500 km race from Zeltweg 1966

Zeltweg airfield course

The 500 km race in Zeltweg , also known as the Grand Prix of Austria (500 km race for sports cars), Zeltweg , was held on September 11, 1966 at Zeltweg Airport . It was the 13th and final race of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

In 1957 there was a motorsport event for the first time on the grounds of the military airport in Zeltweg, Styria . Motorcycle , sports car and, from 1959, monopostor races were held on a racing weekend . In 1963 the monopostor race received the status of a Grand Prix of Austria and was advertised for Formula 2 cars . Jack Brabham won the race on a Brabham BT3 . In 1964 , the Grand Prix of the Formula 1 Automobile World Championship ended with Lorenzo Bandini's victory in the factory - Ferrari 156 Aero . In 1965 , the main race of the Grand Prix was a sports car race, which Jochen Rindt won in a Ferrari 250LM .

In 1966 the distance was 500 kilometers, which corresponded to a racing time of just under 3 hours. The Appreciation won Gerhard Mitter and Hans Herrmann on a plant - Porsche 906 before moving alone teammates Jo Siffert . At the finish the duo had a lead of 5.5 seconds over Siffert. Third placed Udo Schütz and Herbert Linge were already three laps behind.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 2.0	14th	Porsche system	Gerhard Mitter Hans Herrmann	Porsche 906	157
2	S 2.0	12	Porsche system	Jo Siffert	Porsche 906	157
3	S 2.0	15th	Lufthansa	Udo Schütz Herbert Linge	Porsche 906	154
4th	S + 2.0	7th	John Downe	Mike Salmon	Ford GT40	153
5	S 2.0	11	Jo Bonnier	Joakim Bonnier Sten Axelsson	Porsche 906	152
6th	S 2.0	17th	Ben Pon	Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 906	152
7th	S + 2.0	7th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Mario Casoni	Ford GT40	152
8th	S + 2.0	6th	George Drummond	Mike Parkes	Ferrari 250LM	151
9	S + 2.0	1	Fred English	Jochen Rindt	Ford GT40	148
10	S + 2.0	2	Bernard White	Innes Ireland	Ford GT40	147
11	S 1.3	28	Abarth	Johannes Ortner	Abarth 1300 OT	138
12	S 1.3	31	Scuderia Lufthansa	Hans-Dieter Dechent	Abarth 1300 OT	130
13	S 1.3	29	Abarth	Jochen Neerpasch	Abarth 1300 OT	125
Not classified
14th	S 1.3	27	Abarth	Ernst Furtmayr	Abarth 1300 OT	117
15th	S 2.0	22nd	Christopher St. Quintin	Christopher St. Quintin	Lotus Elan	113
Failed
16	S + 2.0	3	Nick Cussons	Mike Spence Nick Cussons	Ford GT40
17th	S + 2.0	4th	David Piper	David Piper	Ferrari 250LM
18th	S + 2.0	5	Bernard White	David Hobbs	Ferrari 250LM
19th	S 2.0	16	Racing Team Holland	Ben Pon	Porsche 906
20th	S 2.0	18th	Mike De Udy	Mike De Udy	Porsche 906
21st	S + 2.0	21st	Checkered Flag	Bob Bondurant	Shelby Cobra
22nd	S + 2.0	23	Checkered Flag	John Raeburn	Shelby Cobra
Not started
23	S + 2.0	9	RAR	Günther Breyer Gerhard Kramer	Intermeccanica	1
24	S 2.0	24	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Ottorino Volonterio	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	2
25th	S 1.3	30th	Abarth	Johannes Ortner	Abarth 1300 OT	3

¹ not started ² not started ³ 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
26th	S + 2.0	10	Heinz Meyer	Heinz Meyer	Ferrari
27	S 2.0	19th	Gerhard Koch	Gerhard Koch	Porsche 906
28	S 2.0	20th	Rudi Lins	Rudi Lins	Porsche 904 GTS
29	S 2.0	21st	Squadra Tartaruga	Rico Steinemann	Lotus Elan
30th	S 2.0	23	Chris Barber	John Hine	Lotus Elan
31	S 2.0	25th	Ulf Norinder	Ulf Norinder	Porsche 906
32	S 2.0	26th	Tyrol Automobile Club	Gernot Mössmer	Lotus Elan
33	S 1.3	32	Anton Fischhaber	Anton Fischhaber	Abarth 1300 OT

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	Mike Salmon		Ford GT40	Rank 4
S 2.0	Gerhard Mitter	Hans Herrmann	Porsche 906	Overall victory
S 1.3	Johannes Ortner		Abarth 1300 OT	Rank 11

Racing data

• Registered: 33
• Started: 22
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 3,200 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3: 07: 52.550 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 157
• Total distance of the winning team: 502,400 km
• Winner's average: 160.446 km / h
• Pole position: Innes Ireland - Ford GT40 (# 2) - 1: 09.600 = 165.375 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Joseph Siffert - Porsche 906 (# 12) - 1: 10.360 = 163.729 km / h
• Racing series: Round 13 of the 1966 World Sports Car Championship

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 results

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grand Prix of Austria 1963
2. ↑ Grand Prix of Austria 1965

Previous race 500 km race on the Nürburgring 1966

Sports car world championship

Succession race 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967