Season 1966 · Round 9

Mexican Grand Prix

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1966-10-23 · Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico · Mexican Grand Prix · 65Lap · 325.000km
7 John Surtees
Cooper-Maserati 2:06:35.340
Team win 10pt P1 · P6 · P11 · P12 · P18
5 Jack Brabham
Brabham-Repco +7.880
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
6 Denny Hulme
Brabham-Repco
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Pedro Rodríguez L49 Bruce McLaren L40 Jo Siffert L33 Jochen Rindt L32 Innes Ireland L28 Jackie Stewart L26 Bob Bondurant L24 Graham Hill L18 Jim Clark L9 Moisés Solana L9
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 12/25 48%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Circuit Info
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
65Lap 325.000km 26 races held (1963–) Lap record 1:17.774 · Valtteri Bottas (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Jim Clark 2 wins · GP #1
P6 Graham Hill 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P6 Dan Gurney 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P4 Jack Brabham 1 · → Nigel Mansell -1
P4 John Surtees 1 · → Nigel Mansell -1
Podiums
P1 Jack Brabham 4 · GP #1
P1 Denny Hulme 4 · GP #1
P10 Dan Gurney 2 · → Gerhard Berger -1
Starts
P1 Jack Brabham 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Jo Siffert 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Pedro Rodríguez 8 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L65 Surtees · P1 → P1 1 Surtees SUR 1 Surtees SUR Brabham · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Brabham BRA 2 Brabham BRA Hulme · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Hulme HUL 3 Hulme HUL Ginther · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Ginther GIN 4 Ginther GIN Gurney · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Gurney GUR 5 Gurney GUR Bonnier · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Bonnier BON 6 Bonnier BON Arundell · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Arundell ARU 7 Arundell ARU Bucknum · P13 → P8 · +5 13 Bucknum BUC 8 Bucknum BUC Rodríguez · P8 → retired L49 Rodríguez · retired L49 8 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD McLaren · P14 → retired L40 McLaren · retired L40 14 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Siffert · P11 → retired L33 Siffert · retired L33 11 Siffert SIF R Siffert SIF Rindt · P5 → retired L32 Rindt · retired L32 5 Rindt RIN R Rindt RIN Ireland · P16 → retired L28 Ireland · retired L28 16 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Stewart · P10 → retired L26 Stewart · retired L26 10 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Bondurant · P18 → retired L24 Bondurant · retired L24 18 Bondurant BON R Bondurant BON Hill · P7 → retired L18 Hill · retired L18 7 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Clark · P2 → retired L9 Clark · retired L9 2 Clark CLA R Clark CLA Solana · P15 → retired L9 Solana · retired L9 15 Solana SOL R Solana SOL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 1 65 2:06:35.340 9
2 5 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 4 65 +7.880 6
3 6 Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 6 64 +1 Lap 4
4 12 Richie Ginther Honda 3 64 +1 Lap 3
5 15 Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 9 64 +1 Lap 2
6 22 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 12 63 +2 Laps 1
7 2 Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 17 61 +4 Laps
8 14 Ronnie Bucknum Honda 13 60 +5 Laps
R 11 Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-BRM 8 49 Differential
R 17 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 14 40 Engine
R 19 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 11 33 Suspension
R 8 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 5 32 Suspension
R 10 Innes Ireland BRM 16 28 Transmission
R 4 Jackie Stewart BRM 10 26 Oil leak
R 16 Bob Bondurant Eagle-Weslake 18 24 Fuel system
R 3 Graham Hill BRM 7 18 Engine
R 1 Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 2 9 Gearbox
R 9 Moisés Solana Cooper-Maserati 15 9 Overheating
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 John Surtees
2
1 Jim Clark
3
12 Richie Ginther
4
5 Jack Brabham
5
8 Jochen Rindt
6
6 Denny Hulme
7
3 Graham Hill
8
11 Pedro Rodríguez
9
15 Dan Gurney
10
4 Jackie Stewart
11
19 Jo Siffert
12
22 Jo Bonnier
13
14 Ronnie Bucknum
14
17 Bruce McLaren
15
9 Moisés Solana
16
10 Innes Ireland
17
2 Peter Arundell
18
16 Bob Bondurant
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