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1966 Border 100
1966 ACF GP
1965 British GP
1966 British GP
1966 Governor General Cup
1966 Dutch GP
1967 British GP
XIX
RAC British Grand Prix
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Saturday 16 July 1966
Start time
14:00
Event
British GP
Circuit
Brands Hatch
Event Format
Race of 80 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#4 of
9
in 1966
#145 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
80
Circuit Perimeter
4265 m
Race Distance
4265 × 80 = 341.200 km
Grid Format
3-2-3-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Overcast, Wet
Participants
Entries
20
Qualifiers
20
Finishers
11
Debutants
Chris Irwin
(
Driver
),
Chris Lawrence
(
Driver
),
Pearce
(
Car Manufacturer
),
Shannon
(
Car Manufacturer
),
Pearce T73
(
Car Model
),
Shannon SH1
(
Car Model
),
Aiden Jones/Paul Emery
(
Entrant
),
J.A. Pearce Engineering
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Goodyear
– 1st Pole Position (
Tyre Manufacturer
)
Repco
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Repco
– 1st Pole Position (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Records Broken
1.
Highest 11th Place Finish Ratio
–
Pearce
(
100.00%
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Cooper
(
105
),
2.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Bruce McLaren
(
36
),
3.
Most 11th Place Qualifications
–
Cooper
(
25
)
World Championship standings
1
Jack Brabham
21
2
Jochen Rindt
11
3
Denny Hulme
10
Lorenzo Bandini
10
5
John Surtees
9
Jackie Stewart
9
7
Graham Hill
8
8
Mike Parkes
6
9
Bob Bondurant
3
Jim Clark
3
11
Dan Gurney
2
Richie Ginther
2
13
Bruce McLaren
1
John Taylor
1
1
Brabham
/
Repco
21
2
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
21
3
BRM
/
BRM
13
4
Cooper
/
Maserati
11
5
Lotus
/
Climax
3
6
Eagle
/
Climax
2
7
Brabham
/
BRM
1
McLaren
/
Serenissima
1
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 5
Car 5
Car 5
Entrant
Brabham Racing Organisation
Brabham Racing Organisation
Brabham Racing Organisation
Driver
Jack Brabham
Jack Brabham
Jack Brabham
Car
Brabham
BT19
Brabham
BT19
Brabham
BT19
Engine
Repco
3.0 V8
Repco
3.0 V8
Repco
3.0 V8
Time
2:13'13.4
1'34.5
1'37.0
Speed
153.667 km/h
162.476 km/h
158.289 km/h
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