1966 German F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: German Grand Prix
Track: Nürburgring

Weather: wet, intermittent rain

Jack Brabham won his 11th F1 World Championship race at the 1966 German Grand Prix. The Brabham-Repco driver started from 3rd on the grid and won on the Nürburgring circuit for the 1st time. It was also his 4th win of the season and the 6th win for the Brabham F1 team.

The Eifel, Brabham continues

The 1966 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring on Sunday 7 August was Jack Brabham's fourth consecutive championship victory of the year and the moment that effectively settled the world championship in his favour. The 22.8-kilometre Eifel circuit was raced in mixed wet weather; Brabham's judgement of the conditions, combined with the Brabham-Repco's good chassis balance, gave him a clear advantage over the Cooper-Maseratis and the BRMs.

Practice put Clark on his last career pole position in the works Lotus-BRM (the Climax engine took its 44th and last F1 pole), with Surtees second on the grid in the Cooper-Maserati and Brabham third in the Brabham-Repco. The race began under dry conditions, but rain swept across the long Eifel sections by lap 3 and made the back half of each lap genuinely treacherous.

Brabham took the lead from Surtees on lap 6 and gradually opened a margin in the wet sections that Surtees could not match. He brought the Brabham home 44 seconds clear at the chequered flag, with Surtees second and Jochen Rindt third in the second Cooper-Maserati. Hill was fourth in the BRM. Of 18 starters, only seven were classified.

Standings

Brabham's 9 points moved him to 39 in the championship, with one further round (Italy) needed only to clinch the title. Hulme on 16, Surtees on 18, Stewart on 14, Hill on 17. Brabham would clinch his third world championship at Monza three weeks later, the first ever world championship by a constructor in his own car bearing his own name.

Classification 1966 German F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	3	JackBrabham	Brabham	Brabham BT19Repco 620	5	15	15	2:27:03.000	9
2	7	JohnSurtees	Cooper-Maserati	Cooper T81Maserati 9/F1	2	15		2:27:47.400+44.400s	6
3	8	JochenRindt	Cooper-Maserati	Cooper T81Maserati 9/F1	9	15		2:29:35.600+2:32.600	4
4	5	GrahamHill	BRM	BRM P261BRM P75	10	15		2:33:44.400+6:41.400	3
5	6	JackieStewart	BRM	BRM P261BRM P75	3	15		2:35:31.900+8:28.900	2
6	9	LorenzoBandini	Ferrari	Ferrari 312Ferrari 312	6	15		2:37:59.400+10:56.400	1
7	12	DanGurney	Eagle	Climax	8	14		Electrical
8	2	PeterArundell	Team Lotus	Lotus 33BRM P75	17	14		+1 lap
DNF	15	MikeSpence	Team Lotus	Lotus 33BRM P75	13	12		Alternator
DNF	1	JimClark	Team Lotus	Lotus 33Climax	1	11		Accident
DNF	20	ChrisLawrence	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T73Ferrari	26	10		Suspension
DNF	11	LudovicoScarfiotti	Ferrari	Ferrari 246Ferrari 312	4	9		Electrical
DNF	10	MikeParkes	Ferrari	Ferrari 312Ferrari 312	7	9		Accident
DNF	4	DennyHulme	Brabham	Brabham BT20Repco 620	15	8		Ignition
DNF	17	JoBonnier	Cooper-Maserati	Cooper T81Maserati 9/F1	12	3		Clutch
DNF	14	BobBondurant	BRM	BRM P261BRM P75	11	3		Engine
DNF	19	BobAnderson	Brabham	Brabham BT11Climax	14	2		Transmission
DNF	16	JohnTaylor	Brabham	Brabham BT11BRM	25	0		Fatal Accident
DNS	18	GuyLigier	Cooper-Maserati	Cooper T81Maserati 9/F1		0		Injury

Fastest lap: 8:49.000 min by John Surfees (Cooper T81) in lap 4

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