1967 Belgian Grand Prix

 1967 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 11 races of the 1967 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXVII Grand Prix de Belgique
Date:	June 18, 1967
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	394.8 km in 28 laps of 14.1 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Jim Clark	lotus
Time:	3: 28.1 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Dan Gurney	eagle
Time:	3: 31.9 min
Podium
First:	Dan Gurney	eagle
Second:	Jackie Stewart	BRM
Third:	Chris Amon	Ferrari

The 1967 Belgian Grand Prix took place on June 18 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and was the fourth race of the 1967 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

A field of drivers that has only changed slightly since the last World Championship race competed in the Belgian Grand Prix on the then high-speed circuit of Spa-Francorchamps.

After five GP appearances in the previous year, Guy Ligier competed for the first time in the current season with his private Cooper T81 .

training

Two weeks after the victory of the first use Lotus 49 by Jim Clark at the Dutch Grand Prix was a little surprised the experts when Clark again the pole position with a lead of about three seconds ahead of Dan Gurney reached, the weekend before the 24 - Le Mans hour race . With Graham Hill , the second factory Lotus also reached the front row.

Ferrari driver Chris Amon shared the second row with Cooper factory driver Jochen Rindt . It was followed by Jackie Stewart , Jack Brabham and Mike Parkes .

Due to handling problems in the second Brabham factory, Denis Hulme only achieved 14th place on the grid.

run

While Jim Clark, one of the two Lotus works drivers, was able to convert the start from the front row into a lead, Graham Hill's second works car was initially unable to start due to a weak battery. Hill had to start the race from the pits. Since Gurney interconnected at the start, Rindt, Stewart and Parkes were initially the pursuers of the leading Clark.

Towards the end of the first lap, Parkes ran into an oil spill and had a serious accident on the fast Blanchimont corner. The leg injuries suffered in the process sealed the end of his racing career. As a test driver and engineer, however, he stayed with Ferrari for several years.

After Rindt fell back slightly, Stewart moved up to second place, followed by Amon and Gurney, who was increasingly catching up to the top.

After the twelfth lap, Clark and Gurney headed for the pits at the same time. Gurney did not stop, but merely informed his pit crew of an impending defect. He returned to the track in second place behind Stewart, 15 seconds behind. After a short repair, Clark returned to seventh place.

Towards the end of the race, Stewart started having gear shift problems. He had to hold the gearshift lever in its respective position and could therefore only steer with one hand. Gurney benefited from this handicap, taking the lead in the 21st round and ultimately winning by over a minute.

It was Gurney's fourth and final Grand Prix win and the only one of his own Eagle team.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	1	Chris Amon	Ferrari 312	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12	F.
	2	Ludovico Scarfiotti
	3	Mike Parkes		Ferrari 218 3.0 V12
Honda Racing	7th	John Surtees	Honda RA273	Honda RA273E 3.0 V12	F.
Owen Racing Organization	12	Mike Spence	BRM P83	BRM P75 3.0 H16	G
	14th	Jackie Stewart
Reg Parnell Racing	17th	Chris Irwin	BRM P261	BRM P56 2.0 V8	F.
DW Racing Enterprises	19th	Bob Anderson	Brabham BT11	Climax FPF 2.8 L4	F.
Team Lotus	21st	Jim Clark	Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	22nd	Graham Hill
Brabham Racing Organization	25th	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT24	Repco 740 3.0 V8	G
	26th	Denis Hulme	Brabham BT19
Cooper Car Company	29	Jochen Rindt	Cooper T81B	Maserati 10 / F1 3.0 V12	F.
	30th	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper T81	Maserati 9 / F1 3.0 V12
Guy Ligier	32	Guy Ligier			D.
Rob Walker Racing	34	Jo Siffert			F.
Anglo American Racers	36	Dan Gurney	Eagle T1G	Weslake 58 3.0 V12	G
Joakim Bonnier Racing Team	39	Joakim Bonnier	Cooper T81	Maserati 9 / F1 3.0 V12	F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Ford	3: 28.1	243.921 km / h	01
02	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	3: 31.2	240.341 km / h	02
03	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	3: 32.9	238.422 km / h	03
04th	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Maserati	3: 34.3	236.864 km / h	04th
05	Chris Amon	Ferrari	3: 34.3	236.864 km / h	05
06th	Jackie Stewart	BRM	3: 34.8	236.313 km / h	06th
07th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	3: 35.0	236.093 km / h	07th
08th	Mike Parkes	Ferrari	3: 36.6	234.349 km / h	08th
09	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	3: 37.7	233.165 km / h	09
10	John Surtees	Honda	3: 38.4	232.418 km / h	10
11	Mike Spence	BRM	3: 38.5	232.311 km / h	11
12	Joakim Bonnier	Cooper Maserati	3: 39.1	231.675 km / h	12
13	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper Maserati	3: 39.5	231.253 km / h	13
14th	Denis Hulme	Brabham-Repco	3: 40.3	230.413 km / h	14th
15th	Chris Irwin	BRM	3: 44.4	226.203 km / h	15th
16	Jo Siffert	Cooper Maserati	3: 45.4	225,200 km / h	16
17th	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	3: 49.5	221.176 km / h	17th
18th	Guy Ligier	Cooper Maserati	4: 01.2	210.448 km / h	18th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	28	1	1: 40: 49.4	02	3: 31.9
02	Jackie Stewart	BRM	28	0	+1: 03.0	06th	3: 34.2
03	Chris Amon	Ferrari	28	0	+1: 40.0	05	3: 35.9
04th	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Maserati	28	0	+ 2: 13.9	04th	3: 37.1
05	Mike Spence	BRM	27	0	+ 1 lap	11	3: 41.5
06th	Jim Clark	Lotus Ford	27	2	+ 1 lap	01	3: 33.0
07th	Jo Siffert	Cooper Maserati	27	0	+ 1 lap	16	3: 49.1
08th	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	26th	0	+ 2 rounds	17th	3: 53.3
09	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper Maserati	25th	0	DNF	13	3: 37.5	Engine failure
10	Guy Ligier	Cooper Maserati	25th	0	+ 3 rounds	18th	3: 52.9
-	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	24	1	NC	09	3: 38.8	Unrated
-	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	15th	0	DNF	07th	3: 36.7	Engine failure
-	Denis Hulme	Brabham-Repco	14th	0	DNF	14th	3: 40.4	Engine failure
-	Joakim Bonnier	Cooper Maserati	10	0	DNF	12	3: 42.9	Engine failure
-	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	03	2	DNF	03	4: 38.3	Clutch damage
-	John Surtees	Honda	01	0	DNF	10	4: 31.6	Engine failure
-	Chris Irwin	BRM	01	0	DNF	15th	6: 09.6	Engine failure
-	Mike Parkes	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	08th	-	accident

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Denis Hulme Brabham 16 02  Chris Amon Ferrari 11 03  Pedro Rodríguez cooper 11 04th  Jim Clark lotus 10 05  Dan Gurney eagle 9 06th  Jack Brabham Brabham 7th 07th  Graham Hill lotus 6th 08th  Jackie Stewart BRM 6th

Item driver constructor Points 09  John Love cooper 6th 10  John Surtees Honda 4th 11  Jochen Rindt cooper 3 12  Mike Spence BRM 3 13  Bruce McLaren McLaren 3 14th  Bob Anderson Brabham 2 15th  Mike Parkes Ferrari 2 16  Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brabham 18th 02  cooper 14th 03  Ferrari 11 04th  lotus 10

Item constructor Points 05  eagle 9 06th  BRM 7th 07th  Honda 4th 08th  McLaren 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 10, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on September 10, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 10, 2011)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website