1966 British Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Saturday, 16 July 1966
Winner:	Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco
Pole position:	Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco
Fastest lap:	Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco
Circuit:	Brands Hatch, 80 laps
Round:	4 of 9

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	80	2hr 13m 13.400s	9
2		Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	80	+9.600s	6
3	+1	Graham Hill	BRM	79	+1 lap	4
4	+1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	79	+1 lap	3
5	+2	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati	79	+1 lap	2
6	+7	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Serenissima	78	+2 laps	1
7	+5	Chris Irwin	Brabham-Climax	78	+2 laps
8	+8	John Taylor	Brabham-BRM (P)	76	+4 laps
9	+5	Bob Bondurant	BRM (P)	76	+4 laps
10	+7	Guy Ligier	Cooper-Maserati (P)	75	+5 laps
11	+8	Chris Lawrence	Cooper-Ferrari (P)	73	+7 laps
NC		Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati (P)	70	+10 laps
NC		Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax (P)	70	+10 laps
R		John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati	67	DNF
R		Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)	42	DNF
R		Peter Arundell	Lotus-BRM	32	DNF
R		Jackie Stewart	BRM	17	DNF
R		Mike Spence	Lotus-BRM (P)	15	DNF
R		Dan Gurney	Eagle-Climax	9	DNF
R		Trevor Taylor	Shannon-Climax	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	1:34.500
2	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco
3	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Climax
4	Graham Hill	BRM
5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
6	John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati
7	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati
8	Jackie Stewart	BRM
9	Mike Spence	Lotus-BRM (P)
10	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax (P)
11	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati (P)
12	Chris Irwin	Brabham-Climax
13	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Serenissima
14	Bob Bondurant	BRM (P)
15	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax (P)
16	John Taylor	Brabham-BRM (P)
17	Guy Ligier	Cooper-Maserati (P)
18	Trevor Taylor	Shannon-Climax
19	Chris Lawrence	Cooper-Ferrari (P)
20	Peter Arundell	Lotus-BRM

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jack Brabham	21
2	Jochen Rindt	11
3	Lorenzo Bandini	10
=	Denny Hulme	10
5	Jackie Stewart	9
=	John Surtees	9
7	Graham Hill	8
8	Mike Parkes	6
9	Bob Bondurant	3
=	Jim Clark	3
11	Richie Ginther	2
=	Dan Gurney	2
13	John Taylor	1
=	Bruce McLaren	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Brabham-Repco	21
2	Ferrari	21
3	BRM	13
4	Cooper-Maserati	11
5	Lotus-Climax	3
6	Eagle-Climax	2
7	Brabham-BRM	1
=	McLaren-Serenissima	1

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Chris Irwin, Chris Lawrence

Constructor: Shannon (only start)

Last start

Driver: Trevor Taylor

Wins

Driver: 9th for Jack Brabham

Constructor: 4th for Brabham

Race 1-2

Constructor: 1st for Brabham (11th different constructor to finish 1-2)

Podiums

Driver: 25th for Graham Hill, 16th for Jack Brabham, 2nd for Denny Hulme

Constructor: 45th for BRM, 19th & 20th for Brabham

Poles

Driver: 6th for Jack Brabham

Constructor: 3rd for Brabham

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 1st for Brabham (9th different constructor to qualify 1-2)

Fastest laps

Driver: 7th for Jack Brabham

Constructor: 6th for Brabham

Front row starts

Driver: 25th for Jack Brabham, 18th for Dan Gurney, 1st for Denny Hulme (66th different front row starter, 2nd New Zealander driver)

Pole & win

Driver: 5th for Jack Brabham

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 4th for Jack Brabham

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 3rd and last for Jack Brabham

See also

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