1966 Formula One season

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1966 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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Index: Races by country \| Races by season

The 1966 Formula One season was the 17th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on May 22, 1966, and ended on October 23 after nine races.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1966 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1966 Drivers Championship final standings

[edit] Season summary

The season was the first of the '3 litre formula', which saw maximum engine capacity doubled from the previous season.

[edit] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Image:Flag of Monaco (bordered).svg Monaco Grand Prix	May 22	Monaco	Jackie Stewart	BRM	Report
2	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian Grand Prix	June 12	Spa-Francorchamps	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
3	Image:Flag of France.svg French Grand Prix	July 3	Reims-Gueux	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
4	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Grand Prix	July 16	Brands Hatch	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
5	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Grand Prix	July 24	Zandvoort	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
6	Image:Flag of Germany.svg German Grand Prix	August 7	Nürburgring	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
7	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italian Grand Prix	September 4	Monza	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	Report
8	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States Grand Prix	October 2	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-BRM	Report
9	Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexican Grand Prix	October 23	Hermanos Rodriguez	John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati	Report

[edit] 1966 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Points
1	Brabham-Repco	42
2	Ferrari	31
3	Cooper-Maserati	30
4	BRM	22
5	Lotus-BRM	13
6	Lotus-Climax	8
7	Eagle-Climax	4
8	Honda	3
9	McLaren-Ford	2
10	Brabham-Climax	1
11	McLaren-Serenissima	1
12	Brabham-BRM	1
13	Eagle-Weslake	0
14	Shannon-Climax	0
15	Cooper-Ferrari	0

[edit] 1966 Drivers Championship final standings

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Jack Brabham	5	Australia	45	4	5	3
2	John Surtees	7	Britain	28	2	4	2
3	Jochen Rindt	8	Austria	24		3
4	Denny Hulme	6	New Zealand	18		4
5	Graham Hill	3	Britain	17		3
6	Jim Clark	1	Britain	16	1	2	2
7	Jackie Stewart	4	Britain	14	1	1
8	Mike Parkes	4	Britain	12		2	1
9	Lorenzo Bandini	9	Italy	12		2	1
10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	6	Italy	9	1	1
11	Richie Ginther	12	USA	5
12	Mike Spence	18	Britain	4
13	Dan Gurney	15	USA	4
14	Jo Siffert	19	Switzerland	3
15	Bruce McLaren	17	New Zealand	3
16	Bob Bondurant	16	USA	3
17	Peter Arundell	2	Britain	1
18	Bob Anderson	40	Britain	1
19	Jo Bonnier	22	Sweden	1
20	John Taylor	16	USA	1
21	Phil Hill	34	USA
22	Pedro Rodriguez	11	Mexico
23	Moises Solana	18	Mexico
24	Ronnie Bucknum	14	USA
25	Trevor Taylor	12	Britain
26	Guy Ligier	36	France
27	Chris Amon	8	New Zealand
28	Giancarlo Baghetti	44	Italy
29	Geki	20	Italy
30	Chris Lawrence	20	Britain
31	Chris Irwin	7	Britain
32	Innes Ireland	10	Britain