1967 Spanish Grand Prix
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| 1967 Spanish Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-championship race in the 1967 Formula One season | |||
 The Jarama Circuit (1967–1990) | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 12 November 1967 | ||
| Official name | XIII Gran Premio de España | ||
| Location | Circuito Permanente del Jarama, Madrid, Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.404 km (2.115 miles) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 204.240 km (126.900 miles) | ||
| Weather | Warm and sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:28.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jim Clark | Lotus-Ford | |
| Time | 1:28.8 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Third | Brabham-Repco | ||
The 1967 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One non-championship race held at Jarama on 12 November 1967.
This race was held because at that time the FIA 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.[1]
Only four Formula One cars were entered for the race, including two Lotus 49s for the two primary Team Lotus drivers, Jim Clark and Graham Hill. Lotus had also brought a Formula Two Lotus 48 which they hoped to sell to local driver Alex Soler-Roig. The other two F1 cars were a Ferrari 312/67 entered by Scuderia Ferrari for Andrea de Adamich, and a Brabham BT20 which Jack Brabham was to drive.
The Formula Two entry included many of the regular F2 season entrants. BMW entered two Lola T100s for Jo Siffert and Hubert Hahne, and Brian Redman brought his own Cosworth-engined Lola T100. Tyrrell fielded a Matra MS5 for Jacky Ickx, and a Matra MS7 for Jackie Stewart. 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 Ecurie Ford France. Three other drivers brought Brabhams: Chris Lambert and Robert Lamplough had Brabham BT21As, and Alan Rees had a Roy Winkelmann BT23. The other entrant was Alan Rollinson in his McLaren M4A.[1]
