1966 Trophée Craven 'A'

The Trophée Craven ‘A’, was the fifth round of the 1966 Trophées de France. This was held on the Bugatti au Mans, located in Le Mans, Maine, France, on 18 September. The following July, the circuit was home to the 1967 French Grand Prix, of which all three drivers on the podium that afternoon; Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme and Jackie Stewart, raced in this event.[1][2]

Report

Entry

Despite the continued domination by the Brabham Racing Developments team, a total of 22 F2 cars were entered for the event. However, five cars did not arrive for qualifying.[1]

Qualifying

Jack Brabham took pole position for the Brabham Racing Developments team, in a Brabham-Cosworth BT21, averaging a speed of 94.007 mph, around the 4,400 metre course.[1]

Race

The race was held over 60 laps of the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. Denny Hulme took the winner's spoils for works Brabham team, driving their Brabham-Honda BT18. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 47:27.8mins., averaging a speed of 91.590 mph. Around 42 seconds behind was the second place car, driven by Frenchman, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, for the Matra Sports team in their Cosworth powered Matra MS5. The podium was completed by the second Frenchman, Eric Offenstadt, in a Lotus 44 of Ron Harris – Team Lotus, albeit one lap down.[1]

Classification

Race Result

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 4 New Zealand Denis Hulme Brabham Racing Developments Brabham-Honda BT18 1hr 47:27.8
2nd 18 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra Sport Matra-Cosworth MS5 1hr 48:19.8
3rd 10 France Eric Offenstadt Ron Harris - Team Lotus Lotus-Cosworth 44 59
4th 14 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell Racing Organisation Matra-Cosworth MS5 59
5th 38 United Kingdom Richard Attwood Midland Racing Partnership Lola-Cosworth T61 58
6th 6 United Kingdom Jim Clark Ron Harris - Team Lotus Lotus-Cosworth 44 55
DNF 8 United Kingdom Peter Arundell Ron Harris - Team Lotus Lotus-Cosworth 44 50 fuel injection
DNF 24 Austria Jochen Rindt Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT18 38 Throttle linkage
DNF 12 United Kingdom Graham Hill John Coombs Matra-BRM MS5 25 Camshaft
DNF 16 Belgium Jacky Ickx Tyrrell Racing Organisation Matra-BRM MS5 22 Electrical
DNF 40 France Jean Guichet Eric Offenstadt Lola-BRM T60 8 Piston
DNF 2 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Developments Brabham-Cosworth BT21 5 Engine
DNF 20 France Jo Schlesser Matra Sports Matra-Cosworth MS5 3 Gearbox
DNF 30 United Kingdom Bob Anderson Bob Gerard – Cooper Racing Cooper-Cosworth T82 0 Accident
DNF 36 United Kingdom David Hobbs Midland Racing Partnership Lola-Cosworth T60 0 Accident
DNF 26 United Kingdom Alan Rees Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT18 0 Accident
DNF 28 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Aurora Gear Racing Brabham-Cosworth BT16 0 Accident
Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Formula 2 1966 - Le Mans Bugatti". Formula2.net. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  2. "Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website". Formula1.com. 1967-07-02. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  3. Tristan Wood, “Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing” (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)
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