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1966 Mexican Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMexico City, 65 laps
Round9 of 9
Race numbers

The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was the:

  • 150th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship Mexican Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Mexico City
More 1966 season
More Mexican Grands Prix
Next race1967 South African Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) John SurteesCooper-Maserati652hr 06m 35.340s9
2+2(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco65+7.880s6
3+3(NZL) Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco64+1 lap4
4-1(USA) Richie GintherHonda64+1 lap3
5+4(USA) Dan GurneyEagle-Climax64+1 lap2
6+6(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati (privateer)63+2 laps1
7+10(GBR) Peter ArundellLotus-BRM61+4 laps 
8+5(USA) Ronnie BucknumHonda60+5 laps 
R (MEX) Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax49DNF 
R (NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford40DNF 
R (CHE) Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati (privateer)33DNF 
R (AUT) Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati32DNF 
R (GBR) Innes IrelandBRM (privateer)28DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie StewartBRM26DNF 
R (USA) Bob BondurantEagle-Weslake24DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillBRM18DNF 
R (MEX) Moises SolanaCooper-Maserati9DNF 
R (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-BRM9DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Mike SpenceLotus-BRM (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:53.180

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) John SurteesCooper-Maserati
2(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-BRM
3(USA) Richie GintherHonda
4(AUS) Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
5(AUT) Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati
6(NZL) Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco
7(GBR) Graham HillBRM
8(MEX) Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax
9(USA) Dan GurneyEagle-Climax
10(GBR) Jackie StewartBRM
11(CHE) Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati (privateer)
12(SWE) Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati (privateer)
13(USA) Ronnie BucknumHonda
14(NZL) Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford
15(MEX) Moises SolanaCooper-Maserati
16(GBR) Innes IrelandBRM (privateer)
17(GBR) Peter ArundellLotus-BRM
18(USA) Bob BondurantEagle-Weslake

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Jack Brabham42
2(GBR) John Surtees28
3(AUT) Jochen Rindt22
4(NZL) Denny Hulme18
5(GBR) Graham Hill17
6(GBR) Jim Clark16
7(GBR) Jackie Stewart14
8(GBR) Mike Parkes12
9(ITA) Lorenzo Bandini12
10(ITA) Ludovico Scarfiotti9
11(USA) Richie Ginther5
12(GBR) Mike Spence4
=(USA) Dan Gurney4
14(USA) Bob Bondurant3
=(CHE) Jo Siffert3
16(NZL) Bruce McLaren3
17(GBR) John Taylor1
=(GBR) Bob Anderson1
=(GBR) Peter Arundell1
=(SWE) Jo Bonnier1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Brabham-Repco42
2Ferrari31
3Cooper-Maserati30
4BRM22
5Lotus-BRM13
6Lotus-Climax8
7Eagle-Climax4
8Honda3
9McLaren-Ford2
10Brabham-BRM1
=McLaren-Serenissima1
=Brabham-Climax1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Peter Arundell
Bob Bondurant
Ronnie Bucknum
Richie Ginther
Innes Ireland
Milestone race start
50th for Innes Ireland (14th driver to start 50 races, 5th British driver)
Wins
5th for John Surtees (only win for Cooper)
15th for Cooper (first since 1962)
Podiums
19th for John Surtees (last for Cooper) & Jack Brabham
4th for Denny Hulme
54th for Cooper
24th & 25th for Brabham
Poles
7th for John Surtees (last until 1968; only pole for Cooper)
11th and last for Cooper (first since 1961)
Fastest laps
3rd and last for Richie Ginther (first since 1961; only fastest lap for Honda)
1st for Honda (16th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
40th for Jim Clark (2nd driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 1st British driver)
20th for John Surtees (8th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 4th British driver; last until 1968; last for Cooper)
Points finishes
28th and last for Richie Ginther
Pole & win
4th and last for John Surtees (only win from pole for Cooper)