Season 1966 · Round 3

French Grand Prix

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1966-07-03 · Reims-Gueux · France · French Grand Prix · 48Lap · 400.694km
5 Jack Brabham
Brabham-Repco 1:48:31.300
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
4 Mike Parkes
Ferrari +9.500
6 Denny Hulme
Brabham-Repco
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Guy Ligier L42 Pedro Rodríguez L40 Lorenzo Bandini L37 Jo Bonnier L32 Graham Hill L13 Jo Siffert L10 Mike Spence L8 John Surtees L5 Peter Arundell L3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 6/10 60%
Closest finish · all-time P6
Circuit Info
Reims-Gueux Reims, France
48Lap 400.694km 11 races held (1950–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P4 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Dan Gurney 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P12 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P20 Bruce McLaren 10 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L48 Brabham · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Brabham BRA 1 Brabham BRA Parkes · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Parkes PAR 2 Parkes PAR Hulme · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Hulme HUL 3 Hulme HUL Rindt · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Rindt RIN 4 Rindt RIN Gurney · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Gurney GUR 5 Gurney GUR Taylor · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Taylor TAY 6 Taylor TAY Anderson · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Anderson AND 7 Anderson AND Amon · P7 → P8 · -1 7 Amon AMO 8 Amon AMO Ligier · P11 → retired L42 Ligier · retired L42 11 Ligier LIG R Ligier LIG Rodríguez · P13 → retired L40 Rodríguez · retired L40 13 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Bandini · P1 → retired L37 Bandini · retired L37 1 Bandini BAN R Bandini BAN Bonnier · P17 → retired L32 Bonnier · retired L32 17 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Hill · P8 → retired L13 Hill · retired L13 8 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Siffert · P6 → retired L10 Siffert · retired L10 6 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Spence · P10 → retired L8 Spence · retired L8 10 Spence SPE R Spence SPE Surtees · P2 → retired L5 Surtees · retired L5 2 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Arundell · P16 → retired L3 Arundell · retired L3 16 Arundell ARU R Arundell ARU
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 4 48 1:48:31.300 9
2 4 Mike Parkes Ferrari 3 48 +9.500 6
3 6 Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 9 46 +2 Laps 4
4 8 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 5 46 +2 Laps 3
5 15 Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 14 45 +3 Laps 2
6 16 John Taylor Brabham-BRM 15 45 +3 Laps 1
7 40 Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 12 44 +4 Laps
8 8 Chris Amon Cooper-Maserati 7 44 +4 Laps
R 18 Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 11 42 Not classified
R 11 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-Climax 13 40 Oil leak
R 9 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1 37 Not classified
R 22 Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax 17 32 Not classified
R 3 Graham Hill BRM 8 13 Engine
R 19 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 6 10 Fuel system
R 18 Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 10 8 Clutch
R 7 John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 2 5 Fuel system
R 2 Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 16 3 Gearbox
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
9 Lorenzo Bandini
2
7 John Surtees
3
4 Mike Parkes
4
5 Jack Brabham
5
8 Jochen Rindt
6
19 Jo Siffert
7
8 Chris Amon
8
3 Graham Hill
9
6 Denny Hulme
10
18 Mike Spence
11
18 Guy Ligier
12
40 Bob Anderson
13
11 Pedro Rodríguez
14
15 Dan Gurney
15
16 John Taylor
16
2 Peter Arundell
17
22 Jo Bonnier
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15