1966 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1966 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 12, 1966.

This was the race of the infamous rain storm where Jackie Stewart came perilously close to losing his life.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	John Surtees	Ferrari	28	2:09:11.3	1	9
2	19	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati	28	+ 42.1	2	6
3	7	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	27	+ 1 lap	5	4
4	3	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	26	+ 2 laps	4	3
5	18	Richie Ginther	Cooper-Maserati	25	+ 3 laps	8	2
NC	22	Guy Ligier	Cooper-Maserati	24	Not Classified	12
NC	27	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Climax	23	Not Classified	15
Ret	15	Jackie Stewart	BRM	0	Accident	3
Ret	20	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati	0	Accident	6
Ret	16	Mike Spence	Lotus-BRM	0	Accident	7
Ret	14	Graham Hill	BRM	0	Accident	9
Ret	10	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	0	Engine	10
Ret	8	Bob Bondurant	BRM	0	Accident	11
Ret	4	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Climax	0	Accident	13
Ret	21	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati	0	Accident	14

Pole position: John Surtees - 3:38.0
Fastest Lap: John Surtees 4:18.7
The race was filmed for the motion picture Grand Prix. The eight minute segment of the 1966 film uses a combination of live footage and mocked up racing scenes. The live footage shows, Surtees, Bonnier, Bandini, Ligier, Clark & Gurney in action. Surtees doubles in the scene for the fictional Sarti while Bandini doubles for the fictional Barlini. The film is careful not to pick up Jackie Stewart in action as he doubles for the fictional character Stoddard, who at this point in the film is recovering from a near fatal crash earlier in the season. James Garner's white Yamura (Honda) no 24 did not appear in the actual race and scenes showing it are part of the staged race filming.

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