1966 Formula One season Totally Explained

Everything about The 1966 Formula One Season totally explained

The 1966 Formula One season included the 17th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on May 22, 1966, and ended on October 23 after nine races.
The film Grand Prix is a fictionalized version of the season, which includes footage of the actual races edited together with footage of actors.

Season summary

The season was the first of the '3 litre formula', which saw maximum engine capacity doubled from the previous season. British constructors were forced to look elsewhere after Climax's withdrawal from racing. Ferrari appeared to be as well prepared as in 1961, but John Surtees left the team after a dispute at Le Mans, joining Cooper. Jack Brabham took his third championship, this time in a car of his own manufacture. Bruce McLaren and Dan Gurney emulated Brabham by building their own cars, though with little initial success. BRM and Lotus used 2 litre engines for much of the season. BRM's new H16 engine was largely unsuccessful, though Jim Clark used one in his Lotus to win the US Grand Prix. Under new regulations, cars completing less than 90% of the race distance were not classified and didn't receive points, even if they finished in the top six.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	May 22	Monaco	Jackie Stewart	BRM	Report
2	Belgian Grand Prix	June 12	Spa-Francorchamps	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
3	French Grand Prix	July 3	Reims-Gueux	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
4	British Grand Prix	July 16	Brands Hatch	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
5	Dutch Grand Prix	July 24	Zandvoort	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 7	Nürburgring	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 4	Monza	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	October 2	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-BRM	Report
9	Mexican Grand Prix	October 23	Hermanos Rodriguez	John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati	Report

1966 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Points
1	Brabham-Repco	42 (49)
2	Ferrari	31 (32)
3	Cooper-Maserati	30 (35)
4	BRM	22
5	Lotus-BRM	13
6	Lotus-Climax	8
7	Eagle-Climax	4
8	Honda	3
9	McLaren-Ford	2
10	Brabham-Climax	1
11	McLaren-Serenissima	1
12	Brabham-BRM	1
13	Eagle-Weslake	0
14	Shannon-Climax	0
15	Cooper-Ferrari	0

1966 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	Pts.
1	Jack Brabham	Ret	4	1	1	1	1	Ret	Ret	2	42 (45)
2	John Surtees	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	3	1	28
3	Jochen Rindt	Ret	2	4	5	Ret	3	4	2	Ret	22 (24)
4	Denny Hulme	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	3	18
5	Graham Hill	3	Ret	Ret	3	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	17
6	Jim Clark	Ret	Ret	DNS	4	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	16
7	Jackie Stewart	1	Ret		Ret	4	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	14
8	Mike Parkes			2		Ret	Ret	2			12
9	Lorenzo Bandini	2	3	NC		6	6	Ret	Ret		12
10	Ludovico Scarfiotti						Ret	1			9
11	Richie Ginther	Ret	5					Ret	NC	4	5
12	Dan Gurney		NC	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	4
13	Mike Spence	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	4
14	Bob Bondurant	4	Ret		9		Ret	7	DSQ	Ret	3
15	Jo Siffert	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret		Ret	4	Ret	3
16	Bruce McLaren	Ret	DNS		6	DNS			5	Ret	3
17	Peter Arundell		DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	6	7	1
18	Jo Bonnier	NC	Ret	NC	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	NC	6	1
19	Bob Anderson	Ret		7	NC	Ret	Ret	6			1
20	John Taylor			6	8	8	Ret				1
21	Chris Irwin				7						0
22	Ronnie Bucknum								Ret	8	0
23	Chris Amon			8				DNQ			0
24	Guy Ligier	NC	NC	NC	10	9	DNS				0
25	Geki							9			0
26	Chris Lawrence				11		Ret				0
—	Giancarlo Baghetti							NC			0
—	Pedro Rodríguez			Ret					Ret	Ret	0
—	Innes Ireland								Ret	Ret	0
—	Trevor Taylor				Ret						0
—	Moises Solana									Ret	0
—	Phil Hill							DNQ			0
Pos.	Driver	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	Pts.

Place	Driver	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Jack Brabham	Australia	42 (45)	4	5	3
2	John Surtees	Britain	28	2	4	2
3	Jochen Rindt	Austria	22 (24)		3
4	Denny Hulme	New Zealand	18		4
5	Graham Hill	Britain	17		3
6	Jim Clark	Britain	16	1	2	2
7	Jackie Stewart	Britain	14	1	1
8	Mike Parkes	Britain	12		2	1
9	Lorenzo Bandini	Italy	12		2	1
10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Italy	9	1	1
11	Richie Ginther	USA	5
12	Dan Gurney	USA	4
13	Mike Spence	Britain	4
14	Bob Bondurant	USA	3
15	Jo Siffert	Switzerland	3
16	Bruce McLaren	New Zealand	3
17	Peter Arundell	Britain	1
18	Jo Bonnier	Sweden	1
19	Bob Anderson	Britain	1
20	John Taylor	USA	1
21	Chris Irwin	Britain
22	Ronnie Bucknum	USA
23	Chris Amon	New Zealand
24	Guy Ligier	France
25	Geki	Italy
26	Chris Lawrence	Britain
—	Giancarlo Baghetti	Italy
—	Pedro Rodríguez	Mexico
—	Innes Ireland	Britain
—	Trevor Taylor	Britain
—	Moises Solana	Mexico
—	Phil Hill	USA

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races held in 1966, which didn't count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
South African Grand Prix	Prince George	January 1	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	Report
Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	April 1	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 14	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	September 17	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report

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