Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1967
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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 | ||
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1 | P + 2.0 | 1 |
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Chaparral 2F | 211 | ||
2 | P + 2.0 | 6th |
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Ferrari 330P4 Spyder | 211 | ||
3 | P + 2.0 | 11 |
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Porsche 910 2.2 | 209 | ||
4th | P + 2.0 | 12 |
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Porsche 907 LH 2.2 | 206 | ||
5 | P + 2.0 | 7th |
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Ferrari 330P4 Spyder | 206 | ||
6th | P + 2.0 | 8th |
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Ferrari 330P4 Spyder | 204 | ||
7th | P + 2.0 | 9 |
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Ferrari 412P | 202 | ||
8th | S 2.0 | 72 |
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Porsche 906 | 200 | ||
9 | P 2.0 | 29 |
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Lotus 47 | 197 | ||
10 | S + 2.0 | 55 |
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Ferrari 250LM | 195 | ||
11 | P 2.0 | 25th |
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Porsche 910 | 195 | ||
12 | S + 2.0 | 53 |
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Ford GT40 | 193 | ||
13 | S 2.0 | 71 |
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Porsche 906 | 192 | ||
14th | S + 2.0 | 59 |
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Ford GT40 | 190 | ||
15th | P 2.0 | 27 |
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Chevron B6 | 189 | ||
16 | S + 2.0 | 52 |
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Ford GT40 | 188 | ||
17th | S 2.0 | 73 |
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Porsche 906 | 181 | ||
18th | S + 2.0 | 57 |
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Ferrari 250LM | 179 | ||
19th | P 2.0 | 30th |
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Lotus 47 | 178 | ||
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20th | S 2.0 | 75 |
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Lotus Elan | |||
21st | S 2.0 | 74 |
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MGB | |||
22nd | S + 2.0 | 58 |
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Austin-Healey 3000 | |||
23 | S 2.0 | 76 |
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Lotus Elan | |||
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24 | P + 2.0 | 5 |
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Lola T70 Mk.3 GT | 179 | ||
25th | S + 2.0 | 56 |
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Ferrari 250LM | 175 | ||
26th | P 2.0 | 26th |
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Chevron B6 | 172 | ||
27 | P + 2.0 | 2 |
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Lola T70 Mk.3 GT | 171 | ||
28 | P 2.0 | 24 |
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Porsche 910 | 144 | ||
29 | P + 2.0 | 3 |
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Mirage M1 | 87 | ||
30th | P + 2.0 | 4th |
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Lola T70 Mk.3 GT | 60 | ||
31 | P 2.0 | 32 |
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Lotus 47 | 56 | ||
32 | P + 2.0 | 10 |
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Porsche 910 2.2 | 27 | ||
33 | P 2.0 | 31 |
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Abarth 2000 OT | 18th | ||
34 | S + 2.0 | 51 |
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Ford GT40 | 10 | ||
35 | P 2.0 | 28 |
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Chevron B5 | 1 | ||
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36 | S + 2.0 | 54 |
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Ford GT40 | 1 | ||
37 | S + 2.0 | 60 |
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Ferrari 250LM | 2 | ||
38 | P + 2.0 | T |
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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 |
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39 | P 2.0 | 21st |
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Alfa Romeo T33 |
40 | P 2.0 | 22nd |
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Alfa Romeo T33 |
41 | P 2.0 | 23 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 |
42 | S 2.0 | 77 |
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Porsche 904 GTS |
43 | S 2.0 | 78 |
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Lotus Elan |
Class winner
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
Web links
Previous race Mugello 500 km race in 1967 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor race Coppa Cittá di Enna 1967 |