The 1967 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca on 22 October 1967. It was race 11 of 11 in both the 1967 World Championship of Drivers and the 1967 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
| 1967 Mexican Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | October 22, 1967 | ||
| Official name | VI Gran Premio de Mexico | ||
| Location | Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.000 km (3.107 miles) | ||
| Distance | 65 laps, 325.000 km (201.946 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:47.56 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jim Clark | Lotus-Ford | |
| Time | 1:48.13 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second | Brabham-Repco | ||
| Third | Brabham-Repco | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
For the first time in 8 years, two teammates went into the last race with a chance of winning the title. Denny Hulme on 47 points required a fourth-place finish to claim the drivers' title. Jack Brabham with 42 points needed to win the race and for Hulme to finish fifth or lower.
The race was won by over a minute by Jim Clark, driving for Lotus-Ford, despite not being able to use his clutch during almost the entire race.[1] New Zealander Denny Hulme clinched his only World Championship by coming home third, earning the necessary points to edge out teammate and three-time World Champion Jack Brabham.
Classification
editQualifying
edit| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Jim Clark
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:47.56 | — |
| 2 | 9 |  Chris Amon
|
Ferrari | 1:48.04 | +0.48 |
| 3 | 11 |  Dan Gurney
|
Eagle-Weslake | 1:48.10 | +0.54 |
| 4 | 6 | Graham Hill
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:48.74 | +1.18 |
| 5 | 1 |  Jack Brabham
|
Brabham-Repco | 1:49.08 | +1.52 |
| 6 | 2 | Denny Hulme
|
Brabham-Repco | 1:49.46 | +1.90 |
| 7 | 3 | John Surtees
|
Honda | 1:49.80 | +2.24 |
| 8 | 14 | Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren-BRM | 1:50.06 | +2.50 |
| 9 | 18 |  Moisés Solana
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:50.52 | +2.96 |
| 10 | 15 |  Jo Siffert
|
Cooper-Maserati | 1:51.89 | +4.33 |
| 11 | 8 | Mike Spence
|
BRM | 1:52.25 | +4.69 |
| 12 | 7 | Jackie Stewart
|
BRM | 1:52.34 | +4.78 |
| 13 | 21 | Pedro Rodríguez
|
Cooper-Maserati | 1:52.85 | +5.29 |
| 14 | 22 |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra-Ford | 1:53.08 | +5.52 |
| 15 | 17 | Chris Irwin
|
BRM | 1:54.38 | +6.82 |
| 16 | 12 | Jonathan Williams
|
Ferrari | 1:54.80 | +7.24 |
| 17 | 16 |  Jo Bonnier
|
Cooper-Maserati | 1:55.57 | +8.01 |
| 18 | 10 | Mike Fisher
|
Lotus-BRM | 1:57.41 | +9.85 |
| 19 | 19 | Guy Ligier
|
Brabham-Repco | 1:58.45 | +10.89 |
| Source:[2] | |||||
Race
edit| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Jim Clark
|
Lotus-Ford | 65 | 1:59:28.70 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Jack Brabham
|
Brabham-Repco | 65 | +1:25.36 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Denny Hulme
|
Brabham-Repco | 64 | +1 lap | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | John Surtees
|
Honda | 64 | +1 lap | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Mike Spence
|
BRM | 63 | +2 laps | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | Pedro Rodríguez
|
Cooper-Maserati | 63 | +2 laps | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | 22 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra-Ford | 63 | +2 laps | 14 | |
| 8 | 12 | Jonathan Williams
|
Ferrari | 63 | +2 laps | 16 | |
| 9 | 9 | Chris Amon
|
Ferrari | 62 | Out of Fuel | 2 | |
| 10 | 16 | Jo Bonnier
|
Cooper-Maserati | 61 | +4 laps | 17 | |
| 11 | 19 | Guy Ligier
|
Brabham-Repco | 61 | +4 laps | 19 | |
| 12 | 15 | Jo Siffert
|
Cooper-Maserati | 59 | Overheating | 10 | |
| Ret | 14 | Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren-BRM | 45 | Oil Pressure | 8 | |
| Ret | 17 | Chris Irwin
|
BRM | 33 | Oil Leak | 15 | |
| Ret | 7 | Jackie Stewart
|
BRM | 24 | Engine | 12 | |
| Ret | 6 | Graham Hill
|
Lotus-Ford | 18 | Half Shaft | 4 | |
| Ret | 18 | Moisés Solana
|
Lotus-Ford | 12 | Suspension | 9 | |
| Ret | 11 | Dan Gurney
|
Eagle-Weslake | 4 | Radiator | 3 | |
| DNS | 10 | Mike Fisher
|
Lotus-BRM | Fuel System | 18 | ||
Source:[3]
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Notes
edit- This was the only Formula One World Championship start for British driver Jonathan Williams.
- This was the second win of the Mexican Grand Prix by Jim Clark and Lotus, setting a new record.
- This was the tenth Grand Slam (pole position, fastest lap, Grand Prix win) for Jim Clark, breaking the old record set by Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1957 German Grand Prix.
Championship standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results from the first 6 rounds and the best 4 results from the last 5 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References
edit- ^ "Mexico City Formula 1 - 1967". Archived from the original on 2004-02-11.
- ^ "1967 Mexican GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "1967 Mexican Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Mexico 1967 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.