Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1967

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Porsche 907 2.2 long tail
Jackie Stewart , here with his wife Helen after winning the Dutch Grand Prix in 1969 , had his only outing for Scuderia Ferrari at Brands Hatch

The 1967 Brands Hatch 6-hour race , also known as the BOAC International 500, Brands Hatch Circuit , took place on July 30th at Brands Hatch and was the tenth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

After the RAC Tourist Trophy lost world championship status after the race in 1965 , there was no sports car world championship race in Great Britain in 1966 . That all changed in 1967 when Brands Hatch was the first to run an endurance race. With a distance of 4.265 kilometers, the train was the second shortest of the season. Only in the 500 km race at Zeltweg Airport was the lap even shorter at 3.200 kilometers.

The 6-hour race was organized by the British Racing & Sports Car Club , which won the British Overseas Airways Corporation and the leadership of Giles Guthrie as main sponsor. The decision in the prototype class of the world championship had to be made at Brands Hatch, as these vehicles were allowed to start here for the last time this year.

The first race of the season, which was also posted for prototypes was the 24 Hours of Daytona , which with the victory of Lorenzo Bandini and Chris Amon in the plant - Ferrari 330P4 ended. When 12-hour race at Sebring managed to Ford , the first win of the season. Bruce McLaren and Mario Andretti won the Ford GT40 MK.IV . In Monza there was the second win of the season for Ferrari , won again by Amon and Bandini. The race that was decisive for the overall ranking of the World Championship was the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps . Ford claimed the points for Jacky Ickx and Dick Thompson's victory in the Mirage M1 . From their point of view, the M1 was a Ford GT40. However, those in charge of the FIA saw the M1 as an independent racing car and rejected the protest. Porsche won the Targa Florio with the 910/8 and the drivers Paul Hawkins and Rolf Stommelen . Porsche also remained successful at the Nürburgring ; this time with the driver pairing Udo Schütz / Joe Buzzetta . At the highlight of the season, the Le Mans 24-hour race , the two Americans Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt triumphed for Ford. Porsche's third overall victory of the year was the 500 km race in Mugello .

The race

While Ford did not go to the factory, the factory teams from Ferrari and Porsche came to the race with a large number. Ferrari reported three P4 Coupés. In addition to the works drivers Chris Amon, Ludovico Scarfiotti , Peter Sutcliffe and Jonathan Williams , two new drivers joined the team. Paul Hawkins had won the Targa Florio for Porsche in May , there were always audible allegations that he was too slow, but tired and switched to the Italian competitor. For Jackie Stewart , who later became three-time Formula 1 world champion , the start at Brands Hatch was the only factory outing for Ferrari in his career.

Porsche reported five cars. Two 910s with 2.2-liter eight-cylinder engines for Jochen Rindt / Graham Hill and Jo Siffert / Bruce McLaren. Vic Elford / Lucien Bianchi and Udo Schütz / Gerhard Koch drove two 2-liter six-cylinder 910s . The fifth car was a 907 long tail that was driven by Hans Herrmann and Jochen Neerpasch .

The early stages of the race were dominated by John Surtees in the Lola T70 Mk.3 GT , which had to be parked later in the race due to a valve damage on the Chevrolet engine. The factory Ferrari and Porsche duels for the top position fought for several hours. Also involved in the dispute were the Chaparral 2F by Mike Spence and Phil Hill and the Mirage M1 by Pedro Rodríguez and Dick Thompson. In the last hour of the race, Phil Hill was able to break away from the rest of the field in the Chaparral and take a stable lead. This was also because the second-placed Amon in the Ferrari did not make much effort to catch up with Hill. Ferrari achieved second place to win the world championship and Amon drove that too. After six hours of racing, the Chaparral had a lead of just under a minute over the Ferrari and Hill took an undisputed victory.

Results

Final ranking

Item class No. team driver vehicle Round
1 P + 2.0 1 United StatesUnited States Chaparral Cars Inc. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Spence Phil Hill
United StatesUnited States
Chaparral 2F 211
2 P + 2.0 6th ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa New ZealandNew Zealand Chris Amon Jackie Stewart
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 330P4 Spyder 211
3 P + 2.0 11 GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jo Siffert Bruce McLaren
New ZealandNew Zealand
Porsche 910 2.2 209
4th P + 2.0 12 GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering GermanyGermany Hans Herrmann Jochen Neerpasch
GermanyGermany
Porsche 907 LH 2.2 206
5 P + 2.0 7th ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa ItalyItaly Ludovico Scarfiotti Peter Sutcliffe
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 330P4 Spyder 206
6th P + 2.0 8th ItalyItaly Ferrari SEFAC Spa AustraliaAustralia Paul Hawkins Jonathan Williams
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 330P4 Spyder 204
7th P + 2.0 9 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Maranello Concessionaires United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Attwood David Piper
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 412P 202
8th S 2.0 72 United KingdomUnited Kingdom AG Dean Racing Ltd. United KingdomUnited KingdomTony Dean Ben Pon
NetherlandsNetherlands
Porsche 906 200
9 P 2.0 29 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Components United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Miles Jackie Oliver
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus 47 197
10 S + 2.0 55 United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Piper United KingdomUnited KingdomHugh Dibley Roy Pierpoint
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 250LM 195
11 P 2.0 25th GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering GermanyGermany Udo Schütz Jochen Rindt
AustriaAustria
Porsche 910 195
12 S + 2.0 53 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JN Cuthbert United KingdomUnited KingdomEric Liddell Peter Gethin
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ford GT40 193
13 S 2.0 71 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike de Udy SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dieter Spoerry Rico Steinemann
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Porsche 906 192
14th S + 2.0 59 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Terry Drury United KingdomUnited KingdomTerry Drury Keith Holland
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ford GT40 190
15th P 2.0 27 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Robert Ashcroft Racing United KingdomUnited Kingdom Digby Martland Brian Muir
AustraliaAustralia
Chevron B6 189
16 S + 2.0 52 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Sutcliffe United KingdomUnited KingdomJulian Sutton Richard Bond
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ford GT40 188
17th S 2.0 73 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Midland Racing Partnership United KingdomUnited Kingdom William Bradley Michael Costin
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 906 181
18th S + 2.0 57 United KingdomUnited Kingdom David prophet United KingdomUnited Kingdom David prophet Peter de Klerk
South AfricaSouth Africa
Ferrari 250LM 179
19th P 2.0 30th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team elite United KingdomUnited Kingdom Trevor Taylor David Preston
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus 47 178
Not classified
20th S 2.0 75 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Robert Gordon United KingdomUnited KingdomPeter Jackson Mike Crabtree
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elan
21st S 2.0 74 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roger Enever United KingdomUnited KingdomRoger Enever Alec Poole
IrelandIreland
MGB
22nd S + 2.0 58 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ted Worswick United KingdomUnited KingdomTed Worswick Peter Clark
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Austin-Healey 3000
23 S 2.0 76 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Keith Burnand United KingdomUnited KingdomKeith Burnand Peter Taggart
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elan
Failed
24 P + 2.0 5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike de Udy United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Westbury Mike de Udy
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lola T70 Mk.3 GT 179
25th S + 2.0 56 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jeff Edmonds United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Fitzpatrick Jeff Edmonds
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 250LM 175
26th P 2.0 26th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chevron Cars United KingdomUnited KingdomJohn Cardwell Derek Bennett
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B6 172
27 P + 2.0 2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lola Cars United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Surtees David Hobbs
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lola T70 Mk.3 GT 171
28 P 2.0 24 GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vic Elford Lucien Bianchi
BelgiumBelgium
Porsche 910 144
29 P + 2.0 3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JW Automotive Engineering MexicoMexico Pedro Rodríguez Dick Thompson
United StatesUnited States
Mirage M1 87
30th P + 2.0 4th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sid Taylor Racing New ZealandNew Zealand Denny Hulme Jack Brabham
AustraliaAustralia
Lola T70 Mk.3 GT 60
31 P 2.0 32 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Barber United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Hine Keith Greene
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus 47 56
32 P + 2.0 10 GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill Jochen Rindt
AustriaAustria
Porsche 910 2.2 27
33 P 2.0 31 ItalyItaly Team Abarth United KingdomUnited KingdomChris Ashmore Peter Mold
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Abarth 2000 OT 18th
34 S + 2.0 51 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Lucas Engineering United KingdomUnited KingdomCharles Lucas Roy Pike
United StatesUnited States
Ford GT40 10
35 P 2.0 28 United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Bridges United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brian Redman Chris Williams
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B5 1
Not started
36 S + 2.0 54 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Colin Crabbe South AfricaSouth Africa Dave Charlton Colin Crabbe
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ford GT40 1
37 S + 2.0 60 United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Drummond United KingdomUnited KingdomRollo Fielding Peter Clarke
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 250LM 2
38 P + 2.0 T GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vic Elford Porsche 910/8 3

1 accident during training 2 not started 3 training 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
39 P 2.0 21st ItalyItaly Autodelta ItalyItaly Andrea de Adamich Ignazio Giunti
ItalyItaly
Alfa Romeo T33
40 P 2.0 22nd ItalyItaly Autodelta BelgiumBelgiumLucien Bianchi Nanni Galli
ItalyItaly
Alfa Romeo T33
41 P 2.0 23 ItalyItaly Autodelta ItalyItaly Giancarlo Baghetti Spartaco Dini
ItalyItaly
Alfa Romeo T33
42 S 2.0 77 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mefco Racing United KingdomUnited KingdomJohn Morris Martin Hone
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 904 GTS
43 S 2.0 78 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Barber United KingdomUnited KingdomBill Dryden Don Marriott
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Elan

Class winner

class driver driver vehicle Placement in the overall ranking
P + 2.0 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Spence United StatesUnited States Phil Hill Chaparral 2F Overall victory
P 2.0 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Miles United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jackie Oliver Lotus 47 Rank 9
S + 2.0 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hugh Dibley United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roy Pierpoint Ferrari 250LM Rank 10
S 2.0 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Dean NetherlandsNetherlands Ben Pon Porsche 906 Rank 8

Racing data

  • Registered: 43
  • Started: 35
  • Valued: 19
  • Race classes: 4
  • Spectator: unknown
  • Race day weather: cloudy and warm
  • Route length: 4.265 km
  • Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 26,000 hours
  • Total laps of the winning team: 211
  • Total distance of the winning team: 899.863 km
  • Winner's average: 149.797 km / h
  • Pole position: Denny Hulme - Lola T70 Mk.3 GT (# 4) - 1: 36.600 = 158.935 km / h
  • Fastest race lap: Denny Hulme - Lola T70 Mk.3 GT (# 4) - 1: 37.200 = 157.954 km / h
  • Racing series: 10th round of the sports car world championship in 1967

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