The 1967 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca on 22 October 1967. It was race 11 of 11 in both the 1967 World Championship of Drivers and the 1967 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
For the first time in 8 years, two teammates went into the last race with a chance of winning the title. Denny Hulme on 47 points required a fourth-place finish to claim the drivers' title. Jack Brabham with 42 points needed to win the race and for Hulme to finish fifth or lower.
The race was won by over a minute by Jim Clark, driving for Lotus-Ford, despite not being able to use his clutch during almost the entire race. New Zealander Denny Hulme clinched his only World Championship by coming home third, earning the necessary points to edge out teammate and three-time World Champion Jack Brabham in order to become the first and only New Zealander to win the Formula One World Championship so far.
Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 5 Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:47.56—2 9 Chris Amon Ferrari 1:48.04 +0.483 11 Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 1:48.10 +0.544 6 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:48.74 +1.185 1 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:49.08 +1.526 2 Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 1:49.46 +1.907 3 John Surtees Honda 1:49.80 +2.248 14 Bruce McLaren McLaren-BRM 1:50.06 +2.509 18 Moisés Solana Lotus-Ford 1:50.52 +2.9610 15 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:51.89 +4.3311 8 Mike Spence BRM 1:52.25 +4.6912 7 Jackie Stewart BRM 1:52.34 +4.7813 21 Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 1:52.85 +5.2914 22 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 1:53.08 +5.5215 17 Chris Irwin BRM 1:54.38 +6.8216 12 Jonathan Williams Ferrari 1:54.80 +7.2417 16 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:55.57 +8.0118 10 Mike Fisher Lotus-BRM 1:57.41 +9.8519 19 Guy Ligier Brabham-Repco 1:58.45 +10.89 Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 65 1:59:28.70 1 9 2 1 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 65 +1:25.36 5 6 3 2 Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 64 +1 lap 6 4 4 3 John Surtees Honda 64 +1 lap 7 3 5 8 Mike Spence BRM 63 +2 laps 11 2 6 21 Pedro Rodríguez Cooper-Maserati 63 +2 laps 13 1 7 22 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 63 +2 laps 14 8 12 Jonathan Williams Ferrari 63 +2 laps 16 9 9 Chris Amon Ferrari 62 Out of Fuel 2 10 16 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 61 +4 laps 17 11 19 Guy Ligier Brabham-Repco 61 +4 laps 19 12 15 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 59 Overheating 10 14 Bruce McLaren McLaren-BRM 45 Oil Pressure 8 17 Chris Irwin BRM 33 Oil Leak 15 7 Jackie Stewart BRM 24 Engine 12 6 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 18 Half Shaft 4 18 Moisés Solana Lotus-Ford 12 Suspension 9 11 Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 4 Radiator 3 10 Mike Fisher Lotus-BRM Fuel System 18
Notes
This was the only Formula One World Championship start for British driver Jonathan Williams. This was the second win of the Mexican Grand Prix by Jim Clark and Lotus, setting a new record. This was the tenth Grand Slam (pole position, fastest lap, Grand Prix win) for Jim Clark, breaking the old record set by Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1957 German Grand Prix.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Denny Hulme 51 2 Jack Brabham 46 (48) 3 Jim Clark 41 1 4 John Surtees 20 1 5 Chris Amon 20Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Brabham-Repco 63 (67) 2 Lotus-Ford 44 3 Cooper-Maserati 28 1 4 Honda 20 1 5 Ferrari 20Source:
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results from the first 6 rounds and the best 4 results from the last 5 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
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