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Race details
Race 9 of 9 in the 1966 Formula One season
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 1963.svg
Date October 23, 1966
Official name V Gran Premio de Mexico
Location Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Course Permanent racing facility
5.000 km (3.107 mi)
Distance 65 laps, 325.000 km (201.96 mi)
Weather Warm, clear
Pole position
Driver 25px United Kingdom John Surtees Cooper-Maserati
Time 1:53.18
Fastest lap
Driver 25px United States Richie Ginther Honda
Time 1:53.75
Podium
First 25px United Kingdom John Surtees Cooper-Maserati
Second 25px Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco
Third 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco

The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on October 23, 1966. It was the ninth and final round of the 1966 World Championship. The race was the fifth Mexican Grand Prix. The race was held over 65 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a race distance of 325 kilometres.

The race was won by British driver John Surtees driving a Cooper T81, his first such victory since leaving Scuderia Ferrari to join Cooper Car Company. Surtees lead home the newly crowned world champion Australian owner-driver Jack Brabham driving a Brabham BT20 by eight seconds. A lap down in third place, also driving a Brabham BT20 was Brabham's team mate New Zealander Denny Hulme.

Surtees' victory promoted him to second place in the championship, vaulting past Austrian driver Jochen Rindt of the Cooper team.

Race report[]

John Surtees dominated to take his first win since transferring from Ferrari to Cooper in mid season. He took the lead from Jack Brabham on lap 6 and was never challenged. With Jim Clark suffering gearbox problems and both BRMs retiring, Richie Ginther was the only contender left. However he too had mechanical problems, and dropped back. Brabham rallied at the end to close, but Surtees had lapped the entire field up to 2nd. The first year of 3-litre engines had resulted in wins for 5 different makes of car, using 5 different engines.

Classification[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 25px UK John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 65 2:06:35.34 1 9
2 5 25px Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 65 + 7.88 4 6
3 6 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 64 + 1 lap 6 4
4 12 25px USA Richie Ginther Honda 64 + 1 lap 3 3
5 15 25px USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 64 + 1 lap 9 2
6 22 25px Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 63 + 2 laps 12 1
7 2 25px UK Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 61 + 4 laps 17
8 14 25px USA Ronnie Bucknum Honda 60 + 5 laps 13
Ret 11 25px Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-BRM 49 Differential 8
Ret 17 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 40 Engine 14
Ret 19 25px Switzerland Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 33 Suspension 11
Ret 8 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 32 Suspension 5
Ret 10 25px UK Innes Ireland BRM 28 Transmission 16
Ret 4 25px UK Jackie Stewart BRM 26 Oil Leak 10
Ret 16 25px USA Bob Bondurant Eagle-Weslake 24 Fuel System 18
Ret 3 25px UK Graham Hill BRM 18 Engine 7
Ret 1 25px UK Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 9 Gearbox 2
Ret 9 25px Mexico Moisés Solana Cooper-Maserati 9 Overheating 15

Notes[]

  • Pole position: John Surtees - 1:53.18
  • Fastest lap: Richie Ginther - 1:53.75

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 25px Australia Jack Brabham 42 (45)
1uparrow green.svg 1 2 25px UK John Surtees 28
1downarrow red.svg 1 3 25px Austria Jochen Rindt 22 (24)
1uparrow green.svg 3 4 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme 18
1downarrow red.svg 1 5 25px UK Graham Hill 17
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 25px UK Brabham-Repco 42 (49)
1rightarrow blue.svg 2 25px Italy Ferrari 31 (32)
1rightarrow blue.svg 3 25px UK Cooper-Maserati 30 (35)
1rightarrow blue.svg 4 25px UK BRM 22
1rightarrow blue.svg 5 25px UK Lotus-BRM 13
  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References[]



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1966 United States Grand Prix
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