1967 German Grand Prix

  1967 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 11 in the 1967 Formula One season
Date	August 6, 1967
Official name	XXIX Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring Nürburg, West Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 22.835 km (14.189 mi)
Distance	15 laps, 342.525 km (212.835 mi)
Weather	Warm, dry and sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford
Time	8:04.1
Fastest lap
Driver	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake
Time	8:15.1 on lap 6
Podium
First	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco
Second	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
Third	Chris Amon	Ferrari

The 1967 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Nürburgring on August 6, 1967.

There had been some changes to the track in an attempt to slow the cars down as they approached the pit area. However, it was clear that the cars had developed considerably over 12 months, so the changes had very little effect on the lap times.^[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 16 F1 cars were entered for the event. As with the 1966 event, there were a field of 10 Formula Two cars. Amongst these F2 cars number of stars of tomorrow including Jacky Ickx and Jo Schlesser in their Matras. Among the field were two wooden-chassis Protos. Apart from the F2 entries, the field was much as usual except for a second Lola-BMW for Hubert Hahne. As this had a 2-litre engine, it was entered as a F1 car.^[2]

Qualifying

Jim Clark took pole position for Team Lotus, in their Cosworth DFV powered Lotus 49, averaging a speed of 105.598 mph, around 14.189 mile circuit. Clark was nearly 10 seconds faster than the next driver, Denny Hulme in the Brabham-Repco BT24. Third fastest was set by Ickx in his F2 Matra. As this was a Formula Two car, Ickx would have to start behind the main grid. Therefore, alongside Clark and Hulme on the four car front row was the BRM P115 of Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney’s Eagle-Weslake T1G. The second Eagle of McLaren headed up the second row, where he was joined by John Surtees in his Honda RA273 and Jack Brabham in his Brabham-Repco BT24.^[3]

Race

Clark converted his pole position into an early lead, while his Team Lotus team-mate Graham Hill was pushed from his grid position of 13th, onto some grass, restarting the back of the field, behind the F2 cars. Clark stayed ahead Hulme and Gurney for the first three laps of the race. On the fourth lap, Clark dramatically slowed, his suspension having buckled, and so ended his race. Hill managed his Lotus up to tenth before mechanical troubles eventually put him out of the race.^[4]

Immediately Gurney passed Hulme for the lead, while Brabham was third after McLaren retired with a split oil pipe. Ickx continued to impress. He was now up to fifth, behind Stewart. The Scotsman overtook Brabham, only to encounter transmission problems, and so Ickx moved up to fourth. Shortly after this, the Ferrari of Chris Amon closed up and passed the F2 Matra. By lap 12, Ickx was also out of the race, following the collapse of this front suspension. On the next lap, the universal joint on a driveshaft broke for the race leader, Gurney. Hulme took the lead to win from his team-mate Brabham and fellow Kiwi, Amon.^[5]

Classification

Note: The race was run with both Formula One and Formula Two cars running together. Formula Two entrants are denoted by a pink background.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	15	2:05:55.7	2	9
2	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	15	+ 38.5	7	6
3	8	Chris Amon	Ferrari	15	+ 39.0	8	4
4	7	John Surtees	Honda	15	+ 2:25.7	6	3
5	24	Jackie Oliver	Lotus-Ford	15	+ 5:30.7	19
6	16	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati	15	+ 8:42.1	16	2
7	22	Alan Rees	Brabham-Ford	15	+ 8:47.9	20
8	15	Guy Ligier	Brabham-Repco	14	+ 1 Lap	17	1
9	18	Chris Irwin	BRM	13	+ 2 Laps	15
10	27	David Hobbs	Lola-BMW	13	+ 2 Laps	22
11	6	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper-Maserati	13	+ 2 Laps	10
Ret	9	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	12	Halfshaft	4
Ret	29	Jacky Ickx	Matra-Ford	12	Suspension	18
NC	25	Brian Hart	Protos-Ford	12	+3 Laps	25
Ret	14	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati	12	Fuel pump	12
Ret	4	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	8	Suspension	13
Ret	17	Hubert Hahne	Lola-BMW	6	Suspension	14
Ret	11	Jackie Stewart	BRM	5	Differential	3
Ret	3	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford	4	Suspension	1
Ret	5	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati	4	Radiator	9
Ret	26	Kurt Ahrens, Jr.	Protos-Ford	4	Radiator	23
Ret	10	Bruce McLaren	Eagle-Weslake	3	Oil Leak	5
Ret	12	Mike Spence	BRM	3	Differential	11
Ret	23	Jo Schlesser	Matra-Ford	2	Engine	21
Ret	20	Gerhard Mitter	Brabham-Ford	0	Engine	24
DNS	28	Brian Redman	Lola-Ford

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• Fastest lap: Dan Gurney, 8:15.100ecs. (103.252 mph)

Notes

• Lap leaders:
  • Jim Clark (1-3)
  • Dan Gurney (4-12)
  • Denny Hulme (13-15)
• This was the first time F1 was run on the Nürburgring with the Hohenrain chicane installed to slow the cars into the pits and the pit straight.
• This race was the first in F1 history to be broadcast for colour television in Germany.
• First Championship race since 1962 Monaco GP without a UK driver on the podium.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hulme 37 1 2 Jack Brabham 25 1 3 Jim Clark 19 4 Chris Amon 19 5 Pedro Rodríguez 14

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Brabham-Repco 42 1 2 Cooper-Maserati 21 1 3 Lotus-Ford 19 4 Ferrari 19 5 BRM 11

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

• "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2008-01-16. 
• "Formula One World". Archived from the original on 5 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-16. 

External links

• Race highlights on YouTube