| Race details | ||
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| Race 7 of 11 in the 1967 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | August 6, 1967 | |
| Official name | XXIX Grosser Preis von Deutschland | |
| Location | Nürburgring Nürburg, West 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
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Lotus-Ford |
| Time | 8:04.1 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Dan Gurney
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Eagle-Weslake |
| Time | 8:15.1 on lap 6 | |
| Podium | ||
| First |  Denny Hulme
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Brabham-Repco |
| Second |  Jack Brabham
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Brabham-Repco |
| Third | Chris Amon
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Ferrari |
The 1967 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Nürburgring on August 6, 1967.
There had been some changes to the track in an attempt to slow the cars down as they approached the pit area. However, it was clear that the cars had developed considerably over 12 months, so the changes had very little effect on the lap times.[1]
Report[]
Entry[]
A total of 16 F1 cars were entered for the event. As with the 1966 event, there were a field of 10 Formula Two cars. Amongst these F2 cars number of stars of tomorrow including Jacky Ickx and Jo Schlesser in their Matras. Among the field were two wooden-chassis Protos. Apart from the F2 entries, the field was much as usual except for a second Lola-BMW for Hubert Hahne. As this had a 2 litre engine, it was entered as a F1 car.[2]
Qualifying[]
Jim Clark took pole position for Team Lotus, in their Cosworth DFV powered Lotus 49, averaging a speed of 105.598mph, around the 14.189 mile circuit. Clark was nearly 10 seconds faster than the next driver, Denny Hulme in the Brabham-Repco BT24. Third fastest was set by Jacky Ickx in his F2 Matra. As this was an F2 car, Ickx would have to start behind the main grid. Therefore, alongside Clark and Hulme on the four car front row was the BRM P115 of Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney’s Eagle-Weslake T1G. The second Eagle of McLaren headed up the second row, where he was joined by John Surtees in his Honda RA273 and Jack Brabham in his Brabham-Repco BT24.[3]
Race[]
Clark converted his pole position into an early lead, while his Team Lotus team-mate Graham Hill was pushed from his grid position of 13th, onto some grass, restarting the back of the field, behind the F2 cars. Clark stayed ahead Hulme and Gurney for the first three laps of the race. On the fourth lap, Clark dramatically slowed, his suspension having buckled, and so ended his race. Hill managed his Lotus up to tenth before mechanical troubles eventually put him out of the race.[4]
Immediately Gurney passed Hulme for the lead, while Brabham was third after McLaren retired with a split oil pipe. Ickx continued to impress. He was now up to fifth, behind Stewart. The Scotsman overtook Brabham, only to encounter transmission problems, and so Ickx moved up to fourth. Shortly after this, the Ferrari of Amon closed up and passed the F2 Matra. By lap 12, Ickx was also out of the race, following the collapse of this front suspension. On the next lap, the universal joint on a driveshaft counted for the race leader, Gurney. Hulme took the lead to win from this team-mate Brabham and fellow Kiwi, Amon.[5]
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
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Brabham-Repco | 15 | 2:05:55.7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Jack Brabham
|
Brabham-Repco | 15 | + 38.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | Chris Amon
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Ferrari | 15 | + 39.0 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | John Surtees
|
Honda | 15 | + 2:25.7 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 24 | Jackie Oliver
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Lotus-Ford | 15 | + 5:30.7 | 19 | |
| 6 | 16 |  Jo Bonnier
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Cooper-Maserati | 15 | + 8:42.1 | 16 | 2 |
| 7 | 22 | Alan Rees
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Brabham-Ford | 15 | + 8:47.9 | 20 | |
| 8 | 15 |  Guy Ligier
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Brabham-Repco | 14 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | Chris Irwin
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BRM | 13 | + 2 Laps | 15 | |
| 10 | 27 | David Hobbs
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Lola-BMW | 13 | + 2 Laps | 22 | |
| 11 | 6 |  Pedro Rodríguez
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Cooper-Maserati | 13 | + 2 Laps | 10 | |
| Ret | 9 | Dan Gurney
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Eagle-Weslake | 12 | Halfshaft | 4 | |
| Ret | 29 |  Jacky Ickx
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Matra-Ford | 12 | Suspension | 18 | |
| NC | 25 | Brian Hart
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Protos-Ford | 12 | +3 Laps | 25 | |
| Ret | 14 |  Jo Siffert
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Cooper-Maserati | 12 | Fuel pump | 12 | |
| Ret | 4 | Graham Hill
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Lotus-Ford | 8 | Suspension | 13 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Hubert Hahne
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Lola-BMW | 6 | Suspension | 14 | |
| Ret | 11 | Jackie Stewart
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BRM | 5 | Differential | 3 | |
| Ret | 3 | Jim Clark
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Lotus-Ford | 4 | Suspension | 1 | |
| Ret | 5 |  Jochen Rindt
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Cooper-Maserati | 4 | Radiator | 9 | |
| Ret | 26 | Kurt Ahrens, Jr.
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Protos-Ford | 4 | Radiator | 23 | |
| Ret | 10 | Bruce McLaren
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Eagle-Weslake | 3 | Oil Leak | 5 | |
| Ret | 12 | Mike Spence
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BRM | 3 | Differential | 11 | |
| Ret | 23 | Jo Schlesser
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Matra-Ford | 2 | Engine | 21 | |
| Ret | 20 | Gerhard Mitter
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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 Grand Prix 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 demise), 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.
Standings after the race[]
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- 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". http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1967/germany.html. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
External links[]
- [[:Template:Delink]] on YouTube
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