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1966 Rand Spring Trophy
1966 United States GP
1965 Mexican GP
1966 Mexican GP
1966 Rhodesian GP
1967 South African GP
1967 Mexican GP
V
Gran Premio de México
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 23 October 1966
Start time
14:00
Event
Mexican GP
Circuit
Mexico City
Event Format
Race of 65 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#9 of
9
in 1966
#150 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
65
Circuit Perimeter
5000 m
Race Distance
5000 × 65 = 325.000 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Mild
Participants
Entries
19
Qualifiers
19
Finishers
8
Debutants
None
Milestones
Honda R&D Co
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Entrant
)
Honda
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Honda
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Car Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
None
Records Extended
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Cooper
(
113
),
2.
Most 11th Place Qualifications
–
Cooper
(
27
),
3.
Most 12th Place Qualifications
–
Cooper
(
28
),
4.
Most 12th Place Qualifications
–
Jo Bonnier
(
10
),
5.
Most 15th Place Qualifications
–
Cooper
(
32
),
6.
Most 17th Place Qualifications
–
Lotus
(
21
)
World Championship standings
1
Jack Brabham
42
2
John Surtees
28
3
Jochen Rindt
22
4
Denny Hulme
18
5
Graham Hill
17
6
Jim Clark
16
7
Jackie Stewart
14
8
Mike Parkes
12
9
Lorenzo Bandini
12
10
Ludovico Scarfiotti
9
11
Richie Ginther
5
12
Dan Gurney
4
Mike Spence
4
14
Jo Siffert
3
Bob Bondurant
3
16
Bruce McLaren
3
17
John Taylor
1
Jo Bonnier
1
Peter Arundell
1
Bob Anderson
1
1
Brabham
/
Repco
42
2
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
31
3
Cooper
/
Maserati
30
4
BRM
/
BRM
22
5
Lotus
/
BRM
13
6
Lotus
/
Climax
8
7
Eagle
/
Climax
4
8
Honda
/
Honda
3
9
McLaren
/
Ford
2
10
McLaren
/
Serenissima
1
Brabham
/
Climax
1
Brabham
/
BRM
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 7
Car 7
Car 12
Entrant
Cooper Car Co
Cooper Car Co
Honda R&D Co
Driver
John Surtees
John Surtees
Richie Ginther
Car
Cooper
T81
Cooper
T81
Honda
RA273
Engine
Maserati
3.0 V12
Maserati
3.0 V12
Honda
3.0 V12
Time
2:06'35.34
1'53.18
1'53.75
Speed
154.042 km/h
159.039 km/h
158.242 km/h
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