1967 German Grand Prix

 1967 German Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 11 races of the 1967 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXIX Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	August 6, 1967
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	342.525 km in 15 laps of 22.835 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Jim Clark	lotus
Time:	8: 04.1 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Dan Gurney	eagle
Time:	8: 15.1 min
Podium
First:	Denis Hulme	Brabham
Second:	Jack Brabham	Brabham
Third:	Chris Amon	Ferrari

The 1967 German Grand Prix took place on August 6th at the Nürburgring and was the seventh race of the 1967 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

BRM engineer Tony Rudd in the paddock

As in most previous years, the Grand Prix took place from Germany in the 1967 season on the approximately 22.8 km long Nordschleife of Nurburgring, instead, by far the longest stretch of the race calendar.

In order to reduce the speed of the cars in the area of ​​the pits for safety reasons, the so-called Hohenrain chicane was built into the track in front of the home straight. Nevertheless, given the rapid development of Formula 1 racing cars over the past twelve months, hardly anyone expected longer lap times than in the previous year.

Since only 15 laps had to be completed due to the length of the track, the field was increased by a few Formula 2 participants, as in the previous year , in order to offer the spectators more entertainment. These included Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver, two aspiring young drivers who became well-known Formula 1 drivers in the years that followed.

Hubert Hahne made a guest start this weekend in a Lola BMW , which despite its two-liter engine was not registered for Formula 2 but for Formula 1 and was theoretically eligible for points.

For the first time, German television broadcast a Formula 1 race in color.

training

Jim Clark drove the fastest training lap, more than nine seconds faster than second-placed Denis Hulme . Clark undercut his own pole time of the previous year by more than twelve seconds, despite the added braking chicane.

Graham Hill had an accident in the Fuchsröhre section during the final training session. With a locking wheel he went off the track and damaged his Lotus considerably. Hill got out of the car unharmed.

Guy Ligier had a serious accident in the Hatzenbach section during Friday practice. He went off the track and overturned. He suffered a broken ankle and a knee injury.

Jacky Ickx caused a sensation when he achieved the third-best training time with his Formula 2 car. However, since the Formula 2 participants were placed behind the Formula 1 cars on the grid, he was only assigned 18th place on the grid. Instead, the fourth-fastest Jackie Stewart got third on the front row alongside Clark and Hulme and fifth-fastest Dan Gurney .

Bruce McLaren , John Surtees and Jack Brabham formed the second row .

run

Jim Clark immediately took the lead. His team-mate Graham Hill , who only started the race from 13th on the grid after his training accident, got onto the grass next to the track, spun and fell back to the end of the field.

For three laps, Clark led the race ahead of Hulme and Gurney, before slowing down significantly due to a damage to the suspension and finally having to retire. Gurney then took the lead in front of Hulme and Brabham. Behind fourth-placed Stewart, Jacky Ickx, who had fought his way up to fifth position in his Formula 2 car, impressed again. After Stewart retired due to a gearbox failure, he was even briefly in fourth place before Chris Amon overtook him. A suspension damage to Ickx's car in the twelfth lap ultimately prevented an even greater sensation.

When Gurney retired two laps before the end due to a broken drive shaft, the way was clear for the second win of the season for world championship leader Denis Hulme. Behind them, Brabham crossed the finish line just half a second ahead of Amon.

Formula 2 driver Jackie Oliver came in fifth. However, since he was not entitled to points, Joakim Bonnier and Guy Ligier moved up in the ranking.

For the first time since the 1961 Italian Grand Prix , there was no British driver on the podium.

Registration lists

formula 1

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Brabham Racing Organization	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT24	Repco 740 3.0 V8	G
	2	Denis Hulme
Team Lotus	3	Jim Clark	Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	4th	Graham Hill
Cooper Car Company	5	Jochen Rindt	Cooper T86	Maserati 10 / F1 3.0 V12	F.
	6th	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper T81
Honda Racing	7th	John Surtees	Honda RA273	Honda RA273E 3.0 V12	F.
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	8th	Chris Amon	Ferrari 312	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12	F.
Anglo American Racers	9	Dan Gurney	Eagle T1G	Weslake 58 3.0 V12	G
	10	Bruce McLaren
Owen Racing Organization	11	Jackie Stewart	BRM P115	BRM P75 3.0 H16	G
	12	Mike Spence	BRM P83
Rob Walker Racing	14th	Jo Siffert	Cooper T81	Maserati 9 / F1 3.0 V12	F.
Guy Ligier	15th	Guy Ligier	Brabham BT20	Repco 620 3.0 V8	F.
Joakim Bonnier Racing Team	16	Joakim Bonnier	Cooper T81	Maserati 9 / F1 3.0 V12	F.
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG	17th	Hubert Hahne	Lola T100	BMW M10 2.0 L4	D.
Reg Parnell Racing	18th	Chris Irwin	BRM P83	BRM P75 3.0 H16	F.

Formula 2

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gerhard Mitter	20th	Gerhard Mitter	Brabham BT23	Ford-Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	D.
Roy Winkelmann Racing	22nd	Alan Rees			?
Ecurie Ford-France	23	Jo Schlesser	Matra MS5		D.
Lotus Components Ltd.	24	Jackie Oliver	Lotus 48		F.
Ron Harris Racing Team	25th	Brian Hart	Protos F2		?
	26th	Kurt Ahrens
Lola Cars Ltd.	27	David Hobbs	Lola T100	BMW M10 2.0 L4	F.
	28	Brian Redman		Ford-Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4
Ken Tyrrell Racing	29	Jacky Ickx	Matra MS7		D.

Classifications

Formula 1 qualification

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jim Clark	Lotus Ford	8: 04.1	169.812 km / h	01
02	Denis Hulme	Brabham-Repco	8: 13.5	166.578 km / h	02
04th	Jackie Stewart	BRM	8: 15.2	166.006 km / h	03
05	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	8: 17.7	165.172 km / h	04th
06th	Bruce McLaren	Eagle-Weslake	8: 17.7	165.172 km / h	05
07th	John Surtees	Honda	8: 18.2	165.006 km / h	06th
08th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	8: 18.9	164.775 km / h	07th
09	Chris Amon	Ferrari	8: 20.4	164.281 km / h	08th
10	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Maserati	8: 20.9	164.117 km / h	09
11	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper Maserati	8: 22.2	163.692 km / h	10
12	Mike Spence	BRM	8: 26.5	162.302 km / h	11
13	Jo Siffert	Cooper Maserati	8: 31.4	160.747 km / h	12
14th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	8: 31.7	160.653 km / h	13
15th	Hubert Hahne	Lola-BMW	8: 32.8	160.308 km / h	14th
19th	Chris Irwin	BRM	8: 41.6	157.604 km / h	15th
21st	Joakim Bonnier	Cooper Maserati	8: 47.8	155.752 km / h	16
25th	Guy Ligier	Brabham-Repco	9: 14.4	148.279 km / h	17th

Qualification Formula 2

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
03	Jacky Ickx	Matra Ford	8: 14.0	166.409 km / h	18th
16	Jackie Oliver	Lotus Ford	8: 37.9	158.729 km / h	19th
17th	Alan Rees	Brabham-Ford	8: 39.8	158.149 km / h	20th
18th	Jo Schlesser	Matra Ford	8: 40.6	157.906 km / h	21st
20th	David Hobbs	Lola-BMW	8: 46.2	156.226 km / h	22nd
22nd	Kurt Ahrens	Protos-Ford	8: 47.8	155.752 km / h	23
23	Gerhard Mitter	Brabham-Ford	8: 52.6	154.348 km / h	24
24	Brian Hart	Protos-Ford	8: 59.7	152.318 km / h	25th
26th	Brian Redman	Lola Ford	9: 59.7	142.318 km / h	DNS

run

Item	Cat.	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	F1	Denis Hulme	Brabham-Ford	15th	0	2: 05: 55.7	02	8: 19.2
02	F1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	15th	0	+ 38.5	07th	8: 20.9
03	F1	Chris Amon	Ferrari	15th	0	+ 39.0	08th	8: 21.1
04th	F1	John Surtees	Honda	15th	0	+ 2: 25.7	06th	8: 27.1
05	F2	Jackie Oliver	Lotus Ford	15th		+ 5: 30.7	19th
06th	F1	Joakim Bonnier	Cooper Maserati	15th	0	+ 8: 42.1	16	8: 49.6
07th	F2	Alan Rees	Brabham-Ford	15th		+ 8: 47.9	20th
08th	F1	Guy Ligier	Brabham-Repco	14th	0	+ 1 lap	17th	8: 56.9
09	F1	Chris Irwin	BRM	13	3	+ 2 rounds	15th	8: 46.4
10	F2	David Hobbs	Lola-BMW	13		+ 2 rounds	22nd
11	F1	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper Maserati	13	0	+ 2 rounds	10	8: 29.0
-	F1	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	12	0	DNF	04th	8: 15.1	broken drive shaft
-	F2	Jacky Ickx	Matra Ford	12		DNF	18th		Suspension damage
-	F2	Brian Hart	Protos-Ford	12		NC	25th		Unrated
-	F1	Jo Siffert	Cooper Maserati	12	1	DNF	12	8: 34.4	defective fuel pump
-	F1	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	08th	0	DNF	13	8: 36.0	Suspension damage
-	F1	Hubert Hahne	Lola-BMW	06th	0	DNF	14th	8: 23.3	Suspension damage
-	F1	Jackie Stewart	BRM	05	0	DNF	03	8: 23.2	Differential damage
-	F1	Jim Clark	Lotus Ford	04th	0	DNF	01	8: 22.5	Suspension damage
-	F1	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Maserati	04th	0	DNF	09	8: 29.6	defective steering
-	F2	Kurt Ahrens	Protos-Ford	04th		DNF	23		defective water cooler
-	F1	Bruce McLaren	Eagle-Weslake	03	0	DNF	05	8: 24.5	Oil loss
-	F1	Mike Spence	BRM	03	0	DNF	11	8: 39.5	Differential damage
-	F2	Jo Schlesser	Matra Ford	02		DNF	21st		Engine failure
-	F2	Gerhard Mitter	Brabham-Ford	00		DNF	24		Engine failure

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 37 02  Jack Brabham Brabham 25th 03  Chris Amon Ferrari 19th 04th  Jim Clark lotus 19th 05  Pedro Rodríguez cooper 14th 06th  Jackie Stewart BRM 10 07th  Dan Gurney eagle 9 08th  John Surtees Honda 8th 09  Graham Hill lotus 6th 10  John Love cooper 6th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Bruce McLaren McLaren 3 12  Jochen Rindt cooper 3 13  Jo Siffert cooper 3 14th  Mike Spence BRM 3 15th  Bob Anderson Brabham 2 16  Mike Parkes Ferrari 2 17th  Joakim Bonnier cooper 2 18th  Chris Irwin BRM 2 19th  Guy Ligier Brabham 1 20th  Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brabham 42 02  cooper 21st 03  lotus 19th 04th  Ferrari 19th

Item constructor Points 05  BRM 11 06th  eagle 9 07th  Honda 8th 08th  McLaren 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2014 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)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on September 10, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2014 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

Commons : Grand Prix of Germany 1967  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• YouTube: 1967 F1 Grand Prix of Germany (color documentary / English)