1967 Mexican Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | October 22, 1967 | ||
Official name | VI Gran Premio de Mexico | ||
Location | Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.000 km (3.107 miles) | ||
Distance | 65 laps, 325.000 km (201.946 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
Time | 1:47.56 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Jim Clark | Lotus-Ford | |
Time | 1:48.13 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lotus-Ford | ||
Second | Brabham-Repco | ||
Third | Brabham-Repco | ||
Lap leaders |
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.[1] 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.