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South African Grand Prix

East London, 1 Jan 1966

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Mike Spence (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R11] - Climax FWMV V8
#1 Team Lotus 		60 1h 29m 39.4s
2 Jo Siffert (F1) 1.5-litre Brabham BT11 [F1-6-64] - BRM P56 V8
#4 R R C Walker Racing Team 		58
3 Peter Arundell (F1) 1.5-litre Lotus 33 [R9] - Climax FWMV V8
#2 Team Lotus 		58
4 Dave Charlton (F1) 2.7-litre Brabham BT22 [F1-2-64] - Climax FPF 4
#18 Scuderia Scribante 		58
5 Sam Tingle (F1) 2.7-litre LDS [10] - Climax FPF 4
#21 S A Tingle 		57
6 John Love (F1) 2.5-litre Cooper T79 [FL-1-65] - Climax FPF 4
#12 John Love Motors 		56
7 Clive Puzey (F1) 2.5-litre Lotus 18/21 ['P2'] - Climax FPF 4
#17 Clive Puzey Motors 		56
8 Doug Serrurier (F1) 2-litre LDS [09] - Climax FPF 4
#16 L D Serrurier 		55
9 Tony Jefferies (F1) 2-litre Cooper T55 [F1-11-61] - Climax FPF 4
#14 John Love Motors 		55
10 Jackie Pretorius (F1) 2-litre Lotus 21 [939/952] - Climax FPF 4
#19 Scuderia Scribante (see note 1) 		55
R Piet de Klerk (F1) 2.7-litre Brabham BT11A [IC-5-64] - Climax FPF 4
#15 Otelle Nucci 		50 differential
R Jack Brabham Brabham BT19 [F1-1-65] - Repco 620 V8
#10 Brabham Racing Organisation
 		50 fuel feed
R Denis Hulme (F1) 2.7-litre Brabham BT22 [F1-1-64] - Climax FPF 4
#11 Brabham Racing Organisation
 		47 gearbox
R Innes Ireland (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R13] - BRM P60 V8
#5 Reg Parnell Racing 		33 gearbox
R Paul Hawkins (F1) 2.7-litre Lotus 25 [R3] - Climax FPF 4
#6 Reg Parnell Racing 		9 gear selector
R Jo Bonnier (F1) 1.5-litre Lotus 25 [R6] - Climax FWMV V8
#3 R R C Walker Racing Team 		7 accident
R Richie Ginther (F1) 2-litre BRP 2 [BRP-3-64] - BRM P60 V8
#7 Stirling Moss Auto Racing Team
 		7 accident
R David Prophet (F1) 2.7-litre Lotus 24 ['P2'] - Maserati 4
#8 David Prophet Racing 		0 driveshaft
DSQ Bob Anderson (F1) 2.7-litre Brabham BT11 [F1-5-64] - Climax FPF 4
#9 DW Racing Enterprises 		58 outside assistance
DNQ Dave Hume (F1) 2-litre LDS [07] - Climax FPF 4
#20 Team Valencia 		Did not qualify
DNQ Jack Holme (F1) 1.6-litre LDS [08] - Ford twin cam
#22 J Holme 		Did not qualify
DNQ Brian Raubenheimer (F1) 1.6-litre Lotus 20 [20-J-952] - Ford twin cam
#23 B Raubenheimer 		Did not qualify
T/S Jackie Pretorius (F1) 1.5-litre LDS [03] - Climax FPF 4
#19 Scuderia Scribante 		(Spare - not used in practice)

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Jack Brabham (F1) 3-litre Brabham BT19 [F1-1-65] - Repco 620 V8 1m 25.1s
2 Mike Spence (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R11] - Climax FWMV V8 1m 26.0s
3 Denis Hulme (F1) 2.7-litre Brabham BT22 [F1-1-64] - Climax FPF 4 1m 26.2s
4 John Love (F1) 2.5-litre Cooper T79 [FL-1-65] - Climax FPF 4 1m 26.4s
5 Innes Ireland (F1) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R13] - BRM P60 V8 1m 27.3s
6 Richie Ginther (F1) 2-litre BRP 2 [BRP-3-64] - BRM P60 V8 1m 27.8s
7 Piet de Klerk (F1) 2.7-litre Brabham BT11A [IC-5-64] - Climax FPF 4 1m 28.4s
8 Bob Anderson (F1) 2.7-litre Brabham BT11 [F1-5-64] - Climax FPF 4 1m 28.5s
9 Jo Bonnier (F1) 1.5-litre Lotus 25 [R6] - Climax FWMV V8 1m 28.5s
10 Dave Charlton (F1) 2.7-litre Brabham BT22 [F1-2-64] - Climax FPF 4 1m 29.0s
11 Paul Hawkins (F1) 2.7-litre Lotus 25 [R3] - Climax FPF 4 1m 29.0s
12 Jo Siffert (F1) 1.5-litre Brabham BT11 [F1-6-64] - BRM P56 V8 1m 29.4s
13 Peter Arundell (F1) 1.5-litre Lotus 33 [R9] - Climax FWMV V8 1m 31.1s
14 Sam Tingle (F1) 2.7-litre LDS [10] - Climax FPF 4 1m 31.8s
15 Tony Jefferies (F1) 2-litre Cooper T55 [F1-11-61] - Climax FPF 4 1m 33.5s
16 Doug Serrurier (F1) 2-litre LDS [09] - Climax FPF 4 1m 33.5s
17 Jackie Pretorius (F1) 2-litre Lotus 21 [939/952] - Climax FPF 4 1m 34.6s
18 Clive Puzey (F1) 2.5-litre Lotus 18/21 ['P2'] - Climax FPF 4 1m 35.9s
19 Brian Raubenheimer * (F1) 1.6-litre Lotus 20 [20-J-952] - Ford twin cam 1m 36.6s
20 Jack Holme * (F1) 1.6-litre LDS [08] - Ford twin cam 1m 41.2s
21 David Prophet (F1) 2.7-litre Lotus 24 ['P2'] - Maserati 4 1m 43.2s
22 Dave Hume * (F1) 2-litre LDS [07] - Climax FPF 4 1m 43.7s
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Lotus 21 [939/952] (Jackie Pretorius): New to Syd van der Vyver in early 1962 for South African F1, and first raced at the Roy Hesketh "100" in April 1962. Raced up to Kyalami in August, when he crashed heavily. The car was sold to Neville Lederle, who continued to race it for the rest of 1962. Retained by Lederle for the 1963 season. Driven by Lionel Rowe and Dennis Guscott for Scuderia Scribante in 1964. Rebuilt on a new frame numbered 952 and raced by Lederle at the Rand GP in December 1964. Then raced for Scribante by Guscott again and by Brausch Niemann during the 1965 domestic season. Raced by Jackie Pretorius, still as a Scuderia Scribante entry, at the Rand GP in December 1965.

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 Non-championship events 1966-1983

These 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 (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help with our research.

Individual sources for this event

Autosport 7 Jan 1966 pp10-13, Springbok Grand Prix (Robert Young) pp107-112, Motor Sport Feb 1966 p90, Motoring News 6 Jan 1966 pp1,6-7. Autosport showed Doug Serrurier two places further down, in tenth, on 54 laps, but Robert Young's data is preferred here. Motor Sport only gave the first six finishers, and Motoring News showed Serrurier eighth, without reporting the number of laps.