1967 United States Grand Prix

August 2023 F1 United States United States Watkins Glen International Track Map-1960-1970.svg X United States Grand Prix October 1 1967 Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race CourseWatkins Glen, New York Permanent road course 2.35 3.78 108 253.8 408.2 Sunny UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:05.48 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:06.0 81 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Ford UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco USA 250px|thumb|right|Winner Jim Clark in a Lotus 49 The 1967 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 1, 1967, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. It was race 10 of 11 in both the 1967 World Championship of Drivers and the 1967 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 108-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jim Clark after he started from second position. His teammate Graham Hill finished second and Brabham driver Denny Hulme came in third. Summary Jim Clark nursed his limping car through the final two laps and came home six seconds ahead of Lotus teammate Graham Hill to win his third and final American Grand Prix. It was the Scot's third win of the season, and the twenty-third of his career. The following April, Clark was killed in a Formula Two race in Germany, but two more wins (in Mexico and South Africa) gave him the most wins in Grand Prix history with 25, one more than Argentina's Juan Manuel Fangio. Since they had appeared at the third race of the year in the Netherlands, Colin Chapman's Lotus 49s had been the fastest cars on the track, taking the pole in all seven races they entered. The reliability of the Lotus cars had been another issue entirely, however, and, when the series returned to North America for the final two races, the only remaining contenders for the Driver's Championship were Brabham teammates Sir Jack (the defending Champion) and Denny Hulme. Friday practice began under a dark, misty cloud and, as the weather slowly improved, the Lotus cars again posted the fastest times with Clark ahead of Hill. Saturday was much clearer, and nearly everyone improved their time from the previous day. Late in the session, Clark posted a 1:06.07, breaking the 125 mph average speed barrier, and seemingly securing the pole. Hill, however, was still set on winning the $1,000 prize for the pole, and, with Clark testing his car's handling on full tanks, he snatched the prize from his teammate with a time of 1:05.48. Dan Gurney, who had become the first American to win a Grand Prix in a car of his own design at Belgium, was third in the Eagle-Weslake, and Chris Amon was fourth in the only Ferrari present. A crowd of 80,000 was greeted with beautiful bright sun on race day. The previous evening, Walter Hayes, public affairs director of Ford of Dagenham, who had contributed £75,000 toward the development of the Cosworth-Ford V8, demonstrated his confidence in a good showing by the two Lotus-Ford drivers when he proposed that they should flip a coin to choose the winner, in case both cars were in contention at the end of the race! The drivers agreed when they decided that the arrangement could be reversed in Mexico, and Hill won the toss. At the start, the Lotus teammates jumped into the lead, and at the end of the first lap, Hill led Clark, Gurney, Brabham, Amon, Hulme and Bruce McLaren. On lap two, Gurney moved past Clark for second place, and soon after, Hulme moved ahead of Amon and then his team leader, Brabham. On lap 10, Clark replaced Gurney in second, while Amon began to move forward in the Ferrari. He first got around Brabham, then on lap 21 passed Hulme and Gurney to take third, as the American slowed with a broken suspension. To everyone's surprise, Amon closed the gap to the Lotus pair, but lost four seconds trying to lap Jo Bonnier's Cooper. He closed up again, gaining ground in the twisty sections, but losing as they exited the fast corners. The three leaders lapped Jo Siffert and John Surtees, but apparently Surtees objected to Amon's hand signals as he did, and the Honda squeezed back ahead of the Ferrari under braking, despite being three laps behind! On lap 61, Surtees developed a misfire, and Amon shot by to take off after the leaders again. Hill surrendered the lead to Clark when his clutch froze and he was briefly unable to change gear. As Clark pulled ahead, Amon caught Hill on lap 65. While the Englishman struggled to find a gear, the Ferrari went through for second place. Amon, however, suddenly saw his oil pressure drop on lap 76, and Hill regained second place. After eight laps, when Hill's Lotus again was unable to select a gear, Amon moved back into second until lap 96, when, after a scintillating drive, his engine finally ran out of oil entirely. With Hill too far behind to take up the claim on first he had 'won' the night before, Clark seemed home free. Then, halfway through lap 106, a support broke on the top of his right rear suspension, causing the wheel to sag inward. The Scot craned his neck around to assess the damage, and began nursing the car toward the finish, taking particular care on left-handers! Hill was 45 seconds back with two laps to run, 23 seconds as they entered the final lap. With both green and yellow Lotus cars ailing, they limped around the last lap. Finally, Clark crossed the line, six seconds ahead of Hill. Hulme might have been able to do something about them at the end, but his Brabham's engine was sputtering for lack of fuel, and he coasted across in third. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 6 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:05.48—2 5 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:06.07 +0.593 11 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 1:06.64 +1.164 9 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 1:06.65 +1.175 1 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:06.73 +1.256 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 1:07.45 +1.977 18 Mexico 1934 Moisés Solana Lotus-Ford 1:07.88 +2.408 4 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 1:07.99 +2.519 14 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-BRM 1:08.05 +2.5710 7 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 1:08.09 +2.6111 3 UK John Surtees Honda 1:08.13 +2.6512 15 Switzerland Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:08.25 +2.7713 8 UK Mike Spence BRM 1:09.01 +3.5314 17 UK Chris Irwin BRM 1:09.64 +4.1615 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:09.78 +4.3016 21 Belgium Jacky Ickx Cooper-Maserati 1:09.94 +4.4617 19 France Guy Ligier Brabham-Repco 1:11.32 +5.8418 22 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 1:12.05 +6.57 Source:https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1967&gp=United%20States%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1967 United States GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 26 August 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 108 2:03:13.2 2 9 2 6 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 108 + 6.3 1 6 3 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 107 + 1 Lap 6 4 4 15 Switzerland Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 106 + 2 Laps 12 3 5 1 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 104 + 4 Laps 5 2 6 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 101 + 7 Laps 15 1 7 22 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 101 + 7 Laps 18   Ret Retired 3 UK John Surtees Honda 96 Alternator 11   Ret Retired 9 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 95 Engine 4   Ret Retired 7 UK Jackie Stewart BRM 72 Injection 10   Ret Retired 21 Belgium Jacky Ickx Cooper-Maserati 45 Overheating 16   Ret Retired 19 France Guy Ligier Brabham-Repco 43 Engine 17   Ret Retired 17 UK Chris Irwin BRM 41 Engine 14   Ret Retired 8 UK Mike Spence BRM 35 Engine 13   Ret Retired 4 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 33 Engine 8   Ret Retired 11 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 24 Suspension 3   Ret Retired 14 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-BRM 16 Water Leak 9   Ret Retired 18 Mexico 1934 Moisés Solana Lotus-Ford 7 Ignition 7  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1967/569/ 1967 United States Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218121330/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1967/569/ 18 February 2014 Notes This was the fifth win of the United States Grand Prix for Lotus. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 NZL Denny Hulme 47 10px 2 AUS Jack Brabham 42 10px 3 UK Jim Clark 32 10px 4 NZL Chris Amon 20 10px 5 UK John Surtees 17Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1967/etats-unis/championnat.aspx United States 1967 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 21 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Brabham-Repco 61 10px 2 UK Lotus-Ford 35 10px 3 UK Cooper-Maserati 27 10px 4 ITA Ferrari 20 10px 5 Japan 1947 Honda 17Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Further reading Doug Nye (1978). The United States Grand Prix and Grand Prize Races, 1908-1977. B. T. Batsford. 0-7134-1263-1 Henry N. Manney III (December, 1967). "U. S. Grand Prix". Road & Track, 77-81. 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