1966 Season

Races

Champion

Jack Brabham

Constructor

Brabham-Repco

The 1966 Formula 1 World Championship featured 9 Grand Prix races across the season. Jack Brabham of Australian claimed the Drivers' Championship with 42 points and 4 race victories. John Surtees finished as runner-up, 14 points behind. Brabham-Repco won the Constructors' Championship with 42 points. 5 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1966 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Jack Brabham, John Surtees, Jochen Rindt.

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What races were in the 1966 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1966-05-22	Jackie Stewart(BRM)
2	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1966-06-12	John Surtees(Ferrari)
3	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	1966-07-03	Jack Brabham(Brabham-Repco)
4	British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	1966-07-16	Jack Brabham(Brabham-Repco)
5	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1966-07-24	Jack Brabham(Brabham-Repco)
6	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1966-08-07	Jack Brabham(Brabham-Repco)
7	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1966-09-04	Ludovico Scarfiotti(Ferrari)
8	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	1966-10-02	Jim Clark(Lotus-BRM)
9	Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	1966-10-23	John Surtees(Cooper-Maserati)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Stewart	Bandini	Hill	Surtees	Brabham
R1Monaco Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	—
R2Belgian Grand Prix	9	10	4	9	—
R3French Grand Prix	9	10	—	9	12
R4British Grand Prix	9	10	—	—	21
R5Dutch Grand Prix	12	11	14	—	30
R6German Grand Prix	14	—	17	15	39
R7Italian Grand Prix	14	—	17	15	39
R8United States Grand Prix	—	—	17	19	39
R9Mexican Grand Prix	—	—	17	28	42

Who won the 1966 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Jack Brabham	Australian	4	42
2	John Surtees	British	2	28
3	Jochen Rindt	Austrian	0	22
4	Denny Hulme	New Zealander	0	18
5	Graham Hill	British	0	17
6	Jim Clark	British	1	16
7	Jackie Stewart	British	1	14
8	Mike Parkes	British	0	12
9	Lorenzo Bandini	Italian	0	12
10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Italian	1	9
11	Richie Ginther	American	0	5
12	Dan Gurney	American	0	4
13	Mike Spence	British	0	4
14	Bob Bondurant	American	0	3
15	Jo Siffert	Swiss	0	3
16	Bruce McLaren	New Zealander	0	3
17	Peter Arundell	British	0	1
18	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	0	1
19	Bob Anderson	British	0	1
20	John Taylor	British	0	1
21	Chris Irwin	British	0	0
22	Ronnie Bucknum	American	0	0
23	Chris Amon	New Zealander	0	0
24	Guy Ligier	French	0	0
25	Giacomo Russo	Italian	0	0
26	Chris Lawrence	British	0	0
27	Innes Ireland	British	0	0
28	Pedro Rodríguez	Mexican	0	0
29	Giancarlo Baghetti	Italian	0	0
30	Moisés Solana	Mexican	0	0
31	Vic Wilson	British	0	0
32	Trevor Taylor	British	0	0
33	Phil Hill	American	0	0

Who won the 1966 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Brabham-Repco	British	4	42
2	Ferrari	Italian	2	31
3	Cooper-Maserati	British	1	30
4	BRM	British	1	22
5	Lotus-BRM	British	1	13
6	Lotus-Climax	British	0	8
7	Eagle-Climax	American	0	4
8	Honda	Japanese	0	3
9	McLaren-Ford	British	0	2
10	Brabham-Climax	British	0	1
11	Brabham-BRM	British	0	1
12	McLaren-Serenissima	British	0	1
13	Cooper-Ferrari	British	0	0
14	Eagle-Weslake	American	0	0
15	Shannon	British	0	0