1967 Spanish Grand Prix

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1967 Spanish Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1967 Formula One season
Circuito Permanente del Jarama 1980.svg
The Jarama Circuit (1967–1990)
Race details
Date12 November 1967
Official name XIII Gran Premio de España
Location Circuito Permanente del Jarama, Madrid, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance 60 laps, 204.240 km (126.900 miles)
Weather Warm and sunny
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:28.2
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Ford
Time 1:28.8
Podium
First Lotus-Ford
Second Lotus-Ford
Third Brabham-Repco

The 1967 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One non-championship race held at Jarama on 12 November 1967.

Contents

This race was held because at that time the FIA regulations required a demonstration race to be held as a quality check, before a Grand Prix could be admitted as a World Championship event. Due to the scheduling of the race, after the end of the World Championship season, few Formula One teams decided to participate. With only four Formula One cars entered, the field was filled out by Formula Two cars weighted with lead to bring them up to the Formula One weight limit. [1]

Entry

Only four Formula One cars were entered for the race, including two Lotus 49s for the two primary Team Lotus drivers, Jim Clark and Graham Hill. Lotus had also brought a Formula Two Lotus 48 which they hoped to sell to local driver Alex Soler-Roig. The other two F1 cars were a Ferrari 312/67 entered by Scuderia Ferrari for Andrea de Adamich, and a Brabham BT20 which Jack Brabham was to drive.

The Formula Two entry included many of the regular F2 season entrants. BMW entered two Lola T100s for Jo Siffert and Hubert Hahne, and Brian Redman brought his own Cosworth-engined Lola T100. Tyrrell fielded a Matra MS5 for Jacky Ickx, and a Matra MS7 for Jackie Stewart. Matra themselves entered three cars: an MS5 for Johnny Servoz-Gavin, and two MS7s for Henri Pescarolo and Jean-Pierre Beltoise. There was another MS5 for Jo Schlesser, entered by Ecurie Ford France. Three other drivers brought Brabhams: Chris Lambert and Robert Lamplough had Brabham BT21As, and Alan Rees had a Roy Winkelmann BT23. The other entrant was Alan Rollinson in his McLaren M4A. [1]

Qualifying

Qualifying report

The two Formula One Lotuses were on the front row of the grid, with Clark 1.5 seconds faster than Hill. Stewart in the Formula Two Matra MS7 achieved the same time as Hill, and lined up alongside the Lotuses on the three-car front row. De Adamich managed fifth in the Ferrari on his debut in an F1 car, while the other F1 car of Jack Brabham lined up seventh. The F2 cars filled the rest of the grid, although Soler-Roig decided not to purchase the Lotus 48 he practiced, and so did not take part in the race. [1]

Qualifying classification

Note: a blue background indicates a Formula Two entrant.

PosNo.DriverConstructorTimeGap (sec.)
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:28.2
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:29.7+ 1.5
35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 1:29.7+ 1.5
48 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert Lola-BMW 1:30.4+ 2.2
515 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Adamich Ferrari 1:30.5+ 2.3
619 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 1:30.7+ 2.5
73 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:31.3+ 3.1
84 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Matra-Ford 1:31.6+ 3.4
99 Flag of Germany.svg Hubert Hahne Lola-BMW 1:31.6+ 3.4
1010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rees Brabham-Ford 1:32.5+ 4.3
1116 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo Matra-Ford 1:32.6+ 4.4
126 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Redman Lola-Ford 1:33.0+ 4.8
1312 Flag of France.svg Jo Schlesser Matra-Ford 1:33.2+ 5.0
147 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Lambert Brabham-Ford 1:34.5+ 6.3
1518 Flag of France.svg Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 1:34.6+ 6.4
1620 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Alex Soler-Roig Lotus-Ford 1:35.5+ 7.3
1711 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rollinson McLaren-Ford 1:35.6+ 7.4
1814 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lamplough Brabham-Lotus 1:37.9+ 9.7
Source: [1]

Race

Race report

In the race, Clark led from start to finish. Hill held second place throughout the race, although Siffert briefly challenged. The first retirement was Lamplough, who suffered a gearbox failure on his Brabham-Lotus on lap 2. Rollinson dropped out on lap 8 with a broken brake pedal, and Hahne's engine failed on lap 34.

The next retirement came when Stewart, who had been duelling with Brabham for fourth place behind Siffert, slid wide, left the track and crashed into a barrier. Stewart was uninjured. Shortly afterwards on lap 46, the BMW engine in Siffert's Lola caught fire, and he also retired. The order was now Clark, Hill, Brabham, de Adamich and Servoz-Gavin. With five laps to go, de Adamich's Ferrari suffered a puncture, and he lost a lap and a half getting his wheel changed.

Clark took the victory after 60 laps, with Hill 15 seconds behind. Brabham was third, the only other car on the lead lap. Servoz-Gavin finished fourth, ahead of Schlesser, who was suffering from engine problems. Ickx finished sixth, with Pescarolo seventh, two laps down. Redman had stopped to investigate bodywork damage and finished eighth ahead of the recovering de Adamich, while Beltoise came tenth after a pit-stop for shock absorber problems. Rees and Lambert finished a further lap adrift in 11th and 12th respectively. [1]

Race classification

Note: a blue background indicates a Formula Two entrant.

PosNo.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGrid
11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 601:31:10.41
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 60+ 15.2 s2
33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 60+ 1:11.57
418 Flag of France.svg Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 59+ 1 lap15
512 Flag of France.svg Jo Schlesser Matra-Ford 59+ 1 lap13
64 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Matra-Ford 59+ 1 lap8
716 Flag of France.svg Henri Pescarolo Matra-Ford 58+ 2 laps11
86 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Redman Lola-Ford 58+ 2 laps12
915 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Adamich Ferrari 58+ 2 laps5
1019 Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 58+ 2 laps6
1110 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rees Brabham-Ford 57+ 3 laps10
127 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Lambert Brabham-Ford 57+ 3 laps14
Ret8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert Lola-BMW 45Engine4
Ret5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 42Accident3
Ret9 Flag of Germany.svg Hubert Hahne Lola-BMW 33Engine9
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Rollinson McLaren-Ford 7Brake pedal17
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lamplough Brabham-Lotus 1Gearbox18
DNS20 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Alex Soler-Roig Lotus-Ford Withdrew16
Source: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Spanish Grand Prix – A Lotus Benefit". MotorSport Magazine. 12 November 1967. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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