1967 Syracuse Grand Prix

The 16th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 21 May 1967 at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was run over 56 laps of the circuit, and finished in an extremely unusual dead heat between British driver Mike Parkes and his team-mate Ludovico Scarfiotti in their Ferrari 312s.

1967 Syracuse Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1967 Formula One season
Race details
Date	21 May 1967
Official name	XVI Gran Premio di Siracusa
Location	Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily
Course	Temporary road circuit
Course length	5.598 km (3.478 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 313.475 km (194.784 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Mike Parkes	Ferrari
Time	1:41.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari
Time	1:41.0
Podium
First	Mike Parkes Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari Ferrari
Second	- (Dead heat)	-
Third	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati

The event attracted a very small entry, and this was the last Syracuse Grand Prix to be held as a Formula One event.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Mike Parkes	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	1.40:58.4	1
	Ludovico Scarfiotti	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	+ 0.0 s	2
3	Jo Siffert	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Maserati	54 laps	3
4	Chris Irwin	Reg Parnell (Racing)	Lotus-BRM	53 laps	7
5	Jo Bonnier	Ecurie Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati	53 laps	5
Ret	Mike Spence	Reg Parnell (Racing)	BRM	Oil pressure	4
Ret	Silvio Moser	Fritz Baumann	Cooper-ATS	Clutch	6
DNS	Jo Schlesser	Ford (France)	Matra-Cosworth	Accident in practice	(8)
WD	Guy Ligier	Guy Ligier	Cooper-Maserati		-
WD	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham-Climax		-
WD	David Hobbs	Bernard White Racing	BRM		-
WD	André Wicky	André Wicky	Cooper-Porsche		-

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• Race results at www.silhouet.com
• Race results at www.f1-images.de

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