1966 Syracuse Grand Prix | |||
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Non-championship race in the 1966 Formula One season | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 1 May 1966 | ||
Official name | XV Gran Premio di Siracusa | ||
Location | Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily | ||
Course | Temporary road circuit | ||
Course length | 5.615 km (3.489 miles) | ||
Distance | 56 laps, 314.46 km (195.4 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:42.3 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | John Surtees | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:43.4 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | Lotus-BRM |
The 15th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 1 May 1966 at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was run over 56 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver John Surtees in a Ferrari 312.
Jack Brabham, Vic Wilson and Denny Hulme all failed to post a time during practice, and lined up on the grid behind the last driver to post a time, André Wicky, whose time was 37.4 seconds slower than Surtees's pole time.[1]