1967 South African Grand Prix Explained

Type:F1
Country:South Africa
Flag Suffix:1928
Grand Prix:South African
Fulldate:2 January 1967
Year:1967
Official Name:1st AA Grand Prix of South Africa
Location:Kyalami, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Course:Permanent race track
Course Km:4.094
Course Mi:2.544
Distance Laps:80
Distance Km:327.520
Distance Mi:203.511
Pole Driver:Jack Brabham
Pole Country:AUS
Pole Team:Brabham-Repco
Pole Time:1:28.3
Fast Driver:Denny Hulme
Fast Team:Brabham-Repco
Fast Time:1:29.9
Fast Lap:3
Fast Country:NZL
First Driver:Pedro Rodríguez
First Country:MEX
First Flag Suffix:1934
First Team:Cooper-Maserati
Second Driver:John Love
Second Country:RHO
Second Flag Suffix:1964
Second Team:Cooper-Climax
Third Driver:John Surtees
Third Country:GBR
Third Team:Honda

The 1967 South African Grand Prix, formally the 1st AA Grand Prix of South Africa (Afrikaans: Eerste AA Suid-Afrikaanse Grand Prix[1]), was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 2 January 1967. It was race 1 of 11 in both the 1967 World Championship of Drivers and the 1967 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won by Cooper driver Pedro Rodríguez after he started from fourth position. John Love finished second in a privately entered Cooper and Honda driver John Surtees came in third.

Race report

This was the first use of the Kyalami circuit near Johannesburg in a World Championship Formula One race. There were some changes in the driver line-ups: John Surtees was driving for Honda, Graham Hill had switched to Lotus, his place at BRM was taken by Mike Spence and Pedro Rodríguez was on trial for Cooper.

Denny Hulme led Jack Brabham away from the start, but the Australian soon spun, handing second place to Surtees, but by lap 21 had managed to regain second. Further down the field, Rhodesian privateer racer John Love reached third place in a four-cylinder Cooper Climax. On lap 41, Brabham retired, followed by Dan Gurney on lap 44. On lap 59, Hulme had to pit for more brake fluid, handing the lead to Love. His drive was halted as with just seven laps left he had to pit to take on more fuel. Rodríguez took his first win in Formula One for Cooper from Love in second place and Surtees in third.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
11 Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco1:28.3
22 Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco1:28.9+0.6
37 Jim ClarkLotus-BRM1:29.0+0.7
44 Pedro RodríguezCooper-Maserati1:29.1+0.8
517 John LoveCooper-Climax1:29.5+1.2
611 John SurteesHonda1:29.6+1.3
73 Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati1:30.2+1.9
819 Dave CharltonBrabham-Climax1:30.2+1.9
95 Jackie StewartBRM1:30.3+2.0
1014 Bob AndersonBrabham-Climax1:30.6+2.3
119 Dan GurneyEagle-Climax1:30.7+2.4
1215 Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati1:31.8+3.5
136 Mike SpenceBRM1:32.1+3.8
1418 Sam TingleLDS-Climax1:32.4+4.1
158 Graham HillLotus-BRM1:32.6+4.3
1612 Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati1:32.8+4.5
1720 Luki BothaBrabham-Climax1:33.1+4.8
1816 Piers CourageLotus-BRM1:33.8+5.5
Source:[2]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
14 Pedro RodríguezCooper-Maserati802:05:45.949
217 John LoveCooper-Climax80+ 26.456
311 John SurteesHonda79+ 1 Lap64
42 Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco78+ 2 Laps23
514 Bob AndersonBrabham-Climax78+ 2 Laps102
61 Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco76+ 4 Laps11
NC19 Dave CharltonBrabham-Climax63+ 17 Laps8 
NC20 Luki BothaBrabham-Climax60+ 20 Laps17 
Ret18 Sam TingleLDS-Climax56Accident14 
Ret16 Piers CourageLotus-BRM51Fuel System18 
Ret9 Dan GurneyEagle-Climax44Suspension11 
Ret12 Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati41Engine16 
Ret3 Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati38Engine7 
Ret6 Mike SpenceBRM31Oil Leak13 
Ret15 Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati30Engine12 
Ret7 Jim ClarkLotus-BRM22Engine3 
Ret8 Graham HillLotus-BRM6Accident15 
Ret5 Jackie StewartBRM2Engine9 

Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Pedro Rodríguez9
2 John Love6
3 John Surtees4
4 Denny Hulme3
5 Bob Anderson2
Source: [3]
Constructors' Championship standings
PosConstructorPoints
1 Cooper-Maserati9
2 Cooper-Climax6
3 Honda4
4 Brabham-Repco3
5 Brabham-Climax2
Source:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1967 . The Programme Covers Project . 6 July 2017.
  2. Web site: 1967 South African GP Qualification. www.chicanef1.com. 26 August 2020.
  3. Web site: South Africa 1967 - Championship • STATS F1. www.statsf1.com. 20 March 2019.