03 Jul 1966 French Grand Prix
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The 1966 French Grand Prix was Round 3 of the 1966 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Reims-Gueux, France on Sunday, 3 July 1966. Lorenzo Bandini started on pole position for Ferrari and Jack Brabham was the race winner in the Brabham Repco.
1966 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 48 | 1:48:31.300 | 1:48:31.300 | - | - | 2:12.800 | 5 | 220.322 | 9 |
| 2 | 22 | Mike Parkes | Great Britain | Ferrari | Firestone | 48 | +9.500 | 1:48:40.800 | + 9.500 | +9.500 | 2:12.800 | 35 | 220.001 | 6 |
| 3 | 14 | Denny Hulme | New Zealand | Brabham Repco | Goodyear | 46 | +2 laps | 1:48:40.800 | 2 laps | 2 laps | 2:15.800 | 33 | 210.834 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Jochen Rindt | Austria | Cooper Maserati | Dunlop | 46 | +2 laps | 1:49:26.500 | 2 laps | +45.700 | 2:15.000 | 4 | 209.367 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | Dan Gurney | United States | Eagle Climax | Goodyear | 45 | +3 laps | 1:49:35.000 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 2:20.500 | 36 | 204.551 | 2 |
| 6 | 44 | John Taylor | Great Britain | Brabham BRM | 45 | +3 laps | 1:49:46.200 | 3 laps | +11.200 | 2:23.500 | 4 | 204.203 | 1 | |
| 7 | 36 | Bob Anderson | Great Britain | Brabham Climax | 44 | +4 laps | 1:49:29.200 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 2:19.200 | 33 | 200.182 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Cooper Maserati | Dunlop | 44 | +4 laps | 1:50:51.100 | 4 laps | +1:21.900 | 2:14.400 | 2 | 197.717 | |
| NC | 42 | Guy Ligier | France | Cooper Maserati | 42 | +6 laps | 1:49:59.600 | 2:18.800 | 2 | 190.202 | ||||
| DNF | 2 | Pedro Rodríguez | Mexico | Lotus Climax | Firestone | 40 | DNF | 1:33:54.500 | 2:15.800 | 36 | 212.172 | |||
| NC | 20 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | Ferrari | Firestone | 37 | +11 laps | 1:48:40.600 | 2:11.300 | 30 | 169.589 | |||
| NC | 30 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Brabham Climax | 32 | +16 laps | 1:49:57.600 | 2:21.400 | 3 | 144.960 | ||||
| DNF | 16 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 13 | DNF | 30:32.000 | 2:14.100 | 3 | 212.081 | |||
| DNF | 38 | Jo Siffert | Switzerland | Cooper Maserati | 10 | DNF | 40:32.500 | 2:18.900 | 2 | 122.866 | ||||
| DNF | 32 | Mike Spence | Great Britain | Lotus BRM | 8 | DNF | 19:02.900 | 2:16.800 | 2 | 209.202 | ||||
| DNF | 10 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | Dunlop | 5 | DNF | 39:39.300 | 2:15.000 | 5 | 62.806 | |||
| DNF | 4 | Peter Arundell | Great Britain | Lotus BRM | Firestone | 3 | DNF | 9:35.800 | 2:48.200 | 3 | 155.716 | |||
| WIT | 2 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Firestone | |||||||||
| WIT | 30 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Cooper ATS |