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1967 Mexican Grand Prix

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1967 Mexican Grand Prix
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 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Ford
Time 1:48.13
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Brabham-Repco
Third Brabham-Repco
Lap leaders

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.

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

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 5 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:47.56
2 9 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 1:48.04 +0.48
3 11 United States Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 1:48.10 +0.54
4 6 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:48.74 +1.18
5 1 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:49.08 +1.52
6 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 1:49.46 +1.90
7 3 United Kingdom John Surtees Honda 1:49.80 +2.24
8 14 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-BRM 1:50.06 +2.50
9 18 Mexico Moisés Solana Lotus-Ford 1:50.52 +2.96
10 15 Switzerland Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:51.89 +4.33
11 8 United Kingdom Mike Spence BRM 1:52.25 +4.69
12 7 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM 1:52.34 +4.78
13 21 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 1:52.85 +5.29
14 22 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 1:53.08 +5.52
15 17 United Kingdom Chris Irwin BRM 1:54.38 +6.82
16 12 United Kingdom Jonathan Williams Ferrari 1:54.80 +7.24
17 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:55.57 +8.01
18 10 United States Mike Fisher Lotus-BRM 1:57.41 +9.85
19 19 France Guy Ligier Brabham-Repco 1:58.45 +10.89
Source:[2]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 65 1:59:28.70 1 9
2 1 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 65 +1:25.36 5 6
3 2 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 64 +1 lap 6 4
4 3 United Kingdom John Surtees Honda 64 +1 lap 7 3
5 8 United Kingdom Mike Spence BRM 63 +2 laps 11 2
6 21 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 63 +2 laps 13 1
7 22 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 63 +2 laps 14
8 12 United Kingdom Jonathan Williams Ferrari 63 +2 laps 16
9 9 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 62 Out of Fuel 2
10 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 61 +4 laps 17
11 19 France Guy Ligier Brabham-Repco 61 +4 laps 19
12 15 Switzerland Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 59 Overheating 10
Ret 14 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-BRM 45 Oil Pressure 8
Ret 17 United Kingdom Chris Irwin BRM 33 Oil Leak 15
Ret 7 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM 24 Engine 12
Ret 6 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 18 Half Shaft 4
Ret 18 Mexico Moisés Solana Lotus-Ford 12 Suspension 9
Ret 11 United States Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 4 Radiator 3
DNS 10 United States Mike Fisher Lotus-BRM Fuel System 18
Source:[3]

Notes

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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

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  1. ^ "Mexico City Formula 1 - 1967". Archived from the original on 2004-02-11.
  2. ^ "1967 Mexican GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. ^ "1967 Mexican Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Mexico 1967 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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