| 1966 French Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Reims-Gueux | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 3 July 1966 | ||
| Official name | 52e Grand Prix de l'ACF[1] | ||
| Location | Reims-Gueux, Reims, France | ||
| Course | Temporary road course | ||
| Course length | 8.348 km (5.187 miles) | ||
| Distance | 48 laps, 400.694 km (248.980 miles) | ||
| Weather | Hot, dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 2:07.8 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | |
| Time | 2:11.3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Brabham-Repco | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Brabham-Repco | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 1966 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims on 3 July 1966. It was race 3 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the "60th Anniversary race" of Grand Prix racing, which had started with the GP of France in 1906. It was also the 16th and last time the French Grand Prix was held on variations of French highways near Reims, following a three-year absence from the region. The race was held over 48 laps of the 8.35-kilometre (5.19 mi) circuit for a race distance of 400.694 kilometres (248.980 mi).
The race was won by the 1959 and 1960 World Champion, Australian driver Jack Brabham, driving his Brabham BT19. It was Brabham's eighth Grand Prix victory and his first since the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix, six years earlier. It was also his first win since establishing his Brabham team, and the first win for the Australian-developed Repco V8 engine. Brabham became the first driver to win a World Championship Grand Prix in a car bearing his own name. British driver Mike Parkes finished second in a Ferrari 312, 9.5 seconds behind, while Brabham's team-mate, New Zealander Denny Hulme, finished third in his Brabham BT20, albeit two laps down.
Brabham now led the Driver's Championship on 12 points, two ahead of Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini and three ahead of BRM's Jackie Stewart and Ferrari's John Surtees. The win was the first of four in succession for Brabham as he began his march towards his third world title.
- ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1966". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 20 October 2017.