1967 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 18 June 1967
Official name XXVII Grand Prix de Belgique
Location Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Course Permanent racing circuit
Course length 14.120 km (8.770 miles)
Distance 28 laps, 395.36 km (245.56 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Lotus-Ford
Time 3:28.1
Fastest lap
Driver United States Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake
Time 3:31.9
Podium
First
Eagle-Weslake
Second
BRM
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1967 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 18 June 1967.[1] It was race 4 of 11 in both the 1967 World Championship of Drivers and the 1967 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 28-lap race was won by Eagle driver Dan Gurney after he started from second position. Jackie Stewart finished second for the BRM team and Ferrari driver Chris Amon came in third. Excluding the Indianapolis 500, this is the only win for a USA-built car as well as one of only two wins of an American-licensed constructor in Formula One.[2][3] It was also the first win for an American constructor in a Grand Prix race since the Jimmy Murphy's triumph with Duesenberg at the 1921 French Grand Prix.

Race report

Jim Clark led off the grid from pole position and maintained that position for the first 11 laps and was 20 seconds ahead of Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney when he had to come into the pits for a plug change, which cost him two minutes. Stewart built up a comfortable lead, helped even further when Gurney had to come into the pits with fuel pressure problems, losing another 20 seconds. However, it was now Stewart's time for mechanical problems as his gearshift was faltering. Gurney set a new lap record to catch and pass him 8 laps from the end and gain a maiden victory for the beautiful magnesium and titanium Eagle car. The light weight and advanced aerodynamics of the car made it very fast, and Gurney shattered Tony Brooks' record Grand Prix average of 143 mph (set some 8 years earlier) on his way to victory. The Eagle was timed at 196 mph on the back straight, an extraordinary speed for a car with an engine producing (at that time) something less than 400 h.p.

Mike Parkes had a horrendous crash on the first lap at the exit of Blanchimont after losing control (on oil spilled from Stewart's BRM); his Ferrari rolled a number of times and he was thrown out of the car. Doctors considered amputating his legs and he was in a coma for a week. He survived, but had broken both of his legs. Parkes never raced in Formula One again.[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 21 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 3:28.1 —
2 36 United States Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 3:31.2 +3.1
3 22 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 3:32.9 +4.8
4 29 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 3:34.3 +6.2
5 1 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 3:34.3 +6.2
6 14 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM 3:34.8 +6.7
7 25 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 3:35.0 +6.9
8 3 United Kingdom Mike Parkes Ferrari 3:36.6 +8.5
9 2 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 3:37.7 +9.6
10 7 United Kingdom John Surtees Honda 3:38.4 +10.3
11 12 United Kingdom Mike Spence BRM 3:38.5 +10.4
12 39 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 3:39.1 +11.0
13 30 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 3:39.5 +11.4
14 26 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 3:40.3 +12.2
15 17 United Kingdom Chris Irwin BRM 3:44.4 +16.3
16 34 Switzerland Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 3:45.4 +17.3
17 19 United Kingdom Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 3:49.5 +21.4
18 32 France Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 4:01.2 +33.1
Source:[5]

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 United States Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 28 1:40:49.4 2 9
2 14 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM 28 + 1:03.0 6 6
3 1 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 28 + 1:40.0 5 4
4 29 Austria Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 28 + 2:13.9 4 3
5 12 United Kingdom Mike Spence BRM 27 + 1 Lap 11 2
6 21 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 27 + 1 Lap 1 1
7 34 Switzerland Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 27 + 1 Lap 16  
8 19 United Kingdom Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 26 + 2 Laps 17  
9 30 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 25 Engine 13  
10 32 France Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 25 + 3 Laps 18  
NC 2 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 24 Not Classified 9  
Ret 25 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 15 Engine 7  
Ret 26 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 14 Engine 14  
Ret 39 Sweden Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 10 Engine 12  
Ret 22 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 3 Clutch 3  
Ret 7 United Kingdom John Surtees Honda 1 Engine 10  
Ret 17 United Kingdom Chris Irwin BRM 1 Engine 15  
Ret 3 United Kingdom Mike Parkes Ferrari 0 Accident 8  
Source:[1]

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. ^ a b "1967 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Eagle Eye: The Eagle Gurney-Weslake F1 Effort". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  3. ^ Penske achieved a victory at the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix having raced with an American licence, but the car was built at the British base in Poole. Though American-owned, the British-based Shadow achieved a victory at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix having raced with a British licence.
  4. ^ Franka. "Mike Parkes - The Imp Site". www.imps4ever.info. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ^ "1967 Belgian GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Belgium 1967 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.


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