1967 French Grand Prix

 1967 French Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 11 races of the 1967 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	LIII Grand Prix de l ' ACF
Date:	2nd July 1967
Place:	Le Mans
Course:	Circuit Bugatti
Length:	353.76 km in 80 laps of 4.422 km
Weather:	dry and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Graham Hill	lotus
Time:	1: 36.2 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Graham Hill	lotus
Time:	1: 36.7 min
Podium
First:	Jack Brabham	Brabham
Second:	Denis Hulme	Brabham
Third:	Jackie Stewart	BRM

The 1967 French Grand Prix took place on July 2 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans and was the fifth race of the 1967 World Cup .

Reports

background

The then new Circuit Bugatti was chosen as the venue for the French Grand Prix in 1967, which included the famous start / finish straight as well as the first long right-hand bend of the circuit, which is used in the 24-hour race of Le Mans . The rest of the route consisted of a series of mostly tight turns, which resulted in a relatively low average speed. Since the course was not popular with either the drivers or the spectators, the track was only used this once for a Grand Prix.

training

About a month after the first victory of the Lotus 49 , Graham Hill drove the car into pole position again. The car was fast, but still very unreliable over the race distance.

The reigning world champion Jack Brabham and the winner of the previous World Championship round in Belgium , Dan Gurney , also qualified for the front row of three cars. Hill's team-mate Jim Clark followed alongside Bruce McLaren , who this weekend did not compete in his own car, but with a second Eagle as a team-mate of Dan Gurney. The third row on the grid was made up of Denis Hulme in the second works Brabham , Chris Amon in the only Ferrari that raced that weekend, and Cooper works driver Jochen Rindt .

run

Hill finished the first lap in the lead before Brabham overtook him. A lap later, Clark passed Gurney. The two Lotus works cars then gradually caught up with the reigning world champion.

In the fifth lap, Clark took the lead and Hill completed a double lead for the Lotus team . Hill briefly took the lead on the eleventh lap before he had to retire due to a differential damage. Nine laps later, Clark was prevented from continuing the race because of the same problem, so that Brabham regained the lead without a fight. Gurney and Amon were now his closest pursuers, with Hulme overtaking the Ferrari a little later and taking third place. When Gurney had to retire on lap 40 due to a problem with the fuel supply, Brabham took a one-two lead, which ultimately held up to the finish.

Amon was unable to hold third place due to a problem with the throttle linkage. As Pedro Rodríguez also retired due to technical reasons, Jackie Stewart finally reached the podium. Chris Irwin in the privately entered BRM P83 of the Reg Parnell Racing Team only lost fourth place in the fourth from last lap to Jo Siffert, who was also competing in a non-factory-supported car . Despite the failure, he was still classified fifth due to the distance covered.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	2	Chris Amon	Ferrari 312	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12	F.
Brabham Racing Organization	3	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT24	Repco 740 3.0 V8	G
	4th	Denis Hulme
Team Lotus	6th	Jim Clark	Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	7th	Graham Hill
Anglo American Racers	8th	Bruce McLaren	Eagle T1G	Weslake 58 3.0 V12	G
	9	Dan Gurney
Owen Racing Organization	10	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	BRM P60 2.1 V8	G
	11	Mike Spence	BRM P83	BRM P75 3.0 H16
Cooper Car Company	12	Jochen Rindt	Cooper T81B	Maserati 10 / F1 3.0 V12	F.
	14th	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper T81	Maserati 9 / F1 3.0 V12
Reg Parnell Racing	15th	Chris Irwin	BRM P83	BRM P75 3.0 H16	F.
Guy Ligier	16	Guy Ligier	Cooper T81	Maserati 9 / F1 3.0 V12	D.
DW Racing Enterprises	17th	Bob Anderson	Brabham BT11	Climax FPF 2.8 L4	F.
Rob Walker Racing	18th	Jo Siffert	Cooper T81	Maserati 9 / F1 3.0 V12	F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 36.2	165.480 km / h	01
02	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	1: 36.3	165.308 km / h	02
03	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	1: 37.0	164.115 km / h	03
04th	Jim Clark	Lotus Ford	1: 37.5	163.274 km / h	04th
05	Bruce McLaren	Eagle-Weslake	1: 37.6	163.107 km / h	05
06th	Denis Hulme	Brabham-Repco	1: 37.9	162.607 km / h	06th
07th	Chris Amon	Ferrari	1: 38.0	162.441 km / h	07th
08th	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Maserati	1: 38.9	160.963 km / h	08th
09	Chris Irwin	BRM	1: 39.4	160.153 km / h	09
10	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1: 39.6	159.831 km / h	10
11	Jo Siffert	Cooper Maserati	1: 40.1	159.033 km / h	11
12	Mike Spence	BRM	1: 40.3	158.716 km / h	12
13	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper Maserati	1: 40.5	158.400 km / h	13
14th	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	1: 44.9	151.756 km / h	14th
15th	Guy Ligier	Cooper Maserati	1: 45.2	151.323 km / h	15th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	80	0	2: 13: 21.3	02	1: 38.1
02	Denis Hulme	Brabham-Repco	80	0	+ 49.5	06th	1: 38.9
03	Jackie Stewart	BRM	79	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 39.5
04th	Jo Siffert	Cooper Maserati	77	0	+ 3 rounds	11	1: 42.2
05	Chris Irwin	BRM	76	0	DNF	09	1: 41.4	Engine failure
06th	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper Maserati	76	1	+ 4 rounds	13	1: 37.9
-	Guy Ligier	Cooper Maserati	68	1	NC	15th	1: 47.6	Unrated
-	Chris Amon	Ferrari	47	0	DNF	07th	1: 38.8	defective throttle linkage
-	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	40	0	DNF	03	1: 38.0	defective fuel pump
-	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Maserati	33	0	DNF	08th	1: 39.5	Engine failure
-	Bruce McLaren	Eagle-Weslake	26th	0	DNF	05	1: 39.7	defective ignition
-	Jim Clark	Lotus Ford	23	0	DNF	04th	1: 36.9	Differential damage
-	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	16	0	DNF	14th	1: 42.6	defective ignition
-	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	13	0	DNF	01	1: 36.7	Differential damage
-	Mike Spence	BRM	09	0	DNF	12	1: 40.6	Gearbox damage

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 22nd 02  Jack Brabham Brabham 16 03  Pedro Rodríguez cooper 12 04th  Chris Amon Ferrari 11 05  Jackie Stewart BRM 10 06th  Jim Clark lotus 10 07th  Dan Gurney eagle 9 08th  John Love cooper 6th 09  Graham Hill lotus 6th

Item driver constructor Points 10  John Surtees Honda 4th 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  Chris Irwin BRM 2 18th  Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brabham 27 02  cooper 17th 03  BRM 11 04th  Ferrari 11

Item constructor Points 05  lotus 10 06th  eagle 9 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