Mexican Grand Prix
Mexico City, 23 Oct 1966
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | John Surtees | Cooper T81 [F1-6-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 #7 Cooper Car Company |
65 | 2h 06m 35.34s |
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| 2 | Jack Brabham | Brabham BT20 [F1-1-66] - Repco 620 V8 #5 Brabham Racing Organisation |
65 | 2h 06m 43.22s |
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| 3 | Denis Hulme | Brabham BT20 [F1-2-66] - Repco 620 V8 #6 Brabham Racing Organisation |
64 | 2h 06m 44.55s |
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| 4 | Richie Ginther | Honda RA273 [F-102] - V12 #12 Honda R&D Company |
64 | 2h 06m 46.88s |
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| 5 | Dan Gurney | (F1) 2.7-litre Eagle 'T1F' [101] - Climax FPF 4 #15 Anglo-American Racers |
64 | 2h 08m 02.75s |
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| 6 | Jo Bonnier | Cooper T81 [F1-5-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 #22 Anglo-Suisse Racing Team |
63 | 2h 08m 53.01s |
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| 7 | Peter Arundell | (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R11] - BRM P60 V8 #2 Team Lotus |
61 | 2h 08m 35.56s |
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| 8 | Ronnie Bucknum | Honda RA273 [F-103] - V12 #14 Honda R&D Company |
60 | 2h 08m 00.04s |
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| R | Pedro Rodriguez | (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R14] - Climax FWMV V8 #11 Team Lotus |
49 | transmission | |||||
| R | Bruce McLaren | McLaren M2B [1] - Ford 406 V8 #17 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing |
40 | engine | |||||
| R | Jo Siffert | Cooper T81 [F1-2-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 #19 Rob Walker Racing Team |
33 | suspension | |||||
| R | Jochen Rindt | Cooper T81 [F1-3-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 #8 Cooper Car Company |
32 | suspension | |||||
| R | Innes Ireland | (F1) 2-litre BRM P261 [2615] - P60 V8 #10 Bernard White Racing |
28 | transmission | |||||
| R | Jackie Stewart | BRM P83 [8303] - P75 H16 #4 Owen Racing Organisation |
26 | oil leak | |||||
| R | Bob Bondurant | Eagle 'T1G' [102] - Weslake 58 V12 #16 Anglo-American Racers |
24 | fuel feed | |||||
| R | Graham Hill | BRM P83 [8302] - P75 H16 #3 Owen Racing Organisation |
18 | engine | |||||
| R | Jim Clark | Lotus 43 [1] - BRM P75 H16 #1 Team Lotus |
9 | gearbox | |||||
| R | Moises Solana | Cooper T81 [F1-7-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 #9 Cooper Car Company |
9 | overheating | |||||
| DNSC | Mike Spence | (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R13] - BRM P60 V8 #18 Reg Parnell Racing |
Did not start (crashed) | ||||||
| T | Jackie Stewart | BRM P83 [8301] - P75 H16 #4T Owen Racing Organisation |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Dan Gurney | Eagle 'T1G' [102] - Weslake 58 V12 #15 Anglo-American Racers |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Bob Bondurant | (F1) 2.7-litre Eagle 'T1F' [101] - Climax FPF 4 #16 Anglo-American Racers |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Surtees | (F1) 3-litre Cooper T81 [F1-6-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 | 1m 53.18s | ||
| 2 | Jim Clark | (F1) 3-litre Lotus 43 [1] - BRM P75 H16 | 1m 53.50s | ||
| 3 | Richie Ginther | (F1) 3-litre Honda RA273 [F-102] - Honda V12 | 1m 53.56s | ||
| 4 | Jack Brabham | (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT20 [F1-1-66] - Repco 620 V8 | 1m 53.95s | ||
| 5 | Jochen Rindt | (F1) 3-litre Cooper T81 [F1-3-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 | 1m 54.19s | ||
| 6 | Denis Hulme | (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT20 [F1-2-66] - Repco 620 V8 | 1m 54.21s | ||
| 7 | Graham Hill | (F1) 3-litre BRM P83 [8302] - BRM P75 H16 | 1m 54.61s | ||
| 8 | Pedro Rodriguez | (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R14] - Climax FWMV V8 | 1m 54.78s | ||
| 9 | Dan Gurney | (F1) 2.7-litre Eagle 'T1F' [101] - Climax FPF 4 | 1m 54.93s | ||
| 10 | Jackie Stewart | (F1) 3-litre BRM P83 [8303] - BRM P75 H16 | 1m 55.90s | ||
| 11 | Mike Spence * | (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R13] - BRM P60 V8 | 1m 55.98s | ||
| 11 | Jo Siffert | (F1) 3-litre Cooper T81 [F1-2-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 | 1m 55.99s | ||
| 12 | Jo Bonnier | (F1) 3-litre Cooper T81 [F1-5-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 | 1m 56.49s | ||
| 13 | Ronnie Bucknum | (F1) 3-litre Honda RA273 [F-103] - Honda V12 | 1m 56.59s | ||
| 14 | Bruce McLaren | (F1) 3-litre McLaren M2B [1] - Ford 406 V8 | 1m 56.84s | ||
| 15 | Moises Solana | (F1) 3-litre Cooper T81 [F1-7-66] - Maserati Tipo 9 V12 | 1m 57.44s | ||
| 16 | Innes Ireland | (F1) 2-litre BRM P261 [2615] - BRM P60 V8 | 1m 57.46s | ||
| 17 | Peter Arundell | (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R11] - BRM P60 V8 | 2m 00.79s | ||
| 18 | Bob Bondurant | (F1) 3-litre Eagle 'T1G' [102] - Weslake 58 V12 | 2m 02.88s | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Sources
Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.
3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985
These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.
Individual sources for this event
Autosport 28 Oct 1966 pp720-724. Motor Sport December 1966 pp1109-1110,1119. Motoring News 27 Oct 1966 p1,8,9.