- 1966 French Grand Prix
The 1966 French Grand Prix was a
Formula One race held atReims-Gueux onJuly 3 ,1966 . It was the '60th Anniversary race' of Grand Prix racing, which had started with the GP of France in 1906. Qualifying was firmly in the hands of Ferrari and especially Lorenzo Bandini with a pole set at 2:07.8 in his 3-litre 312/66. After the start, Bandini duly led, with Jack Brabham in his 'Old Nail' BT19 - which had a bit less straightline speed - following in his slipstream for a while. When the Italian had to retire due to a broken throttle linkage, Brabham took 1st place at the finish.Classification
Notes
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Pole position : Lorenzo Bandini - 2:07.8
* Fastest L
* 1950 World ChampionNino Farina died in a car accident while on his way to spectate this race.References
*cite web | title = The Official Formula 1 website | url = http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/582/ | accessdate = 2008-01-15
F1 race report
Name_of_race =French Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1966
Previous_race_in_season =1966 Belgian Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season =1966 British Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race =1965 French Grand Prix
Next_year's_race =1967 French Grand Prix
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