F1 pole positions
Polesitters
| # | Grand Prix | Circuit | Driver | Constructor | Race | Pole margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | Monte Carlo | (GBR) Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | DNF | 0.200s |
| 2 | Belgium | Spa-Francorchamps | (GBR) John Surtees | Ferrari | 1 | 3.200s |
| 3 | France | Reims | (ITA) Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | NC | 0.600s |
| 4 | Britain | Brands Hatch | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | 1 | 0.300s |
| 5 | Netherlands | Zandvoort | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | 1 | 0.600s |
| 6 | Germany | Nurburgring | (GBR) Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | DNF | 1.500s |
| 7 | Italy | Monza | (GBR) Mike Parkes | Ferrari | 2 | 0.300s |
| 8 | USA | Watkins Glen | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | DNF | 0.110s |
| 9 | Mexico | Mexico City | (GBR) John Surtees | Cooper-Maserati | 1 | 0.320s |
- First pole position (drivers)
- Lorenzo Bandini
- Mike Parkes
- Last pole position (drivers)
- Lorenzo Bandini
- Mike Parkes
- First pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their first pole position in 1966
- Last pole position (constructors)
- Cooper
- First pole position since…
- 1961 for Jack Brabham and Cooper
- 1964 for John Surtees, Brabham and Ferrari
- Last pole position until…
- 1968 for John Surtees and Ferrari
- First pole position by a…
- Italian driver since 1955
- Australian driver since 1961
- Last pole position by a…
- Italian driver until 1975