1966 Formula One season Facts for Kids

The 1966 Formula One season crowned as champion Jack Brabham.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	May 22	Monaco	Jackie Stewart	BRM	Report
2	Belgian Grand Prix	June 12	Spa-Francorchamps	John Surtees	Ferrari	Report
3	French Grand Prix	July 3	Reims-Gueux	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
4	British Grand Prix	July 16	Brands Hatch	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
5	Dutch Grand Prix	July 24	Zandvoort	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 7	Nürburgring	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 4	Monza	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	October 2	Watkins Glen	Jim Clark	Lotus-BRM	Report
9	Mexican Grand Prix	October 23	Hermanos Rodriguez	John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati	Report

Pos.	Driver	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	Pts.
1	Jack Brabham	Ret	4	1	1	1	1	Ret	Ret	2	42 (45)
2	John Surtees	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	3	1	28
3	Jochen Rindt	Ret	2	4	5	Ret	3	4	2	Ret	22 (24)
4	Denny Hulme	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	3	18
5	Graham Hill	3	Ret	Ret	3	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	17
6	Jim Clark	Ret	Ret	DNS	4	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	16
7	Jackie Stewart	1	Ret		Ret	4	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	14
8	Mike Parkes			2		Ret	Ret	2			12
9	Lorenzo Bandini	2	3	NC		6	6	Ret	Ret		12
10	Ludovico Scarfiotti						Ret	1			9
11	Richie Ginther	Ret	5					Ret	NC	4	5
12	Dan Gurney		NC	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	4
13	Mike Spence	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	4
14	Bob Bondurant	4	Ret		9		Ret	7	DSQ	Ret	3
15	Jo Siffert	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret		Ret	4	Ret	3
16	Bruce McLaren	Ret	DNS		6	DNS			5	Ret	3
17	Peter Arundell		DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	6	7	1
18	Jo Bonnier	NC	Ret	NC	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	NC	6	1
19	Bob Anderson	Ret		7	NC	Ret	Ret	6			1
20	John Taylor			6	8	8	Ret				1
21	Chris Irwin				7						0
22	Ronnie Bucknum								Ret	8	0
23	Chris Amon			8				DNQ			0
24	Guy Ligier	NC	NC	NC	10	9	DNS				0
25	Geki							9			0
26	Chris Lawrence				11		Ret				0
—	Giancarlo Baghetti							NC			0
—	Pedro Rodríguez			Ret					Ret	Ret	0
—	Innes Ireland								Ret	Ret	0
—	Trevor Taylor				Ret						0
—	Moises Solana									Ret	0
—	Phil Hill							DNQ			0
Pos.	Driver	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Place	Driver	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Jack Brabham	Australia	42 (45)	4	5	3
2	John Surtees	Britain	28	2	4	2
3	Jochen Rindt	Austria	22 (24)		3
4	Denny Hulme	New Zealand	18		4
5	Graham Hill	Britain	17		3
6	Jim Clark	Britain	16	1	2	2
7	Jackie Stewart	Britain	14	1	1
8	Mike Parkes	Britain	12		2	1
9	Lorenzo Bandini	Italy	12		2	1
10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Italy	9	1	1
11	Richie Ginther	USA	5
12	Dan Gurney	USA	4
13	Mike Spence	Britain	4
14	Bob Bondurant	USA	3
15	Jo Siffert	Switzerland	3
16	Bruce McLaren	New Zealand	3
17	Peter Arundell	Britain	1
18	Jo Bonnier	Sweden	1
19	Bob Anderson	Britain	1
20	John Taylor	USA	1
21	Chris Irwin	Britain
22	Ronnie Bucknum	USA
23	Chris Amon	New Zealand
24	Guy Ligier	France
25	Geki	Italy
26	Chris Lawrence	Britain
—	Giancarlo Baghetti	Italy
—	Pedro Rodríguez	Mexico
—	Innes Ireland	Britain
—	Trevor Taylor	Britain
—	Moises Solana	Mexico
—	Phil Hill	USA