1966 French Grand Prix

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The 1966 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Reims-Gueux on July 3, 1966. It was the '60th Anniversary race' of Grand Prix racing, which had started with the GP of France in 1906. Qualifying was firmly in the hands of Ferrari and especially Lorenzo Bandini with a pole set at 2:07.8 in his 3-litre 312/66. After the start, Bandini duly led, with Jack Brabham in his 'Old Nail' BT19 - which had a bit less straightline speed - following in his slipstream for a while. When the Italian had to retire due to a broken throttle linkage, Brabham took 1st place at the finish.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	48	1:48:31.3	4	9
2	22	Mike Parkes	Ferrari	48	+ 9.5	3	6
3	14	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	46	+ 2 laps	9	4
4	6	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati	46	+ 2 laps	5	3
5	26	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Climax	45	+ 3 laps	14	2
6	44	John Taylor	Brabham-BRM	45	+ 3 laps	15	1
7	36	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	44	+ 4 laps	12
8	8	Chris Amon	Cooper-Maserati	44	+ 4 laps	7
NC	42	Guy Ligier	Cooper-Maserati	42	Not Classified	11
Ret	2	Pedro Rodríguez	Lotus-Climax	40	Oil Leak	13
NC	20	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	37	Not Classified	1
NC	30	Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax	32	Not Classified	17
Ret	16	Graham Hill	BRM	13	Engine	8
Ret	38	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati	10	Fuel System	6
Ret	32	Mike Spence	Lotus-BRM	8	Clutch	10
Ret	10	John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati	5	Fuel System	2
Ret	4	Peter Arundell	Lotus-BRM	3	Gearbox	16

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Lorenzo Bandini - 2:07.8
• Fastest Lap: Lorenzo Bandini 2:11.3
• 1950 World Champion Nino Farina died in a car accident while on his way to spectate this race.

[edit] References

• The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.

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