1966 Mexican Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 23 October 1966 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Mexico City, 65 laps |
Round | 9 of 9 |
Race numbers | The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was the
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Next race | 1967 South African Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 65 | 2hr 06m 35.340s | 9 | |
2 | +2 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 65 | +7.880s | 6 |
3 | +3 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | 64 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | -1 | ![]() | Honda | 64 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | +4 | ![]() | Eagle-Climax | 64 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | +6 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 63 | +2 laps | 1 |
7 | +10 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM | 61 | +4 laps | |
8 | +5 | ![]() | Honda | 60 | +5 laps | |
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 49 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | McLaren-Ford | 40 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 33 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 32 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM (privateer) | 28 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 26 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Eagle-Weslake | 24 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 18 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 9 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-BRM | 9 | DNF | ||
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![]() | Lotus-BRM (privateer) |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:53.180
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati |
2 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM |
3 | ![]() | Honda |
4 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
5 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati |
6 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco |
7 | ![]() | BRM |
8 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
9 | ![]() | Eagle-Climax |
10 | ![]() | BRM |
11 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
12 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
13 | ![]() | Honda |
14 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford |
15 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati |
16 | ![]() | BRM (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | Lotus-BRM |
18 | ![]() | Eagle-Weslake |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1966 Mexican Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 42 |
2 | ![]() | 28 |
3 | ![]() | 22 |
4 | ![]() | 18 |
5 | ![]() | 17 |
6 | ![]() | 16 |
7 | ![]() | 14 |
8 | ![]() | 12 |
9 | ![]() | 12 |
10 | ![]() | 9 |
11 | ![]() | 5 |
12 | ![]() | 4 |
= | ![]() | 4 |
14 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
16 | ![]() | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
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Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 42 |
2 | ![]() | 31 |
3 | ![]() | 30 |
4 | ![]() | 22 |
5 | ![]() | 13 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
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Statistics & 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)