Season 1966 · Round 6

German Grand Prix

← R5 1966 Season R7 →
1966-08-07 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 15Lap · 342.150km
5 Jack Brabham
Brabham-Repco 2:27
7 John Surtees
Cooper-Maserati +44.400
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 · P15 · P19 2-3
8 Jochen Rindt
Cooper-Maserati +2:32.600
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
10
Mike Spence L12 Jim Clark L11 Chris Lawrence L10 Ludovico Scarfiotti L9 Mike Parkes L9 Denny Hulme L8 Jo Bonnier L3 Bob Bondurant L3 Bob Anderson L2 John Taylor L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
15Lap 342.150km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Jackie Stewart 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 John Surtees 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P8 Jackie Stewart 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P20 Dan Gurney 1 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P4 Graham Hill 16 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P15 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P21 John Surtees 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 L15 Brabham · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Brabham BRA 1 Brabham BRA Surtees · P2 → P2 2 Surtees SUR 2 Surtees SUR Rindt · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Rindt RIN 3 Rindt RIN Hill · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Hill HIL 4 Hill HIL Stewart · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Stewart STE 5 Stewart STE Bandini · P6 → P6 6 Bandini BAN 6 Bandini BAN Gurney · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Gurney GUR 7 Gurney GUR Arundell · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Arundell ARU 8 Arundell ARU Spence · P13 → retired L12 Spence · retired L12 13 Spence SPE R Spence SPE Clark · P1 → retired L11 Clark · retired L11 1 Clark CLA R Clark CLA Lawrence · P26 → retired L10 Lawrence · retired L10 26 Lawrence LAW R Lawrence LAW Scarfiotti · P4 → retired L9 Scarfiotti · retired L9 4 Scarfiotti SCA R Scarfiotti SCA Parkes · P7 → retired L9 Parkes · retired L9 7 Parkes PAR R Parkes PAR Hulme · P15 → retired L8 Hulme · retired L8 15 Hulme HUL R Hulme HUL Bonnier · P12 → retired L3 Bonnier · retired L3 12 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Bondurant · P11 → retired L3 Bondurant · retired L3 11 Bondurant BON R Bondurant BON Anderson · P14 → retired L2 Anderson · retired L2 14 Anderson AND R Anderson AND Taylor · P25 → retired L0 Taylor · retired L0 25 Taylor TAY R Taylor TAY Ligier · pit lane → P19 · +8 — Ligier LIG 19 Ligier LIG
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 5 15 2:27 9
2 7 John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 2 15 +44.400 6
3 8 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 9 15 +2:32.600 4
4 3 Graham Hill BRM 10 15 +6:41.400 3
5 4 Jackie Stewart BRM 3 15 +8:28.900 2
6 9 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 6 15 +10:56.400 1
7 15 Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 8 14 Electrical
8 2 Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 17 14 +1 Lap
R 18 Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 13 12 Alternator
R 1 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1 11 Accident
R 20 Chris Lawrence Cooper-Ferrari 26 10 Suspension
R 6 Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 4 9 Electrical
R 4 Mike Parkes Ferrari 7 9 Accident
R 6 Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 15 8 Ignition
R 22 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 12 3 Clutch
R 16 Bob Bondurant BRM 11 3 Engine
R 40 Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 14 2 Transmission
R 16 John Taylor Brabham-BRM 25 0 Accident
W 18 Guy Ligier Cooper-Maserati 0 0 Injury
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Jim Clark
2
7 John Surtees
3
4 Jackie Stewart
4
6 Ludovico Scarfiotti
5
5 Jack Brabham
6
9 Lorenzo Bandini
7
4 Mike Parkes
8
15 Dan Gurney
9
8 Jochen Rindt
10
3 Graham Hill
11
16 Bob Bondurant
12
22 Jo Bonnier
13
18 Mike Spence
14
40 Bob Anderson
15
6 Denny Hulme
17
2 Peter Arundell
25
16 John Taylor
26
20 Chris Lawrence
PIT
18 Guy Ligier pit lane start
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
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