1966 Mexican Grand Prix
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The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca on 23 October 1966. It was race 9 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the fifth Mexican Grand Prix[1] and the first to be run under the new three-litre Formula.[2] It was held over 65 laps of the 5 km (3.1 mi) circuit for a race distance of 325 km (202 mi).
1966 Mexican Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | October 23, 1966 | ||
Official name | V 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) | ||
Weather | Warm, clear | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Cooper-Maserati | ||
Time | 1:53.18 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Richie Ginther | Honda | |
Time | 1:53.75 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Cooper-Maserati | ||
Second | Brabham-Repco | ||
Third | Brabham-Repco | ||
Lap leaders |
The race was won by British driver John Surtees driving a Cooper T81-Maserati, his first victory since leaving Scuderia Ferrari to join Cooper. Surtees led home reigning world champion Australian owner-driver Jack Brabham, driving a Brabham BT20-Repco,[3] by eight seconds. A lap down in third place, also driving a Brabham BT20, was Brabham's teammate New Zealander Denny Hulme.
Surtees's victory promoted him to second place in the championship, vaulting past Austrian driver Jochen Rindt of the Cooper works team.