1967 Syracuse Grand Prix

NC Italy Syracuse XVI Gran Premio di Siracusa Map-siracusa old.png Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily 21 May 1967 Temporary road circuit 3.478 5.598 56 194.784 313.475 Mike Parkes UK Ferrari 1:41.6 Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1:41.0 Italy Mike Parkes UK FerrariFerrari Ludovico Scarfiotti Italy - (Dead heat) - Jo Siffert Switzerland Cooper-Maserati The 16th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily on 21 May 1967, two weeks after the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix in which Ferrari-driver Lorenzo Bandini suffered burns that led to his death three days later. A week earlier, also on Sicily, the 1967 Targa Florio had taken place, with Sicilian Nino Vaccarella leading in the sole factory V12 Ferrari before crashing out. Instead of its other current F1 driver, Chris Amon and his current No. 20 car, Ferrari sent its reserve sportscar drivers with two 1966 Ferrari 312s. Ludovico Scarfiotti had chassis #011 with No. 16 and an older V12 engine with white exhaust pipes on each side. Mike Parkes, who was over 190cm tall, had the elongated chassis #012 and the newer spaghetti or snake nest type of exhaust with all 12 white pipes inside the hot V. As No. 18 had been the number of Bandini, it was changed to No. 28.Photos https://www.facebook.com/groups/85974702404/?multi_permalinks=10163271773322405 The event attracted a very small entry of mostly outdated cars, and this was the last Syracuse Grand Prix to be held as a Formula One event. The race was run over 56 laps of the circuit. The two Ferrari team mates, who had finished 2nd behind Bandini/Amon for a Ferrari 1-2-3 at the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, had dominated the practise, being about 2.5 seconds ahead of Siffert. Spence was another 2 seconds slower. With the other cars at least two laps down, Parkes and Scarfiotti honoured Bandini and finished in an extremely unusual dead heat. Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 28 UK Mike Parkes SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 312 1.40:58.4 1 16 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti SEFAC Ferrari Ferrari 312 + 0.0 s 2 3 20 Switzerland Jo Siffert Rob Walker Racing Team Cooper T81-Maserati 54 laps 3 4 14 UK Chris Irwin Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus 25-BRM 53 laps 7 5 6 Sweden Jo Bonnier Ecurie Bonnier Cooper T81-Maserati 53 laps 5 Ret 22 UK Mike Spence Reg Parnell (Racing) BRM P261 Oil pressure 4 Ret 10 Switzerland Silvio Moser Fritz Baumann Cooper T77-ATS Clutch 6 DNS France Jo Schlesser Ford (France) F2 Matra MS6-Cosworth FVA Accident in practice (8) WD France Guy Ligier Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati - WD UK Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Brabham-Climax - WD UK David Hobbs Bernard White Racing BRM - WD Switzerland André Wicky André Wicky Cooper-Porsche - References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. Race results at www.silhouet.com Race results at www.f1-images.de Syracuse Grand Prix 1967 1967 BRDC International Trophy 1967 International Gold Cup 1966 Syracuse Grand Prix — Syracuse Grand Prix Syracuse Grand Prix Syracuse Grand Prix Category:Syracuse Grand Prix