| 1966 Mexican Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | October 23, 1966 | ||
| Official name | V 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) | ||
| Weather | Warm, clear | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Cooper-Maserati | ||
| Time | 1:53.18 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Richie Ginther | Honda | |
| Time | 1:53.75 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Cooper-Maserati | ||
| Second | Brabham-Repco | ||
| Third | Brabham-Repco | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca on 23 October 1966. It was race 9 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the fifth Mexican Grand Prix[1] and the first to be run under the new three-litre Formula.[2] It was held over 65 laps of the 5 km (3.1 mi) circuit for a race distance of 325 km (202 mi).
The race was won by British driver John Surtees driving a Cooper T81-Maserati, his first victory since leaving Scuderia Ferrari to join Cooper. Surtees led home reigning world champion Australian owner-driver Jack Brabham, driving a Brabham BT20-Repco,[3] by eight seconds. A lap down in third place, also driving a Brabham BT20, was Brabham's teammate New Zealander Denny Hulme.
Surtees's victory promoted him to second place in the championship, vaulting past Austrian driver Jochen Rindt of the Cooper works team.