1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1967

Winning car model Porsche 910

Chaparral 2F , at the wheel of Mike Spence during practice

The precipitated in the race with gearbox failure Alfa Romeo T33 of Giacomo Russo and Giancarlo Baghetti , also during training

The Costin-Nathan GT by Norman Abbott and Albert Powell; Retired on the eleventh lap due to a broken chassis

The 13th 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also ADAC 1000 km race Nürburgring, World Championship race, Nürburgring , took place on May 28, 1967 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

Teams, vehicles and drivers

The big absentee of the 1967 1000 km race were the Scuderia Ferrari prototypes . At the instruction of Enzo Ferrari, the Scuderia race management concentrated almost entirely on the Le Mans 24-hour race two weeks later . There they wanted to eradicate the severe defeat suffered in 1966 . Last year Ford celebrated a triple victory at the Circuit des 24 Heures . All Ferrari works cars were eliminated prematurely. Ferrari racing director Franco Lini had nevertheless come to practice in a racing car. For Günter Klass and Ludovico Scarfiotti one was Ferrari Dino 246 S prepared. After a few laps in the first practice session, the car was reloaded in the van due to alleged problems with a cylinder of the 2.4-liter V6 engine and the Scuderia trunk team left before the start of the race. None of the private 412Ps found their way to the Eifel either. The Scuderia Filipinetti also reported a 6-cylinder dinosaur. Also, the 206S of Herbert Müller and Jean Guichet did not take part in the race. During a training lap by Guichet, leaking gasoline ignited the engine. Guichet could stop and get out, but the dino burned out.

Porsche came to the race with a large team . As with the Targa Florio , the works team divided the 910 into the driver teams based on the engine. The 910 with the 2.2-liter eight - cylinder boxer engines started in the prototype class over 2 liters and were driven by the teams Gerhard Mitter / Lucien Bianchi , Rolf Stommelen / Kurt Ahrens and Jo Siffert / Hans Herrmann . Three 2-liter six-cylinder 910s were registered in the prototype class up to 2 liter displacement and controlled by Udo Schütz / Joe Buzzetta , Paul Hawkins / Gerhard Koch and Jochen Neerpasch / Vic Elford .

John Wyer reported two Mirage M1s on behalf of his team. After the departure of Alan Rees , who had had an argument with race director David Yorke before the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps and was leaving, Yorke was looking for a new teammate for Jacky Ickx and hired Richard Attwood . The second M1, which had a 5 liter Weslake V8 engine , was driven by David Piper and Dick Thompson . This vehicle was also unable to take part in the race because Thompson damaged it so badly in an accident during practice that it could no longer be repaired for the race. Chaparral had won the 1000 km race last year with the Chaparral 2D and the drivers Jo Bonnier and Phil Hill . In 1967 Hill drove the 2F, which was equipped with a powerful rear wing . Teammate was Mike Spence . An interesting car was the Lola T70 Mk.3 GT from John Surtees . Surtees owned the car, which he used with the support of the Lola factory team. The special thing about this T70 was the engine. In contrast to the conventional Chevrolet units, this Lola had an Aston Martin V8 engine . Second driver was David Hobbs . After the racing debut of the Alfa Romeo T33 at the Targa Florio, Autodelta , Alfa Romeo's racing department , also used the new prototypes at the Nürburgring. Three cars were entrusted to the drivers Roberto Bussinello , Teodoro Zeccoli , Andrea de Adamich , Nanni Galli , Giacomo Russo and Giancarlo Baghetti .

The course of the race

Some renovation work was carried out on the route in the spring. The Tiergarten section of the route , just before the start and finish straight, was affected by the construction work . The road was leveled and the curve radii changed to significantly slow the speed of the racing cars before they could get past the pits. The intervention extended the runway by 25 meters. Phil Hill achieved the fastest training time in the Chaparral with 8: 31.900 minutes. Closest to him was John Surtees in the Lola, who drove a time of 8: 39.600 minutes.

The Le Mans start , which had long been controversial among many drivers , caused unrest in the large starting field at the start of the race. On the one hand, some Porsche and Alfa Romeo drivers ran to their cars too early, and on the other hand, the fastest drivers started the race poorly. Phil Hill couldn't start the chaparral at first and then drove off slowly so as not to risk a collision with a slower vehicle. John Surtees in Lola and Jacky Ickx in Mirage also got off to a bad start. On the back straight, five Porsches were in the lead. Jo Siffert held the lead in front of Rolf Stommelen, Gerhard Mitter, Jochen Neerpasch and Paul Hawkins. During the first round, Phil Hill struggled with constantly aufgeblendetem light through the field and found at the beginning of the second revolution following the Porsche. John Surtees and Jacky Ickx also continuously improved their position. Hill already drove the fastest race lap on the second lap with 8: 42.100 and at the end of the second lap around the ring was already in third place, just behind Stommelen. In the sports car category , the Porsche 906 registered by Sten Axelsson and driven by Ben Pon at the time led ahead of Jo Schlesser in the Ford-France - GT40 .

In the course of the third lap, Hill passed Stommelen and began to reduce the gap to the leading Siffert. The performance of John Surtees ended in the sixth round after a spring break on the Lola. Hill caught up with Siffert on lap eight and took the lead past him. In third place was Mitter, ahead of Ickx in the Mirage. After the first quarter of the total distance, the first scheduled refueling stops and driver changes began. The leading Hill gave the chaparral to Mike Spence. An endless amount of time passed because the hot engine would not start. When Spence was finally able to drive off, strange noises indicated that something was wrong with the vehicle. Spence could only drive slowly through the south bend and turned back into the pits after the back straight. Since this procedure was not covered by the regulations, the team was disqualified. It would not have been possible to continue driving because of a gearbox damage. Siffert's partner, Hans Herrmann, didn't get very far either. After only one lap in the car, he had to park the Porsche 910 due to a defective valve train.

A new duel for the overall lead broke out between Lucien Bianchi, Mitter's partner, and Richard Attwood in the Mirage. Attwood caught up strongly against the Porsche, but retired on lap 29 after damage to two tires; he had driven over stones on the side of the track. Due to the pit stops, the Porsche works cars remaining in the race took turns at the top. The decision was made on the last lap, when the leader, who was in the lead, rolled out on the last lap due to a defective alternator. As a result, Udo Schütz and Joe Buzzetta won in the six-cylinder 910. Mitter and Bianchi were classified fourth.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 2.0	17th	Porsche System Engineering	Udo Schütz Joe Buzzetta	Porsche 910	44
2	P 2.0	19th	Porsche System Engineering	Paul Hawkins Gerhard Koch	Porsche 910	44
3	P 2.0	18th	Porsche System Engineering	Jochen Neerpasch Vic Elford	Porsche 910	44
4th	P + 2.0	7th	Porsche System Engineering	Gerhard Mitter Lucien Bianchi	Porsche 910 2.2	43
5	P 2.0	22nd	Autodelta SpA	Roberto Bussinello Teodoro Zeccoli Andrea de Adamich Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo T33	43
6th	S 2.0	70	Scuderia Lufthansa	Hans-Dieter Dechent Robert Huhn	Porsche 906	42
7th	S + 3.0	61	Ford France	Henri Greder Jean-Michel Giorgi	Ford GT40	42
8th	S + 3.0	67	Colin Crabbe	Colin Crabbe Roy Pierpoint	Ford GT40	42
9	P 2.0	27	Robert Ashcroft	Digby Martland Nigel Moores	Chevron B6	40
10	S + 3.0	60	Ford France	Jo Schlesser Guy Ligier	Ford GT40	39
11	GT 2.0	75	IGFA	Helmut Kellener's Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 911S	39
12	GT 2.0	100	Sepp Greger	Sepp Greger Malte Huth	Porsche 911S	39
13	GT 2.0	98	Holland Motor	Bjorn Rothstein Boo Johansson	Porsche 911S	39
14th	S + 3.0	63	Heini Walter	Heini Walter Peter Ditzler	Ferrari 250LM	38
15th	P 1.6	82	Racing Team VDS	Serge Trosch Teddy Pilette	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	38
16	GT 2.0	102	Roger Enever	Roger Enever Alec Poole	MGB	38
17th	GT 2.0	107	Julian Vernaeve	Julian Vernaeve Clive Baker	MGB	38
18th	P 1.3	56	Marcos Racing Ltd.	Mike Garton Patrick McNally	Marcos Mini GT	36
19th	GT + 3.0	93	Friedhelm Thiessen	Friedhelm Thiessen Günther Selbach	Shelby GT350	35
20th	GT 2.0	96	Motor Sport Club Langenfeld	Wolf-Dieter Kniese Wilfried Oetelshoven	MGB	35
21st	GT 1.3	120	Gerhard Bodmer	Gerhard Bodmer Dieter Schmid	Glass 1300 GT	35
22nd	GT 1.6	112	Ragnar Eklund	Arno Gyltman Ragnar Eklund	Lotus Elan	34
23	P 1.3	53	Guy Edwards	Guy Edwards Peter Anslow	Marcos Mini GT	34
24	P 1.3	50	Richard Miles	Mike Pignéguy Mick Cave	Austin-Healey Sprite	34
25th	GT 1.0	125	Barracuda	Carl Smet Hughes de Fierlant	Honda S800	34
26th	GT 1.3	117	Friedrich Noenen	Friedrich Noenen Manfred Herbertz	Glass 1300 GT	34
27	GT 1.3	115	Matra Benelux	David van Lennep Francis Polak	Matra Djet 5S	34
28	S 1.6	83	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Girolamo Capra Mario Nardari	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	33
29	GT 1.0	124	Motor Sport Club Langenfeld	Armin Siefener Helmut Becker	Honda S800	33
30th	GT 1.0	54	Kurt Pfnier	Kurt Pfnier Hans-Peter Koepchen	NSU Prinz 1000 TTS	33
31	S 1.6	87	Team Diva	John Bloomfield Doug Mockford	Diva GT	31
32	S 1.6	86	diva	John Green Richard Joseph	Diva GT	31
Disqualified
33	P + 2.0	4th	Chaparral Cars Inc.	Phil Hill Mike Spence	Chaparral 2F	10
Failed
34	S + 3.0	66	Nicholas Granville-Smith	Chris Lawrence Nicholas Granville-Smith	Shelby Cobra	36
35	P 2.0	23	Bam-Bam	Hans Wängstre Evert Christofferson	Bam-Bam Volvo	35
36	P 1.6	37	Manfred Hartung	Manfred Hartung Heinz Gilges	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	33
37	P + 2.0	9	Porsche System Engineering	Rolf Stommelen Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 910/8	31
38	P + 2.0	6th	JW Automotive Engineering	Jacky Ickx Richard Attwood	Mirage M1	29
39	GT 1.6	111	Dieter Mohr	Manfred Mohr Manfred Mohr	Lotus Elan	28
40	GT 1.3	119	Nikolaus Killenberg	Nikolaus Killenberg Georg Bialas	Matra Djet 5S	27
41	S 2.0	76	Sten Axelsson	Ben Pon Sten Axelsson	Porsche 906	26th
42	GT 1.0	122	Karl Herd	Karl Herd Wilfried Zahn	Honda S800	25th
43	P 1.3	49	Richard Groves	Steve Neal John Moore	Austin-Healey Sprite	24
44	P 1.3	55	Marcos Racing Ltd.	Jackie Bond-Smith Joey Cook	Marcos Mini GT	24
45	S + 3.0	62	Edward Nelson	Edward Nelson Peter de Klerk	Ford GT40	22nd
46	P 1.3	52	Mike Walton	Mike Walton Jeremy Delmar-Morgan	Abarth 1000 SP	21st
47	S 1.6	84	lotus	Harald Kronegard Björn Svensson	Lotus Elan	20th
48	P 2.0	20th	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo T33	18th
49	GT 2.0	105	Scuderia Lufthansa	Reinhold Joest Hermann Dorner	Porsche 911S	18th
50	P 1.6	43	Coburn	Jack Wheeler Peter Jackson	Austin-Healey Sprite	17th
51	GT 2.0	101	Anton Fischhaber	Anton Fischhaber Siegfried Dau	Porsche 911S	16
52	GT + 3.0	91	Helmut Felder	Helmut Felder Günther Lohsträter	Ferrari 275 GTB / 2	13
53	P 2.0	24	Fawdington and Ramsay	Julian Sutton Hugh Dibley	Lotus 47	12
54	P 1.6	38	Peter Taggart	Peter Taggart Keith Burnand	Chevron B6	12
55	GT + 3.0	92	Paul Vestey	Paul Vestey Carlos Gaspar	Ferrari 275 GTB / C	12
56	GT 1.6	110	Lotus Sweden	Per Brandström Peter Trapp	Lotus Elan	12
57	P + 2.0	8th	Porsche System Engineering	Jo Siffert Hans Herrmann	Porsche 910/8	11
58	P 1.3	51	Autocadia	Norman Abbott Albert Powell	Costin-Nathan GT	11
59	P 1.6	42	Chris Barber	Keith Greene John Hine	Lotus 47	10
60	P 1.3	58	Sunbeam Racing Belgium	Chris Tuerlinx "Roets"	Hillman Imp	9
61	GT 1.0	123	Herbert Heimer	Herbert Heimer Wolfgang Bingemer	Honda S800	7th
62	P + 2.0	1	Lola Cars Team Surtees	John Surtees David Hobbs	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT	6th
63	S 1.6	90	Abarth	Erich Bitter Willi Kauhsen	Abarth 1300 OT	6th
64	P 2.0	25th	Winfield Racing	Simon De Lautour Mike Knight	Lotus 47	5
65	GT 1.3	114	Matra Benelux	Georges Hacquin Yves Deprez	Matra Djet 5S	5
66	P 2.0	21st	Autodelta SpA	Giacomo Russo Giancarlo Baghetti	Alfa Romeo T33	4th
67	P 2.0	28	Peter Clarke	Ted Worswick Peter Clarke	TVR Grantura 1800 S	3
68	P 2.0	31	Abarth England	Peter Mold Chris Ashmore	Abarth 1300 OT	3
69	GT 1.6	108	Frankfurt Racing Club	Joachim Komusin Siegfried Müller senior	Alfa Romeo Duetto	3
70	GT 1.3	116	Matra Benelux	Eric de Keyn Gustave Gosselin	Matra Djet 5S	2
71	P 2.0	26th	Squadra Tartaruga	Rico Steinemann Dieter Spoerry	Porsche 906 LH	1
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72	P + 2.0	2	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Günter Klass Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari Dino 246 S.	1
73	P + 2.0	5	JW Automotive Engineering	David Piper Dick Thompson	Mirage M1	2
74	P 2.0	30th	diva	John Markey Jon Samuel	Diva Valkyrie	3
75	P 2.0	34	Scuderia Filipinetti	Herbert Müller Jean Guichet	Ferrari Dino 206S	4th
76	P 1.3	48	Richard Groves	John Moore John Moore	Ginetta G12	5
77	P 2.0	T	Porsche System Engineering	Udo Schütz Joe Buzzetta Paul Hawkins Gerhard Koch Jochen Neerpasch Vic Elford Gerhard Mitter Lucien Bianchi Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 906	6th
78	S 2.0			Paul Brother Rainer Günzler	Porsche 906	7th

¹ Engine problems during training ² Accident during training ³ Accident during training ⁴ Car fire during training ⁵ Accident during training ⁶ Training car ⁷ camera car

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
79	P + 2.0	10	Squadra Tartaruga	Hans Illert	Ferrari 250 LM-P
80	P + 2.0	11	Squadra Tartaruga	Cox cooker	McLaren M1A
81	P + 2.0	12	Mike De Udy	Mike De Udy	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT
82	P + 2.0	14th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Robert Blouin André Bungener	Ferrari 275 GTB / 4
83	P 2.0	29	David Bridges	Brian Redman Allan Rollinson	Chevron B5
84	P 2.0	35	Matra Sports	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra MS630
85	P 1.6	39	Rob Slotemaker	Rob Slotemaker Wim Loos	lotus
86	P 1.6	40	diva	Anthony Godfrey Jon Samuel	Diva Valkyrie
87	P 1.6	41	Christopher St. Quintin	Christopher St. Quintin John Anstead	Abarth 1600 OT
88	P 1.6	44	Abarth England	John Fitzpatrick Roger Eccle	Abarth 1600 OT
89	P 1.3	59	Ragnar Eklund	Dadobert Swenson Lars Larsson	Cox
90	S + 3.0	59	Pierre de Siebenthal	Pierre de Siebenthal Francisco de Heredia	Ferrari 250LM
91	S + 3.0	65	Werner Lindermann	Werner Lindermann Manfred Ramminger	Ferrari
92	S 2.0	71	William Bradley	William Bradley	Porsche 906
93	S 2.0	72	Mike De Udy	Mike De Udy	Porsche 906
94	S 2.0	73	Antti Aarnio-Wihuri	Antti Aarnio-Wihuri Picko Troberg	Porsche 906
95	S 2.0	74	William Nicholson	William Nicholson Peter Brown	MGB
96	S 1.6	89	Sagittario	Pietro Laureati Paolo Gargano	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
97	GT 2.0	97	Paul-Ernst Straehle		Porsche 911
98	GT 2.0	99	William John Moss	Gabriele Konig Jennifer Tudor-Owen	MGB
99	GT 2.0	103	Bernd Degner	Bernd Degner	Porsche 911
100	GT 2.0	104	Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Porsche 911
101	GT 2.0	106	Friedrich Bryzmann	Friedrich Bryzmann	Porsche 911S
102	GT 1.6	109	Nicolas Koob	Nicolas Koob Gustave Gosselin	Alfa Romeo Giulia
103	GT 1.3	118	Richard Höhfeld	Richard Höhfeld Heinrich Oestreich	Glass 1304 TS
104	GT 1.3	121	Piero Conte	Piero Conte Sandro Munari	Lancia Fulvia HF

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 2.0	Gerhard Mitter	Lucien Bianchi	Porsche 910 2.2	Rank 4
P 2.0	Udo Schütz	Joe Buzzetta	Porsche 910	Overall victory
P 1.6	Serge Trosch	Teddy Pilette	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Rank 15
P 1.3	Mike Garton	Patrick McNally	Marcos Mini GT	Rank 18
S + 3.0	Henri Greder	Jean-Michel Giorgi	Ford GT40	Rank 7
S 2.0	Hans-Dieter Dechent	Robert Chicken	Porsche 906	Rank 6
S 1.6	Girolamo Capra	Mario Nardari	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Rank 28
GT + 3.0	Friedhelm Thiessen	Günther Selbach	Shelby GT350	Rank 19
GT 2.0	Helmut Kelleners	Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 911S	Rank 11
GT 1.6	Arno Gyltman	Ragnar Eklund	Lotus Elan	Rank 22
GT 1.3	Gerhard Bodmer	Dieter Schmid	Glass 1300 GT	Rank 21
GT 1.0	Carl Smet	Hughes de Fierlant	Honda S800	Rank 25

Racing data

• Registered: 103
• Started: 71
• Rated: 32
• Race classes: 12
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 22.835 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:54: 12,900 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.740 km
• Winner's average: 145.539 km / h
• Pole position: Phil Hill - Chaparral F2 (# 4) - 8: 31.900 = 160.590 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Phil Hill - Chaparral F2 (# 4)
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1967 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
• 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

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Predecessor race Targa Florio 1967

Sports car world championship

Succession race 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans