Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race in 1967

Mirage M1 (front number 14) with chassis number M10001. Jacky Ickx and Dick Thompson won the race with chassis M10003

The failed due to a gearbox failure Chaparral 2F of Mike Spence and Phil Hill

Matra Djet 5S, a rare starter in a sports car race. Eric de Keyn and Francis Polak drove their Djet to 15th place in the overall standings and third place in the GT 2-liter class

The second 1000 km race of Spa-Francorchamps , also Grand Prix de Spa, Circuit National de Francorchamps , took place on May 1, 1967 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and was the fourth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

The 1000 km event in Spa in 1967 was the fourth world championship run. The season began in Florida in February , where the Daytona 24-hour race was held for the second time at Daytona International Speedway . The race ended with a one-two-three for Ferrari . The plant - Ferrari 330P4 of Lorenzo Bandini / Chris Amon and Mike Parkes / Ludovico Scarfiotti won before the North American Racing - 412P by Pedro Rodríguez and Jean Guichet . The second race of the season also took place in Florida. On the airfield circuit in Sebring won Bruce McLaren and Mario Andretti on a plant - Ford GT40 MK.IV the 12-hour race .

The third round, the 1000 km race in Monza , ended again with a Ferrari victory for Lorenzo Bandini and Chris Amon in the 330P4.

The race

Scuderia Ferrari only brought one works car to the Spa circuit, a 330P4 that was entrusted to Ludovico Scarfiotti and Mike Parkes. The Ferrari works team received support from the two 412Ps from Maranello Concessionaires - driven by Richard Attwood and Lucien Bianchi  - and the Equipe Nationale Belge for Willy Mairesse and Jean Blaton .

After the car had retired in the lead in Monza, Chaparral came to Spa with a new chassis. Drivers were like in Monza Phil Hill and Mike Spence . The Mirage M1 , which was built by John Wyer on the basis of the Ford GT40, made its racing debut in Monza . For Spa, the two cars registered got new Ford 5.7 liter V8 engines built by Holman & Moody in the USA .

In the class for prototypes up to 2 liters displacement, Porsche registered two 910s . The 910 was the successor to the Porsche 906 , from which the chassis, engine and transmission had been taken over. The four factory drivers in Spa were Jo Siffert , Hans Herrmann , Gerhard Koch and Gerhard Mitter .

During the first training session on Saturday, Phil Hill set the fastest time in the Chaparral, which could not be achieved on the second training day. Hill drove 3: 35.600 minutes on the 14.120 kilometer course. The time corresponded to an average speed of 235.436 km / h. Since the training sessions were held on Saturday and Sunday, the race did not take place until Monday. The race day began early in the morning with rain, which continued at 1 p.m. when the race started. Shortly after the start, Jacky Ickx took the lead in the Mirage ahead of Willy Mairesse in the Ferrari. Richard Attwood stalled the engine of his Ferrari at the start, had to restart it and follow the field. Despite the poor visibility caused by the spray thrown up by Ickx's Mirage, Mairesse kept a short distance from his compatriot. Until the first pit stop, the gap between the two leaders was never more than five seconds. The first of the top cars in the pits was Mike Spence's Chaparral, which was in fifth place. When Phil Hill tried to drive off again after refueling, the prototype did not start. The mechanics around Jim Hall tried to start the Chevrolet engine for ten minutes , then Hill was able to go back on the track, a long way behind.

The leaders came to the first refueling stop with a lap gap. While Ickx drove another stint after refueling, Equipe-Nationale-Belge team boss Jacques Swaters had drivers changed. Willy Mairesse got out and Jean Blaton got in. Blaton couldn't drive Ickx's lap times and the Mirage pulled away. After two hours of racing, the two leading cars had lapped the entire field at least once. In third place, Jo Siffert drove in the Porsche 910. This team has not yet changed drivers either. For the cars in which the starting driver was still sitting, the regulations now came into effect, which stipulated a maximum driving time of two hours per driver and stint. The leading Ickx therefore had to pull into the pits to change drivers. In the meantime he had caught up with the yellow 412P from Blaton, lapped it on the 35th lap and pitted on the following lap. Ickx's teammate was actually Alan Rees . The 29-year-old Brit felt himself to be the number 1 pilot on the team and was enraged by what he believed to be a preference for Ickx. The evening before the race, he accused race director David Yorke of saying Ickx was his favorite driver. An argument broke out and Rees left the race track furious. The team was only there with three drivers for two cars. David Piper and Dick Thompson were reported on the second Mirage . The starting driver was Piper, who had an accident on the seventh lap due to a defective shock absorber. This made Thompson free as a partner for Ickx. When Ickx slowly approached the 3-hour maximum time and was supposed to be called in for the pit stop, Thompson could not be found. An angry David Yorke rushed to the race control - Ickx had been in the car for more than three hours - to avoid being disqualified because of the long driving time. There they simply ignored the offense and when Thompson could finally be found in the paddock, the team carried out the pilot change. Thompson was sometimes 30 seconds per lap slower than Ickx, but was able to maintain the lead and only stayed in the cockpit for an hour.

The race was decided by an accident involving Willy Mairesse, who had taken over the Ferrari from Blaton. The driver was uninjured, but the car had to be taken out of the race. The chaparral - Spence drove the fastest race lap - also dropped out. The reason was a defective gearbox. Ickx and Thompson won the race in front of the Siffert / Herrmann-Porsche and Attwood and Bianchi in the best-placed Ferrari. For Jacky Ickx it was the first victory in a world championship race for sports cars. Another 36 followed by the end of the series in 1992 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P + 2.0	6th	JW Automotive	Jacky Ickx Dick Thompson	Mirage M1	71
2	P 2.0	21st	Porsche System Engineering	Jo Siffert Hans Herrmann	Porsche 910	70
3	P + 2.0	10	Maranello Concessionaires	Richard Attwood Lucien Bianchi	Ferrari 412P	70
4th	P + 2.0	2	Jackie Epstein	Paul Hawkins Jackie Epstein	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT	69
5	P + 2.0	9	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Mike Parkes Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari 330P4	69
6th	P + 2.0	4th	Peter Sutcliffe	Peter Sutcliffe Brian Redman	Ford GT40	68
7th	P 2.0	22nd	Porsche System Engineering	Gerhard Koch Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 910	67
8th	S + 2.0	41	Dawnay Racing	Mike Salmon Jackie Oliver	Ford GT40	65
9	P 2.0	30th	Racing Team VDS	Serge Trosch Teddy Pilette	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	61
10	GT 2.0	71	British Motor Co.	Roger Enever Alec Poole	MGB	60
11	GT 2.0	67	Jean-Pierre Gaban	Jean-Pierre Gaban Noël van Assche	Porsche 911S	59
12	P 2.0	62	Racing Team VDS	Gustave Gosselin Daniel Dezy	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	59
13	GT + 2.0	61	Sunbeam Racing Belgium	Chris Tuerlinx "Roets"	Sunbeam Tiger	58
14th	P 2.0	34	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Jean Vinatier Alain LeGuellec	Alpine A210	58
15th	GT 2.0	72	Matra Benelux	Eric de Keyn Francis Polak	Matra Djet 5S	55
16	P 2.0	33	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Mauro Bianchi Henri Grandsire	Alpine A210	54
17th	GT 2.0	74	Matra Benelux	David van Lennep Georges Hacquin	Matra Djet 5S	52
Failed
18th	S + 2.0	40	Ford France	Jo Schlesser Guy Ligier	Ford GT40	19th
19th	P + 2.0	7th	JW Automotive Engineering	David Piper Dick Thompson	Mirage M1	7th
20th	P + 2.0	1	Chaparral Cars Inc.	Mike Spence Phil Hill	Chaparral 2F
21st	P + 2.0	11	Equipe Nationale Belge	Willy Mairesse Jean Blaton	Ferrari 412P
22nd	P 2.0	23	Squadra Tartaruga	Dieter Spoerry Rico Steinemann	Porsche 906 LH
23	P 2.0	28		Alan Harvey Syd Fox	Ginetta G12
24	P 2.0	29	Abarth England	John Fitzpatrick Roger Eccles	Abarth 1600 OT
25th	S + 2.0	45	Edward Nelson	Edward Nelson Robin Widdows	Ford GT40
26th	S 2.0	50	Mike de Udy	Roy Pike Colin Davis	Porsche 906
27	S 2.0	52		Ian Alexander Jean Famayle	Diva GT
28	S 2.0	54	Racing Team Holland	Günther Huber Ben Pon Peter Peter	Porsche 906
29	GT 2.0	75	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Gérard Larrousse Jean-Claude Andruet	Alpine A110
Not started
30th	P + 2.0	5	Mike de Udy	Mike de Udy	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT	1
31	P 2.0	20th	Ecurie Francorchamps	Léon Dernier	Ferrari Dino 206SP	2
32	P 2.0	27	Pierre Bonvoisin	Pierre Bonvoisin William Scheeren	Apal	3
33	P 2.0	31	Chris Barber	John Hine	Lotus 47	4th
34	S 2.0	51	Racing Team Holland	Ben Pon Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 906	5
35	S 2.0	53	Autosport International Porsche	Jochen Neerpasch Udo Schütz	Porsche 906	6th
36	GT + 2.0	63	Maranello Concessionaires	Paul Vestey Carlos Gaspar	Ferrari 275 GTB / C	7th
37	GT 2.0	73	Matra Benelux	David van Lennep John Lagodny	Matra Djet 5S	8th

¹ Accident in training ² not started ³ not started ⁴ Brake and oil pump defect in training ⁵ Accident in training ⁶ not started ⁷ Chassis broken ⁸ not started

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
38	P + 2.0	3	Lola Cars	John Surtees David Hobbs	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT
39	P + 2.0	8th		Michael Merrick Gerry Ashmore	Lotus 47
40	P + 2.0	12	David prophet	David Prophet Trevor Taylor	Ferrari 250LM
41	P 2.0	24	Abarth England	Peter Mold Chris Ashmore	Abarth 2000 OT
42	P 2.0	25th	David Bridges	Brian Redman Allan Rollinson	Chevron B5
43	P 2.0	26th		John Sutton Hugh Dibley	Lotus 47
44	P 2.0	32		Jean-Marie Pierson Eric Catulle	Lotus Elite
45	P 2.0	35	Matra Sports	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra MS630
46	S + 2.0	42	Firmin Dauwe	Firmin Dauwe	Ford GT40
47	S + 2.0	43	Patrick McNally	Patrick McNally Richard Bond	Ford GT40
48	S + 2.0	44	Patrick McNally	William McNamara	Ford GT40
49	GT + 2.0	60		Nicolas Koob Dirk Kniessel	AC Cobra
50	GT + 2.0	62	Ecurie Francorchamps	Gustave Gosselin Hughes de Fierlant	Ferrari 275 GTB / C
51	GT 2.0	68		Luc Dierck	Porsche 911S
52	GT 2.0	69		Edmond Meert Robert Dutoit	Porsche 911S
53	GT 2.0	70		Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Jean-Marie Jacquemin	Porsche 911S

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 2.0	Jacky Ickx	Dick Thompson	Mirage M1	Overall victory
P 2.0	Jo Siffert	Hans Herrmann	Porsche 910	Rank 2
S + 2.0	Mike Salmon	Jackie Oliver	Ford GT40	Rank 8
S 2.0	no participant in the finish
GT + 2.0	Chris Tuerlinckx	"Roets"	Sunbeam Tiger	Rank 13
GT 2.0	Roger Enever	Alex Poole	MGB	Rank 10

Racing data

• Registered: 53
• Started: 29
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: rain
• Route length: 14.100 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 09: 46,500 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 71
• Total distance of the winning team: 1001.100 km
• Winner's average: 193.902 km / h
• Pole position: Phil Hill - Chaparral 2F (# 1) - 3: 35.600 = 235.436 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Mike Spence - Chaparral 2F (# 1) - 4: 03.500 - 208.406 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the sports car world championship in 1967

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race report
• Race results at WSPR Racing

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ed Heuvnik: Jacky Ickx: Mister Le Mans, and Much More; McKlein 2014

Previous race Monza 1000 km race in 1967

Sports car world championship

Succession race Targa Florio 1967