The 1967 Spanish Grand Prix was a
Formula One
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non-championship race held at
Jarama
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on 12 November 1967.
This race was held because at that time the
FIA
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regulations required a demonstration race to be held as a quality check, before a Grand Prix could be admitted as a World Championship event. Due to the scheduling of the race, after the end of the World Championship season, few Formula One teams decided to participate. With only four Formula One cars entered, the field was filled out by Formula Two cars weighted with lead to bring them up to the Formula One weight limit.
Entry
Only four Formula One cars were entered for the race, including two
Lotus 49
The Lotus 49 was a Formula One racing car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe for the 1967 F1 season. It was designed around the Cosworth DFV engine that would power most of the Formula One grid through the 1970s. It was one of the fi ...
s for the two primary
Team Lotus
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drivers,
Jim Clark and
Graham Hill. Lotus had also brought a Formula Two
Lotus 48
The Lotus 48 was a Formula 2 racing car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Phillippe and powered by a Cosworth FVA engine. It won three races in the hands of Jim Clark but was generally uncompetitive against rival machinery. Ultimately ...
which they hoped to sell to local driver
Alex Soler-Roig
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. The other two F1 cars were a
Ferrari 312/67 entered by
Scuderia Ferrari for
Andrea de Adamich
Andrea Lodovico de Adamich (born 3 October 1941) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut on 1 January 1968. He scored a total of six championship points. He also p ...
, and a
Brabham BT20 which
Jack Brabham
Sir John Arthur Brabham (2 April 1926 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian racing driver who was Formula One World Champion in , , and . He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name.
Brabham was a R ...
was to drive.
The Formula Two entry included many of the regular F2 season entrants.
BMW entered two
Lola T100s for
Jo Siffert
Joseph Siffert (; 7 July 1936 – 24 October 1971) was a Swiss racing driver.
Affectionately known as "Seppi" to his family and friends, Siffert was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, the son of a dairy owner. He initially made his name in racing ...
and
Hubert Hahne
Hubert Hahne (28 March 1935 – 24 April 2019) was a racing driver from Germany. He was the older brother of Armin Hahne, as well as the uncle of Jörg van Ommen.
Career
He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, two of ...
, and
Brian Redman
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Racing for Carl Haas and Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, Brian Redman won the 1974, '75 ...
brought his own
Cosworth-engined Lola T100.
Tyrrell fielded a
Matra MS5
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for
Jacky Ickx
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, and a
Matra MS7
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While only modestly successful in Formula One, the car dominated Formula Two from late 1967 through 1969. Jacky Ickx, Jean-P ...
for
Jackie Stewart
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. Equipe Matra Sports, Matra themselves entered three cars: an MS5 for Johnny Servoz-Gavin, and two MS7s for Henri Pescarolo and Jean-Pierre Beltoise. There was another MS5 for Jo Schlesser, entered by Ford SAF, Ecurie Ford France. Three other drivers brought Brabhams: Chris Lambert (racing driver), Chris Lambert and Robert Lamplough had List of Brabham racing cars, Brabham BT21As, and Alan Rees (racing driver), Alan Rees had a Roy Winkelmann BT23. The other entrant was Alan Rollinson in his McLaren, McLaren M4A.
Qualifying
Qualifying report
The two Formula One Lotuses were on the front row of the grid, with Clark 1.5 seconds faster than Hill. Stewart in the Formula Two Matra MS7 achieved the same time as Hill, and lined up alongside the Lotuses on the three-car front row. De Adamich managed fifth in the Ferrari on his debut in an F1 car, while the other F1 car of Jack Brabham lined up seventh. The F2 cars filled the rest of the grid, although Soler-Roig decided not to purchase the Lotus 48 he practiced, and so did not take part in the race.
Qualifying classification
''Note: a blue background indicates a Formula Two entrant.''
Race
Race report
In the race, Clark led from start to finish. Hill held second place throughout the race, although Siffert briefly challenged. The first retirement was Lamplough, who suffered a gearbox failure on his Brabham-Lotus on lap 2. Rollinson dropped out on lap 8 with a broken brake pedal, and Hahne's engine failed on lap 34.
The next retirement came when Stewart, who had been duelling with Brabham for fourth place behind Siffert, slid wide, left the track and crashed into a barrier. Stewart was uninjured. Shortly afterwards on lap 46, the BMW engine in Siffert's Lola caught fire, and he also retired. The order was now Clark, Hill, Brabham, de Adamich and Servoz-Gavin. With five laps to go, de Adamich's Ferrari suffered a puncture, and he lost a lap and a half getting his wheel changed.
Clark took the victory after 60 laps, with Hill 15 seconds behind. Brabham was third, the only other car on the lead lap. Servoz-Gavin finished fourth, ahead of Schlesser, who was suffering from engine problems. Ickx finished sixth, with Pescarolo seventh, two laps down. Redman had stopped to investigate bodywork damage and finished eighth ahead of the recovering de Adamich, while Beltoise came tenth after a pit-stop for shock absorber problems. Rees and Lambert finished a further lap adrift in 11th and 12th respectively.
Race classification
''Note: a blue background indicates a Formula Two entrant.''
References
{{F1 NC race report
, Name_of_race = Spanish Grand Prix
, Year_of_race = 1967
, Previous_race_in_season = 1967 International Gold Cup
, Next_race_in_season = 1968 Race of Champions
, Previous_year's_race = 1954 Spanish Grand Prix
, Next_year's_race = 1968 Spanish Grand Prix
1967 Formula One races, Spanish Grand Prix
Spanish Grand Prix
1967 in Spanish motorsport
November 1967 sports events in Europe, Spanish