1966 South African Grand Prix

March 2022 April 2012 NC South Africa 1928 South African 12th International RAC Grand Prix of South Africa Prince George Circuit, East London, South Africa 1 January 1966 Prince_George_Circuit.svg Temporary road circuit 2.436 3.91January 2022 60 145.769 234.592January 2022 Jack Brabham Australia Brabham-Repco 1:25.1 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:25.2 Australia Mike Spence UK Lotus-Climax Jo Siffert Switzerland Brabham-BRM Peter Arundell UK Lotus-Climax The 1966 South African Grand Prix, formally titled the 12th International RAC Grand Prix of South Africa (Afrikaans: 12de Internasionale RAC Grand Prix van Suid-AfrikaMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1966 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/eastlondon660101.jpg The Programme Covers Project 9 July 2017), was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 1 January 1966 at Prince George Circuit, East London, South Africa. The race, run over 60 laps of the circuit, was won by British driver Mike Spence in a works Lotus-Climax. Spence won by two laps from the private Brabham-BRM of Swiss driver Jo Siffert, with fellow Briton Peter Arundell third in the other works Lotus-Climax. The Grand Prix in South Africa had been relegated to non-championship status for 1966 as cars with 1.5 litre engines had been permitted to enter the race against 1966 World Championship regulations which only permitted teams to use cars with 3 litre engines. Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 UK Mike Spence Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 60 1.29:39.4 2 2 Switzerland Jo Siffert Rob Walker Racing Team Brabham-BRM 58 + 2 Laps 12 3 UK Peter Arundell Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 58 + 2 Laps 13 4 South Africa 1928 Dave Charlton Scuderia Scribante Brabham-Climax 58 + 2 Laps 10 DSQ UK Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Brabham-Climax 58 Push Start 8 5 Rhodesia 1964 Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Climax 57 + 3 Laps 14 6 Rhodesia 1964 John Love John Love Cooper-Climax 56 + 4 Laps 4 7 Rhodesia 1964 Clive Puzey Clive Puzey Motors Lotus-Climax 56 + 4 Laps 18 8 South Africa 1928 Tony Jefferies John Love Cooper-Climax 56 + 4 Laps 15 9 South Africa 1928 Jackie Pretorius Scuderia Scribante Lotus-Climax 56 + 4 Laps 17 10 South Africa 1928 Doug Serrurier Louis Douglas Serrurier LDS-Climax 55 + 5 Laps 16 Ret Australia Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Repco 49 Fuel Injection 1 Ret South Africa 1928 Peter de Klerk Otelle Nucci Brabham-Climax 49 Gearbox 7 Ret New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax 46 Gearbox 3 Ret UK Innes Ireland Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-BRM 33 Gearbox 5 Ret Australia Paul Hawkins Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-Climax 9 Gear Selector 11 Ret USA Richie Ginther Stirling Moss Racing Team BRP-BRM 8 Accident 6 Ret Sweden Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus-Climax 7 Accident 9 Ret UK David Prophet David Prophet Racing Lotus-Maserati 0 Driveshaft 19 DNS South Africa 1928 Brian Raubenheimer Brian Raubenheimer Lotus-Ford DNS South Africa 1928 Jack Holme Jack Holme LDS-Ford DNS South Africa 1928 David Hume Team Valencia LDS-Climax References Race results at Silhouet.com South African Grand Prix 1966 1965 Rand Grand Prix 1966 Syracuse Grand Prix 1965 South African Grand Prix 1967 South African Grand Prix South African Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:South African Grand Prix Category:January 1966 sports events in Africa