1967 German Grand Prix

  1967 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 11 in the 1967 Formula One season
Date	August 6, 1967
Official name	XXIX Grosser Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 22.835 km (14.189 mi)
Distance	15 laps, 342.525 km (212.835 mi)
Weather	Warm, dry and sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford
Time	8:04.1
Fastest lap
Driver	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake
Time	8:15.1 on lap 6
Podium
First	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco
Second	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
Third	Chris Amon	Ferrari

The 1967 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Nürburgring on August 6, 1967.

Classification

Note: The race was run with both Formula One and Formula Two cars running together. Formula Two entrants are denoted by a pink background.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	15	2:05:55.7	2	9
2	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	15	+ 38.5	7	6
3	8	Chris Amon	Ferrari	15	+ 39.0	8	4
4	7	John Surtees	Honda	15	+ 2:25.7	6	3
5	24	Jackie Oliver	Lotus-Ford	15	+ 5:30.7	19
6	16	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati	15	+ 8:42.1	16	2
7	22	Alan Rees	Brabham-Ford	15	+ 8:47.9	20
8	15	Guy Ligier	Brabham-Repco	14	+ 1 Lap	17	1
9	18	Chris Irwin	BRM	13	+ 2 Laps	15
10	27	David Hobbs	Lola-BMW	13	+ 2 Laps	22
11	6	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper-Maserati	13	+ 2 Laps	10
Ret	9	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	12	Halfshaft	4
Ret	29	Jacky Ickx	Matra-Ford	12	Suspension	18
NC	25	Brian Hart	Protos-Ford	12	+3 Laps	25
Ret	14	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati	12	Fuel pump	12
Ret	4	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	8	Suspension	13
Ret	17	Hubert Hahne	Lola-BMW	6	Suspension	14
Ret	11	Jackie Stewart	BRM	5	Differential	3
Ret	3	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford	4	Suspension	1
Ret	5	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati	4	Radiator	9
Ret	26	Kurt Ahrens, Jr.	Protos-Ford	4	Radiator	23
Ret	10	Bruce McLaren	Eagle-Weslake	3	Oil Leak	5
Ret	12	Mike Spence	BRM	3	Differential	11
Ret	23	Jo Schlesser	Matra-Ford	2	Engine	21
Ret	20	Gerhard Mitter	Brabham-Ford	0	Engine	24

Notes

• Pole position: Jim Clark - 8:04.1
• Fastest Lap: Dan Gurney - 8:15.1
• This was the first time F1 was run on the Nürburgring with the Hohenrain chicane installed to slow the cars into the pits and the pit straight.
• This race was the first in F1 history to be broadcast for colour television in Germany.
• Dan Gurney broke the lap record 4 times and led the race by large margin until two thirds around his thirteenth lap a universal joint on a drive shaft broke.
• First Championship race since 1962 Monaco GP without a UK driver on the podium.
• Graham Hill spun his Lotus at the first corner of the first lap of the race, which pushed him back behind the whole field. He managed to get his damaged Lotus up to 10th out of 22 starters, but mechanical troubles eventually put him out of the race.
• For more than half the race, Jack Brabham and Chris Amon battled for 3rd and eventually 2nd (after Gurney's retirement), and Amon finished half a second behind Brabham.
• Jim Clark's suspension on his Lotus broke at the bridge before Flugplatz and Denny Hulme passed him at the latter corner. Then Dan Gurney passed Clark at Schwedenkreuz and Hulme much later at Brünnchen, eventually taking the lead from Hulme until lap 13.
• Pole-sitter Jim Clark was over 9 seconds faster than 2nd place holder Denny Hulme in qualifying, and Jacky Ickx was 3rd fastest in a smaller and slower Formula 2 car, only 1 second off Hulme's time, but 21 seconds faster than the next fastest F2 driver Jackie Oliver. But regulations forced Ickx to start 18th, behind all the Formula One cars. Eventually, Ickx climbed to 5th overall, passing front-runners Chris Amon (who re-passed him at Wippermann) and John Surtees; but Ickx's drive ended when his suspension broke on lap 12.
• The extremely bumpy and unpredictable track surface of the Nürburgring caused many retirements due to the punishment the fragile cars had to endure while driving through the course. 4 suspension failures (including both Lotus 49's of Jim Clark and Graham Hill) and other damaged components on the cars caused half the field to retire.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hulme 37 1 2 Jack Brabham 25 1 3 Jim Clark 19 4 Chris Amon 19 5 Pedro Rodríguez 14

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Brabham-Repco 42 1 2 Cooper-Maserati 21 1 3 Lotus-Ford 19 4 Ferrari 19 5 BRM 11

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

• "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1967/566/. Retrieved 2008-01-16. 
• "Formula One World". Archived from the original on 5 February 2008. http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1967/germany.html. Retrieved 2008-01-16. 

External links

• Race highlights on YouTube