1966 German Grand Prix

1966 German Grand Prix
Race details
Date 7 August 1966
Official name XXVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 22.810 km (14.168 miles)
Distance 15 laps, 342.15 km (212.52 miles)
Weather Overcast and wet
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 8:16.5
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom John Surtees Cooper-Maserati
Time 8:49.0
Podium
First Brabham-Repco
Second Cooper-Maserati
Third Cooper-Maserati
Lap leaders
Lorenzo Bandini in his Ferrari on his way to sixth place.

The 1966 German Grand Prix was a mixed Formula One and Formula Two motor race held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife on 7 August 1966. It was race 6 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 28th German Grand Prix and the 22nd to be held at the Nordschleife. It was held over 15 laps of the 22 kilometre circuit for a race distance 342 kilometres.

The race was won by 1959 and 1960 World Champion Jack Brabham driving his Brabham BT19, his fourth win in succession. Brabham won by 43 seconds over the Cooper T81 driven by 1964 World Champion John Surtees. Surtees' Austrian teammate Jochen Rindt finished third. The first Formula Two driver to finish was French driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise in eighth driving a Matra Sports entered Matra MS5.

The race also saw the death of British driver John Taylor after a collision with Jacky Ickx.

Brabham had collected 39 points, more than double his nearest rival, BRM driver Graham Hill.