The 1966 Formula One World Championship was the 17th season of FIA Formula One Championship. The Drivers' Champion was Jack Brabham, whose team, Brabham, won the Constructors' Championship.
Teams and Drivers[]
The full list of teams and drivers for the 1966 FIA Formula One World Championship is shown below:
Formula One[]
- * Phil Hill used camera cars for the MGM film, Grand Prix, but did not compete in any races.
Formula Two[]
Constructor | Chassis | Tyre | Driver | Rounds |
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Team | Engine | |||
Brabham-Ford Cosworth | BT18 | D | Kurt Ahrens, Jr. | 6 |
Caltex Racing Team | Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 | |||
Matra-BRM Matra-Ford Cosworth |
MS5 | D | Hubert Hahne | 6 |
Tyrrell Racing Organisation | BRM P80 1.0 L4 Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 |
Jacky Ickx | 6 | |
Brabham-Ford Cosworth | BT18 | D | Hans Herrmann | 6 |
Roy Winkelmann Racing | Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 | Alan Rees | 6 | |
Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 44 | D | Gerhard Mitter | 6 |
Ron Harris Team Lotus | Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 | Pedro Rodríguez | 6 | |
Piers Courage | 6 | |||
Matra-Ford Cosworth | MS5 | D | Jo Schlesser | 6 |
Matra Sports | Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 6 | |
Brabham-Ford Cosworth | BT16 | D | Silvio Moser | 6 |
Silvio Moser | Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 | |||
- Only Formula Two entrants are competed in the German Grand Prix.
Calendar[]
World Championship Schedule[]
The full world championship schedule for the 1966 FIA Formula One World Championship is outlined below:
Round | Grand Prix | Date |
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1 | Monaco Grand Prix | 22 May | |||
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Official Title | 24e Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||||
Circuit | Circuit de Monaco | ||||
Location | Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||||
Lap distance | 3.145 km (1.954 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 314.5 km (195.421 mi) | ||||
Date | 22 May | Laps | 100 |
2 | Belgian Grand Prix | 12 June | |||
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Official Title | XXVI Grand Prix de Belgique | ||||
Circuit | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | ||||
Location | Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium | ||||
Lap distance | 14.100 km (8.761 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 394.8 km (245.317 mi) | ||||
Date | 12 June | Laps | 28 |
3 | French Grand Prix | 3 July | |||
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Official Title | 52e Grand Prix de l'ACF | ||||
Circuit | Reims | ||||
Location | Gueux, France | ||||
Lap distance | 8.301 km (5.158 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 398.448 km (247.584 mi) | ||||
Date | 3 July | Laps | 48 |
4 | British Grand Prix | 16 July | |||
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Official Title | 19th RAC British Grand Prix | ||||
Circuit | Brands Hatch | ||||
Location | West Kingsdown, Kent, England | ||||
Lap distance | 4.265 km (2.650 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 341.2 km (212.012 mi) | ||||
Date | 16 July | Laps | 80 |
5 | Dutch Grand Prix | 24 July | |||
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Official Title | XIV Grand Prix Zandvoort | ||||
Circuit | Circuit Zandvoort | ||||
Location | Zandvoort, Netherlands | ||||
Lap distance | 4.195 km (2.607 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 377.55 km (234.599 mi) | ||||
Date | 24 July | Laps | 90 |
6 | German Grand Prix | 7 August | |||
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Official Title | XXVIII Grosser Preis von Deutschland | ||||
Circuit | Nürburgring Nordschleife | ||||
Location | Nürburg, Germany | ||||
Lap distance | 22.810 km (14.173 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 342.15 km (212.602 mi) | ||||
Date | 7 August | Laps | 15 |
7 | Italian Grand Prix | 4 September | |||
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Official Title | 37° Gran Premio d'Italia | ||||
Circuit | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | ||||
Location | Monza, Italy | ||||
Lap distance | 5.750 km (3.573 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 391 km (242.956 mi) | ||||
Date | 4 September | Laps | 68 |
8 | United States Grand Prix | 2 October | |||
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Official Title | IX Grand Prix of the United States | ||||
Circuit | Watkins Glen International | ||||
Location | Watkins Glen, New York, USA | ||||
Lap distance | 3.782 km (2.350 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 408.456 km (253.803 mi) | ||||
Date | 2 October | Laps | 108 |
9 | Mexican Grand Prix | 23 October | |||
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Official Title | V Gran Premio de Mexico | ||||
Circuit | Magdalena Mixhuca | ||||
Location | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||
Lap distance | 5.000 km (3.107 mi) | ||||
Race distance | 325 km (201.946 mi) | ||||
Date | 23 October | Laps | 65 |
Non-Championship Schedule[]
The full non-championship schedule for the 1966 FIA Formula One World Championship is outlined below:
Date | Event | Circuit | Report |
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1st January | 12th International R.A.C. Grand Prix of S.A. | East London | Report |
1st May | XV Gran Premio di Siracusa | Syracuse | Report |
14th May | 18th International Daily Express Trophy | Silverstone | Report |
17th September | XIII International Gold Cup | Oulton Park | Report |
Season Review[]
Pre-Season[]
Race 1: 1966 Monaco Grand Prix[]
Race 2: 1966 Belgian Grand Prix[]
Race 3: 1966 French Grand Prix[]
Race 4: 1966 British Grand Prix[]
Race 5: 1966 Dutch Grand Prix[]
Race 6: 1966 German Grand Prix[]
Race 7: 1966 Italian Grand Prix[]
Race 8: 1966 United States Grand Prix[]
Race 9: 1966 Mexican Grand Prix[]
Non-Championship Races[]
Results[]
World Championship Results[]
A run down of results for the 1966 FIA Formula One World Championship is shown below:
Round | Event | Report | |||
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Grid | Result |
1 | Monaco Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Jim Clark]] Lotus-Climax |
1 | [[Jackie Stewart]] BRM |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[John Surtees]] Ferrari |
2 | [[Lorenzo Bandini]] Ferrari |
[[Lorenzo Bandini]] Ferrari | ||
[[Jackie Stewart]] BRM |
3 | [[Graham Hill]] BRM |
1:29.8 on Lap 90 |
2 | Belgian Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[John Surtees]] Ferrari |
1 | [[John Surtees]] Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Jochen Rindt]] Cooper-Maserati |
2 | [[Jochen Rindt]] Cooper-Maserati |
[[John Surtees]] Ferrari | ||
[[Jackie Stewart]] BRM |
3 | [[Lorenzo Bandini]] Ferrari |
4:18.7 on Lap 18 |
3 | French Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Lorenzo Bandini]] Ferrari |
1 | [[Jack Brabham]] Brabham-Repco |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[John Surtees]] Cooper-Maserati |
2 | [[Mike Parkes]] Ferrari |
[[Lorenzo Bandini]] Ferrari | ||
[[Mike Parkes]] Ferrari |
3 | [[Denny Hulme]] Brabham-Repco |
2:11.3 on Lap 30 |
4 | British Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Jack Brabham]] Brabham-Repco |
1 | [[Jack Brabham]] Brabham-Repco |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Denny Hulme]] Brabham-Repco |
2 | [[Denny Hulme]] Brabham-Repco |
[[Jack Brabham]] Brabham-Repco | ||
[[Dan Gurney]] Eagle-Climax |
3 | [[Graham Hill]] BRM |
1:37.0 on Lap 60 |
5 | Dutch Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Jack Brabham]] Brabham-Repco |
1 | [[Jack Brabham]] Brabham-Repco |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Denny Hulme]] Brabham-Repco |
2 | [[Graham Hill]] BRM |
[[Denny Hulme]] Brabham-Repco | ||
[[Jim Clark]] Lotus-Climax |
3 | [[Jim Clark]] Lotus-Climax |
1:30.6 on Lap 2 |
6 | German Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Jim Clark]] Lotus-Climax |
1 | [[Jack Brabham]] Brabham-Repco |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[John Surtees]] Cooper-Maserati |
2 | [[John Surtees]] Cooper-Maserati |
[[John Surtees]] Cooper-Maserati | ||
[[Jackie Stewart]] BRM |
3 | [[Jochen Rindt]] Cooper-Maserati |
8:49.0 on Lap 4 |
7 | Italian Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Mike Parkes]] Ferrari |
1 | [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]] Ferrari |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Ludovico Scarfiotti]] Ferrari |
2 | [[Mike Parkes]] Ferrari |
[[Ludovico Scarfiotti]] Ferrari | ||
[[Jim Clark]] Lotus-BRM |
3 | [[Denny Hulme]] Brabham-Repco |
1:32.4 on Lap 49 |
8 | United States Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[Jack Brabham]] Brabham-Repco |
1 | [[Jim Clark]] Lotus-BRM |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Jim Clark]] Lotus-BRM |
2 | [[Jochen Rindt]] Cooper-Maserati |
[[John Surtees]] Cooper-Maserati | ||
[[Lorenzo Bandini]] Ferrari |
3 | [[John Surtees]] Cooper-Maserati |
1:09.67 on Lap 31 |
9 | Mexican Grand Prix | Report | |||
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[[John Surtees]] Cooper-Maserati |
1 | [[John Surtees]] Cooper-Maserati |
Fastest Lap | ||
[[Jim Clark]] Lotus-BRM |
2 | [[Jack Brabham]] Brabham-Repco |
[[Richie Ginther]] Honda | ||
[[Richie Ginther]] Honda |
3 | [[Denny Hulme]] Brabham-Repco |
1:53.75 on Lap 58 |
Non-Championship Results[]
Standings[]
World Championship for Drivers[]
Outlined below are the full standings from the 1966 FIA Formula One World Championship for Drivers:
Pos. | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points |
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1st | Jack Brabham | Ret | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Ret | Ret | 2nd | 42 (45) |
2nd | John Surtees | Ret | 1st | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2nd | Ret | 3rd | 1st | 28 |
3rd | Jochen Rindt | Ret | 2nd | 4th | 5th | Ret | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | Ret | 22 (24) |
4th | Denny Hulme | Ret | Ret | 3rd | 2nd | Ret | Ret | 3rd | Ret | 3rd | 18 |
5th | Graham Hill | 3rd | Ret | Ret | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 |
6th | Jim Clark | Ret | Ret | DNS | 4th | 3rd | Ret | Ret | 1st | Ret | 16 |
7th | Jackie Stewart | 1st | Ret | Ret | 4th | 5th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | |
8th | Mike Parkes | 2nd | Ret | Ret | 2nd | 12 | |||||
= | Lorenzo Bandini | 2nd | 3rd | NC | 6th | 6th | Ret | Ret | 12 | ||
10th | Ludovico Scarfiotti | Ret | 1st | 9 | |||||||
11th | Richie Ginther | Ret | 5th | Ret | Ret | 4th | 5 | ||||
12th | Mike Spence | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5th | Ret | 5th | Ret | DNS | 4 |
= | Dan Gurney | NC | 5th | Ret | Ret | 7th | Ret | Ret | 5th | 4 | |
14th | Jo Siffert | Ret | Ret | Ret | NC | Ret | Ret | 4th | Ret | 3 | |
= | Bruce McLaren | Ret | DNS | 6th | DNS | 5th | Ret | 3 | |||
= | Bob Bondurant | 4th | Ret | 9th | Ret | 7th | DSQ | Ret | 3 | ||
17th | Peter Arundell | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 1 | |
= | John Taylor | 6th | 8th | 8th | Ret | 1 | |||||
= | Jo Bonnier | NC | Ret | NC | Ret | 7th | Ret | Ret | NC | 6th | 1 |
= | Bob Anderson | Ret | 7th | NC | Ret | Ret | 6th | 1 | |||
— | Chris Irwin | 7th | 0 | ||||||||
— | Chris Amon | 8th | DNQ | 0 | |||||||
— | Ronnie Bucknum | Ret | 8th | 0 | |||||||
— | Guy Ligier | NC | NC | NC | 10th | 9th | DNS | 0 | |||
— | Geki | 9th | 0 | ||||||||
— | Chris Lawrence | 11th | Ret | 0 | |||||||
— | Giancarlo Baghetti | NC | 0 | ||||||||
— | Pedro Rodríguez | Ret | Ret* | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||
— | Trevor Taylor | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
— | Innes Ireland | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||
— | Moisés Solana | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
— | Vic Wilson | DNS | 0 | ||||||||
— | Phil Hill | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||
Ineligible to score points as other drivers drove Formula Two cars. | |||||||||||
— | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 8th | |||||||||
— | Hubert Hahne | 9th | |||||||||
— | Jo Schlesser | 10th | |||||||||
— | Hans Herrmann | 11th | |||||||||
— | Piers Courage | Ret | |||||||||
— | Alan Rees | Ret | |||||||||
— | Kurt Ahrens, Jr. | Ret | |||||||||
— | Jacky Ickx | Ret | |||||||||
— | Silvio Moser | DNS | |||||||||
— | Gerhard Mitter | DNS | |||||||||
Pos. | Driver | Points | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
- * Ineligible to score points as Rodríguez drove a Formula Two car.
International Cup of Manufacturers[]
Outlined below are the full standings from the 1966 FIA Formula One International Cup of Manufacturers:
Pos. | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points |
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1st | Brabham-Repco | Ret | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | Ret | 2nd | 42 (49) |
2nd | Ferrari | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 1st | Ret | 31 (32) | ||
3rd | Cooper-Maserati | NC | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 30 (35) |
4th | BRM | 1st | Ret | Ret | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 7th | Ret | Ret | 22 |
5th | Lotus-BRM | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5th | 12th | 5th | 1st | 7th | 13 |
6th | Lotus-Climax | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4th | 3rd | Ret | 9th | 6th | Ret | 8 |
7th | Eagle-Climax | NC | 5th | Ret | Ret | 7th | DNQ | DSQ | 5th | 4 | |
8th | Honda | Ret | NC | 4th | 3 | ||||||
9th | McLaren-Ford | Ret | 5th | Ret | 2 | ||||||
10th | Brabham-BRM | Ret | 6th | 8th | 8th | Ret | DNQ | 1 | |||
= | McLaren-Serenissima | DNS | 6th | DNS | 1 | ||||||
= | Brabham-Climax | Ret | Ret | 7th | 7th | Ret | Ret | 6th | 1 | ||
— | Cooper-Ferrari | 11th | Ret | 0 | |||||||
— | Shannon-Climax | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
— | Eagle-Weslake | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||
Pos. | Team | Points | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
See Also[]
References[]
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