The 1966 South African Grand Prix, formally titled the 12th International RAC Grand Prix of South Africa (Afrikaans: 12de Internasionale RAC Grand Prix van Suid-Afrika), was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 1 January 1966 at Prince George Circuit, East London, South Africa. The race, run over 60 laps of the circuit, was won by British driver Mike Spence in a works Lotus-Climax. Spence won by two laps from the private Brabham-BRM of Swiss driver Jo Siffert, with fellow Briton Peter Arundell third in the other works Lotus-Climax. The Grand Prix in South Africa had been relegated to non-championship status for 1966 as cars with 1.5 litre engines had been permitted to enter the race against 1966 World Championship regulations which only permitted teams to use cars with 3 litre engines.
Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 Mike Spence Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 60 1.29:39.4 2 2 Jo Siffert Rob Walker Racing Team Brabham-BRM 58 + 2 Laps 12 3 Peter Arundell Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 58 + 2 Laps 13 4 Dave Charlton Scuderia Scribante Brabham-Climax 58 + 2 Laps 10 DSQ Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Brabham-Climax 58 Push Start 8 5 Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Climax 57 + 3 Laps 14 6 John Love John Love Cooper-Climax 56 + 4 Laps 4 7 Clive Puzey Clive Puzey Motors Lotus-Climax 56 + 4 Laps 18 8 Tony Jefferies John Love Cooper-Climax 56 + 4 Laps 15 9 Jackie Pretorius Scuderia Scribante Lotus-Climax 56 + 4 Laps 17 10 Doug Serrurier Louis Douglas Serrurier LDS-Climax 55 + 5 Laps 16 Ret Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Repco 49 Fuel Injection 1 Ret Peter de Klerk Otelle Nucci Brabham-Climax 49 Gearbox 7 Ret Denny Hulme Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax 46 Gearbox 3 Ret Innes Ireland Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-BRM 33 Gearbox 5 Ret Paul Hawkins Reg Parnell (Racing) Lotus-Climax 9 Gear Selector 11 Ret Richie Ginther Stirling Moss Racing Team BRP-BRM 8 Accident 6 Ret Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus-Climax 7 Accident 9 Ret David Prophet David Prophet Racing Lotus-Maserati 0 Driveshaft 19 DNS Brian Raubenheimer Brian Raubenheimer Lotus-Ford DNS Jack Holme Jack Holme LDS-Ford DNS David Hume Team Valencia LDS-Climax
References
Race results at Silhouet.com