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Home / Seasons / 1966 F1 World Championship Season / 1966 British Grand Prix

1966 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 16 July 1966
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Repco
Pole position
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Repco
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Repco
CircuitBrands Hatch, 80 laps
Round4 of 9
Race numbers

The 1966 British Grand Prix was the

  • 145th World Championship race
  • 17th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Brands Hatch
More 1966 season
More British Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco802hr 13m 13.400s9
2 New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco80+9.600s6
3+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM79+1 lap4
4+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax79+1 lap3
5+2Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati79+1 lap2
6+7New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Serenissima78+2 laps1
7+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Chris IrwinBrabham-Climax78+2 laps 
8+8United Kingdom flag lazyload John TaylorBrabham-BRM (privateer)76+4 laps 
9+5USA flag lazyload Bob BondurantBRM (privateer)76+4 laps 
10+7France flag lazyload Guy LigierCooper-Maserati (privateer)75+5 laps 
11+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Chris LawrenceCooper-Ferrari (privateer)73+7 laps 
NC Switzerland flag Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati (privateer)70+10 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob AndersonBrabham-Climax (privateer)70+10 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesCooper-Maserati67DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)42DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter ArundellLotus-BRM32DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartBRM17DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike SpenceLotus-BRM (privateer)15DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyEagle-Climax9DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorShannon-Climax0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:34.500

PosDriverConstructor
1Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
2New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco
3USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyEagle-Climax
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesCooper-Maserati
7Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartBRM
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike SpenceLotus-BRM (privateer)
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob AndersonBrabham-Climax (privateer)
11Switzerland flag Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati (privateer)
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Chris IrwinBrabham-Climax
13New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Serenissima
14USA flag lazyload Bob BondurantBRM (privateer)
15Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBrabham-Climax (privateer)
16United Kingdom flag lazyload John TaylorBrabham-BRM (privateer)
17France flag lazyload Guy LigierCooper-Maserati (privateer)
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorShannon-Climax
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Chris LawrenceCooper-Ferrari (privateer)
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter ArundellLotus-BRM

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1966 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham21
2Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt11
3Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo Bandini10
=New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme10
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart9
=United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees9
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill8
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Parkes6
9USA flag lazyload Bob Bondurant3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark3
11USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther2
=USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney2
13United Kingdom flag lazyload John Taylor1
=New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Repco21
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari21
3United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM13
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Maserati11
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax3
6USA flag lazyload Eagle-Climax2
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-BRM1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Serenissima1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Chris Irwin, Chris Lawrence
Shannon (only start)
Last start
Trevor Taylor
Wins
9th for Jack Brabham
4th for Brabham
Race 1-2
1st for Brabham (11th different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
25th for Graham Hill, 16th for Jack Brabham, 2nd for Denny Hulme
45th for BRM, 19th & 20th for Brabham (7th constructor to score 20 podiums)
Poles
6th for Jack Brabham (first since 1961; first Australian polesitter since 1961; first for Brabham)
3rd for Brabham
Qualifying 1-2
1st for Brabham (9th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
7th for Jack Brabham (first since 1964 and last until 1969)
6th for Brabham
Front row starts
25th for Jack Brabham, 18th for Dan Gurney (first for Eagle), 1st for Denny Hulme (66th different front row starter, 2nd New Zealander driver)
Pole & win
5th for Jack Brabham (first since 1960; first Australian driver to win from pole since 1960; first for Brabham)
Win & fastest lap
4th for Jack Brabham (first since 1960 and last until 1970; first Australian driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1960 and last until 1970; first for Brabham)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
3rd and last for Jack Brabham (first since 1960; first Australian driver to complete a hat-trick since 1960 and last until 1979; only hat-trick for Brabham)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Brands Hatch circuit
  • 1966 World Championship season

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