Gurney 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1967/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1967 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Brabham-Repco 18 10px 2 UK Cooper-Maserati 14 10px 1 3 ITA Ferrari 11 10px 1 4 UK Lotus-Ford 10 10px 6 5 USA Eagle-Weslake 9Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Belgian Grand Prix 1967 1967 Dutch Grand Prix 1967 French Grand Prix 1966 Belgian Grand Prix 1968 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:June 1967 sports events in Europe