1966 Mexican Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati	65	2hr 06m 35.340s	9
2	+2	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	65	+7.880s	6
3	+3	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	64	+1 lap	4
4	-1	Richie Ginther	Honda	64	+1 lap	3
5	+4	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Climax	64	+1 lap	2
6	+6	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	63	+2 laps	1
7	+10	Peter Arundell	Lotus-BRM	61	+4 laps
8	+5	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	60	+5 laps
R		Pedro Rodriguez	Lotus-Climax	49	DNF
R		Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	40	DNF
R		Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	33	DNF
R		Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati	32	DNF
R		Innes Ireland	BRM (privateer)	28	DNF
R		Jackie Stewart	BRM	26	DNF
R		Bob Bondurant	Eagle-Weslake	24	DNF
R		Graham Hill	BRM	18	DNF
R		Moises Solana	Cooper-Maserati	9	DNF
R		Jim Clark	Lotus-BRM	9	DNF
Did not start
		Mike Spence	Lotus-BRM (privateer)

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:53.180

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati
2	Jim Clark	Lotus-BRM
3	Richie Ginther	Honda
4	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
5	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati
6	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco
7	Graham Hill	BRM
8	Pedro Rodriguez	Lotus-Climax
9	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Climax
10	Jackie Stewart	BRM
11	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
12	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
13	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda
14	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford
15	Moises Solana	Cooper-Maserati
16	Innes Ireland	BRM (privateer)
17	Peter Arundell	Lotus-BRM
18	Bob Bondurant	Eagle-Weslake

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jack Brabham	42
2	John Surtees	28
3	Jochen Rindt	22
4	Denny Hulme	18
5	Graham Hill	17
6	Jim Clark	16
7	Jackie Stewart	14
8	Mike Parkes	12
9	Lorenzo Bandini	12
10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	9
11	Richie Ginther	5
12	Mike Spence	4
=	Dan Gurney	4
14	Bob Bondurant	3
=	Jo Siffert	3
16	Bruce McLaren	3
17	John Taylor	1
=	Bob Anderson	1
=	Peter Arundell	1
=	Jo Bonnier	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Brabham-Repco	42
2	Ferrari	31
3	Cooper-Maserati	30
4	BRM	22
5	Lotus-BRM	13
6	Lotus-Climax	8
7	Eagle-Climax	4
8	Honda	3
9	McLaren-Ford	2
10	Brabham-BRM	1
=	McLaren-Serenissima	1
=	Brabham-Climax	1

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