The Garagiste.

The Television Age  ·  Round 3

French Grand Prix

1966  ·  Reims-Gueux  ·  3 July 1966  ·  48 laps

  1. 1st Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco · 01:48:31.3
  2. 2nd Mike Parkes Ferrari · +9.5
  3. 3rd Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Lorenzo Bandini

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 5

John Surtees

Retirement Cooper-Maserati  —  Fuel system

03 Lap 10

Jo Siffert

Retirement Cooper-Maserati  —  Fuel system

04 Lap 37

Lorenzo Bandini

Retirement Ferrari  —  Not classified

05 Lap 40

Pedro Rodríguez

Retirement Lotus-Climax  —  Oil leak

06 Lap 42

Guy Ligier

Retirement Cooper-Maserati  —  Not classified

07 On the Charge

Dan Gurney

Eagle-Climax  —  P14 → P5

08 Victory

Jack Brabham

Brabham-Repco  —  Won from P4

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 4 48 01:48:31.3 9
2 Mike Parkes Ferrari 3 48 +9.5 6
3 Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 9 46 +2 Laps 4
4 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 5 46 +2 Laps 3
5 Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 14 45 +3 Laps 2
6 John Taylor Brabham-BRM 15 45 +3 Laps 1
7 Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 12 44 +4 Laps
8 Chris Amon Cooper-Maserati 7 44 +4 Laps
9 Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 11 42 Not classified
10 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Climax 13 40 Oil leak
11 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1 37 Not classified
12 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 17 32 Not classified
13 Graham Hill BRM 8 13 Engine
14 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 6 10 Fuel system
15 Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 10 8 Clutch
16 John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 2 5 Fuel system
17 Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 16 3 Gearbox

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