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

1966 Mexican Grand Prix

DateSunday, 23 October 1966
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Maserati
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Maserati
Fastest lap
  • USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther
  • Japan flag lazyload Honda
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 United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesCooper-Maserati652hr 06m 35.340s9
2+2Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco65+7.880s6
3+3New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco64+1 lap4
4-1USA flag lazyload Richie GintherHonda64+1 lap3
5+4USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyEagle-Climax64+1 lap2
6+6Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati (privateer)63+2 laps1
7+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter ArundellLotus-BRM61+4 laps 
8+5USA flag lazyload Ronnie BucknumHonda60+5 laps 
R Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax49DNF 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford40DNF 
R Switzerland flag Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati (privateer)33DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati32DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandBRM (privateer)28DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartBRM26DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Bob BondurantEagle-Weslake24DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM18DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Moises SolanaCooper-Maserati9DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-BRM9DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike SpenceLotus-BRM (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:53.180

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesCooper-Maserati
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-BRM
3USA flag lazyload Richie GintherHonda
4Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco
5Austria flag lazyload Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati
6New Zealand flag lazyload Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
8Mexico flag lazyload Pedro RodriguezLotus-Climax
9USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyEagle-Climax
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie StewartBRM
11Switzerland flag Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati (privateer)
12Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati (privateer)
13USA flag lazyload Ronnie BucknumHonda
14New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenMcLaren-Ford
15Mexico flag lazyload Moises SolanaCooper-Maserati
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandBRM (privateer)
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter ArundellLotus-BRM
18USA flag lazyload Bob BondurantEagle-Weslake

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham42
2United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees28
3Austria flag lazyload Jochen Rindt22
4New Zealand flag lazyload Denny Hulme18
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill17
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark16
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie Stewart14
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Parkes12
9Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo Bandini12
10Italy flag lazyload Ludovico Scarfiotti9
11USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther5
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Spence4
=USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney4
14USA flag lazyload Bob Bondurant3
=Switzerland flag Jo Siffert3
16New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren3
17United Kingdom flag lazyload John Taylor1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob Anderson1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Arundell1
=Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier1

Constructor

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

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)

See also

  • Mexican Grand Prix
  • Mexico City circuit
  • 1966 World Championship season

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