1966 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

Monaco  1966 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 9 in the 1966 Formula One season
Date May 22, 1966
Official name XXIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street Circuit
Course length 3.145 km (1.954 mi)
Distance 100 laps, 314.500 km (195.400 mi)
Weather Overcast, Mild, Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:29.9
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari
Time 1:29.8
Podium
First BRM
Second Ferrari
Third BRM

The 1966 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on May 22, 1966. It was the opening round of the 1966 World Championship of Drivers, the first of a new era for Formula One, the 'return to power' as engine regulations were altered from 1.5 litres of maximum engine displacement to 3.0 litres. It was the 24th Monaco Grand Prix.

The race was won by British driver Jackie Stewart driving a BRM P261. He took a forty-second victory over the Ferrari 246 of Italian driver Lorenzo Bandini. It was Stewart's second Grand Prix victory after winning the Italian Grand Prix the previous year. Stewart's team mate, fellow Briton Graham Hill finished a lap down in third position in his BRM P261. The only other driver to be classified as a finisher was American driver Bob Bondurant driving a BRM P261 entered privately by Team Chamaco Collect.

Race report

The first race of the new 3-litre engine series began in Monaco. Few teams were ready for the new regulations with several teams starting the race with 1965 engines still in place, or had adapted heavier sports car racing engines to suit.

Some sessions were filmed for the movie Grand Prix. It was the debut race of the McLaren racing team, and the Repco V8 in the back of Brabhams new 1966 BT19 chassis. The McLaren team debuted not in New Zealand's traditional racing colours of green, black and silver, but instead in white and green in order for Grand Prix director John Frankenheimer to be able to use the McLaren as a double for the fictional Yamura cars in the film.[1] John Surtees, still recovering from a crash at Mosport Park led for 14 laps from Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt and Denny Hulme until his differential broke, handing the lead to Stewart. Hulme retired whilst Graham Hill and Jim Clark disputed third place before Clark's suspension gave out. Meanwhile, Lorenzo Bandini was smashing the lap record before having to ease off to prevent the front brakes wearing out. Stewart won from Bandini with Graham Hill third and Bob Bondurant fourth the only other car past the line in a race of extreme attrition. New rules meant that cars had to complete 90% of the race distance to be classified and eligible for points, meaning that whilst Guy Ligier and Jo Bonnier were still racing, they were considered far enough behind to have actually retired. To this day, this race holds the record for having the fewest classified finishers in a single race in Formula One history.

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM 100 2:33:10.5 3 9
2 16 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 100 + 40.2 5 6
3 11 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 99 + 1 lap 4 4
4 19 United States Bob Bondurant BRM 95 + 5 laps 16 3
Ret 9 United States Richie Ginther Cooper-Maserati 80 Transmission 9
NC 21 France Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 75 Not Classified 15
NC 18 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 73 Not Classified 14
Ret 4 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 60 Suspension 1
Ret 10 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 56 Engine 7
Ret 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM 35 Clutch 13
Ret 6 United Kingdom Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 34 Suspension 12
Ret 7 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 17 Gearbox 11
Ret 17 United Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 16 Transmission 2
Ret 8 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Climax 15 Transmission 6
Ret 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 9 Oil Leak 10
Ret 15 United Kingdom Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 3 Engine 8
Source:[2]

Lap leaders

John Surtees (laps 1–14), Jackie Stewart (15–100)

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 9
2 Italy Lorenzo Bandini 6
3 United Kingdom Graham Hill 4
4 United States Bob Bondurant 3

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 United Kingdom BRM 9
2 Italy Ferrari 6

References

  1. "Action! McLaren at the movies". McLaren. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. "1966 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
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