1966 British Grand Prix
Date | Saturday, 16 July 1966 |
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Pole position |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Brands Hatch, 80 laps |
Round | 4 of 9 |
Race numbers | The 1966 British Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 80 | 2hr 13m 13.400s | 9 | |
2 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 80 | +9.600s | 6 | |
3 | +1 | ![]() | BRM | 79 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | +1 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 79 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | +2 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 79 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | +7 | ![]() | McLaren-Serenissima | 78 | +2 laps | 1 |
7 | +5 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax | 78 | +2 laps | |
8 | +8 | ![]() | Brabham-BRM (privateer) | 76 | +4 laps | |
9 | +5 | ![]() | BRM (privateer) | 76 | +4 laps | |
10 | +7 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 75 | +5 laps | |
11 | +8 | ![]() | Cooper-Ferrari (privateer) | 73 | +7 laps | |
NC | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 70 | +10 laps | ||
NC | ![]() | Brabham-Climax (privateer) | 70 | +10 laps | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 67 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Brabham-Climax (privateer) | 42 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-BRM | 32 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 17 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) | 15 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Eagle-Climax | 9 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Shannon-Climax | 0 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:34.500
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
2 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
3 | ![]() | Eagle-Climax |
4 | ![]() | BRM |
5 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
6 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati |
7 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati |
8 | ![]() | BRM |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
10 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax (privateer) |
11 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
12 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax |
13 | ![]() | McLaren-Serenissima |
14 | ![]() | BRM (privateer) |
15 | ![]() | Brabham-Climax (privateer) |
16 | ![]() | Brabham-BRM (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
18 | ![]() | Shannon-Climax |
19 | ![]() | Cooper-Ferrari (privateer) |
20 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1966 British Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 21 |
2 | ![]() | 11 |
3 | ![]() | 10 |
= | ![]() | 10 |
5 | ![]() | 9 |
= | ![]() | 9 |
7 | ![]() | 8 |
8 | ![]() | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 2 |
= | ![]() | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 21 |
2 | ![]() | 21 |
3 | ![]() | 13 |
4 | ![]() | 11 |
5 | ![]() | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
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)