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1967 Mexican Grand Prix
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	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford
Time	1:47.56
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford
Time	1:48.13
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford
Second	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
Third	Denny Hulme	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. 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.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford	1:47.56	—
2	9	Chris Amon	Ferrari	1:48.04	+0.48
3	11	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	1:48.10	+0.54
4	6	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	1:48.74	+1.18
5	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	1:49.08	+1.52
6	2	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	1:49.46	+1.90
7	3	John Surtees	Honda	1:49.80	+2.24
8	14	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-BRM	1:50.06	+2.50
9	18	Moisés Solana	Lotus-Ford	1:50.52	+2.96
10	15	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati	1:51.89	+4.33
11	8	Mike Spence	BRM	1:52.25	+4.69
12	7	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1:52.34	+4.78
13	21	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper-Maserati	1:52.85	+5.29
14	22	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra-Ford	1:53.08	+5.52
15	17	Chris Irwin	BRM	1:54.38	+6.82
16	12	Jonathan Williams	Ferrari	1:54.80	+7.24
17	16	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati	1:55.57	+8.01
18	10	Mike Fisher	Lotus-BRM	1:57.41	+9.85
19	19	Guy Ligier	Brabham-Repco	1:58.45	+10.89
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford	65	1:59:28.70	1	9
2	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	65	+1:25.36	5	6
3	2	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	64	+1 lap	6	4
4	3	John Surtees	Honda	64	+1 lap	7	3
5	8	Mike Spence	BRM	63	+2 laps	11	2
6	21	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper-Maserati	63	+2 laps	13	1
7	22	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra-Ford	63	+2 laps	14
8	12	Jonathan Williams	Ferrari	63	+2 laps	16
9	9	Chris Amon	Ferrari	62	Out of Fuel	2
10	16	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati	61	+4 laps	17
11	19	Guy Ligier	Brabham-Repco	61	+4 laps	19
12	15	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati	59	Overheating	10
Ret	14	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-BRM	45	Oil Pressure	8
Ret	17	Chris Irwin	BRM	33	Oil Leak	15
Ret	7	Jackie Stewart	BRM	24	Engine	12
Ret	6	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	18	Half Shaft	4
Ret	18	Moisés Solana	Lotus-Ford	12	Suspension	9
Ret	11	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	4	Radiator	3
DNS	10	Mike Fisher	Lotus-BRM		Fuel System	18
Source:

Notes

• This was the only Formula One World Championship start for British driver Jonathan Williams.
• This was the second win of the Mexican Grand Prix by Jim Clark and Lotus, setting a new record.
• This was the tenth Grand Slam (pole position, fastest lap, Grand Prix win) for Jim Clark, breaking the old record set by Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1957 German Grand Prix.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hulme 51 2 Jack Brabham 46 (48) 3 Jim Clark 41 1 4 John Surtees 20 1 5 Chris Amon 20 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Brabham-Repco 63 (67) 2 Lotus-Ford 44 3 Cooper-Maserati 28 1 4 Honda 20 1 5 Ferrari 20 Source:

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results from the first 6 rounds and the best 4 results from the last 5 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

1. "Mexico City Formula 1 - 1967". Archived from the original on 2004-02-11.
2. "1967 Mexican GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
3. "1967 Mexican Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
4. ^ "Mexico 1967 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

• 1967 Formula One races
• Mexican Grand Prix
• 1967 in Mexican motorsport
• October 1967 sports events in Mexico