1966 Formula One season

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 did not 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]
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] 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 — Moisés Solana Ret 0 — Phil Hill DNQ 0 Pos. Driver MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Place	Driver	Country	Points[1]	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
—	Moisés Solana	Mexico
—	Phil Hill	USA

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races held in 1966, which did not 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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