1966 Trophée Craven 'A'

Last updated March 02, 2019

The Trophée Craven 'A', was the fifth round of the 1966 Trophées de France. This was held on the Bugatti au Mans, located in Le Mans, Maine, France, on 18 September. The following July, the circuit was home to the 1967 French Grand Prix, of which all three drivers on the podium that afternoon – Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme and Jackie Stewart – raced in this event.^[1]^[2]

The 1966 Trophées de France season was the 3rd season of the Trophées de France. The season was totally dominated by Brabham. Despite winning the World Championship for Drivers, Jack Brabham found time to win four of the six races to win this title as well. This was done, driving for his own team, Brabham Racing Organisation, piloting either a Brabham BT18, or a BT21. The others two races were won by Denny Hulme, also for racing for the Brabham Racing Organisation team. For the record, the Brabham marque also took third in the drivers standing with Roy Winkelmann Racing’s, Alan Rees.

Le Mans is a city in France, on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.

Maine[mɛːn] is one of the traditional provinces of France. It corresponds to the former County of Maine, whose capital was also the city of Le Mans. The area, now divided into the departments of Sarthe and Mayenne, counts about 857,000 inhabitants.

Report

Entry

Despite the continued domination by the Brabham Racing Developments team, a total of 22 F2 cars were entered for the event. However, five cars did not arrive for qualifying.^[1]

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Qualifying

Jack Brabham took pole position for the Brabham Racing Developments team, in a Brabham-Cosworth BT21, averaging a speed of 94.007 mph, around the 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) course.^[1]

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Race

The race was held over 60 laps of the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. Denny Hulme took the winner's spoils for works Brabham team, driving their Brabham-Honda BT18. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 47:27.8mins., averaging a speed of 91.590 mph. Around 42 seconds behind was the second place car, driven by Frenchman, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, for the Matra Sports team in their Cosworth powered Matra MS5. The podium was completed by the second Frenchman, Eric Offenstadt, in a Lotus 44 of Ron Harris – Team Lotus, albeit one lap down.^[1]

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Classification

Race Result

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	4	Denis Hulme	Brabham Racing Developments	Brabham-Honda BT18	1hr 47:27.8
2nd	18	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Sport	Matra-Cosworth MS5	1hr 48:19.8
3rd	10	Eric Offenstadt	Ron Harris - Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth 44	59
4th	14	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Matra-Cosworth MS5	59
5th	38	Richard Attwood	Midland Racing Partnership	Lola-Cosworth T61	58
6th	6	Jim Clark	Ron Harris - Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth 44	55
DNF	8	Peter Arundell	Ron Harris - Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth 44	50	fuel injection
DNF	24	Jochen Rindt	Roy Winkelmann Racing	Brabham-Cosworth BT18	38	Throttle linkage
DNF	12	Graham Hill	John Coombs	Matra-BRM MS5	25	Camshaft
DNF	16	Jacky Ickx	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Matra-BRM MS5	22	Electrical
DNF	40	Jean Guichet	Eric Offenstadt	Lola-BRM T60	8	Piston
DNF	2	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Developments	Brabham-Cosworth BT21	5	Engine
DNF	20	Jo Schlesser	Matra Sports	Matra-Cosworth MS5	3	Gearbox
DNF	30	Bob Anderson	Bob Gerard – Cooper Racing	Cooper-Cosworth T82	0	Accident
DNF	36	David Hobbs	Midland Racing Partnership	Lola-Cosworth T60	0	Accident
DNF	26	Alan Rees	Roy Winkelmann Racing	Brabham-Cosworth BT18	0	Accident
DNF	28	Trevor Taylor	Aurora Gear Racing	Brabham-Cosworth BT16	0	Accident
Source:^[1]

Fastest lap: Denis Hulme, 1:45.0ecs. (93.738 mph)^[1]^[3]

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↑ "1967 French Grand Prix - Race Result". Formula1.com. 1967-07-02. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
↑ Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)

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[Formula_2_1966_-_Le_Mans_Bugatti-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Formula 2 1966 - Le Mans Bugatti". Formula2.net. Retrieved 2014-02-21.

[2] "1967 French Grand Prix - Race Result". Formula1.com. 1967-07-02. Retrieved 2018-05-28.

[Wood-3] Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)