1966 South African Grand Prix

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The full entry list for the 1966 South African Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Mike Spence	Team Lotus	Lotus	33	Climax	FWMV V8 2.0	F
2	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	33	Climax	FWMV V8 2.0	F
3	Jo Bonnier	RRC Walker Racing Team	Lotus	25	Climax	FWMV V8 2.0	D
4	Jo Siffert	RRC Walker Racing Team	Brabham	BT11	BRM	P60 V8 2.0	D
5	Innes Ireland	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus	25	BRM	P56 V8 2.0	F
6	Paul Hawkins	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus	25	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	F
7	Richie Ginther	Stirling Moss Racing Team	BRP	Mk2	BRM	P56 V8 2.0	D
8	David Prophet	Privateer	Lotus	24	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
9	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham	BT11	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	F
10	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham	BT19	Repco	620 V8 3.0	G
11	Denny Hulme	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham	BT11	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	G
12	John Love	Privateer	Cooper	T79	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	F
14	Tony Jefferies	John Love	Cooper	T55	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	F
15	Peter de Klerk	Otelle Nucci	Brabham	BT11	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	D
16	Doug Serrurier	Privateer	LDS	Mk3	Climax	FPF L4 2.0	D
17	Clive Puzey	Privateer	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
18	Dave Charlton	Scuderia Scribante	Brabham	BT11	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	F
19	Jackie Pretorius	Scuderia Scribante	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
20	David Hume	Team Valencia	LDS	Mk1	Climax	FPF L4 2.0	D
21	Sam Tingle	Privateer	LDS	Mk3	Climax	FPF L4 2.75	F
22	Jack Holme	Privateer	LDS	Mk2	Ford	LF L4 1.6	D
23	Brian Raubenheimer	Privateer	Lotus	20	Ford	LF L4 1.6	D

The full qualifying results for the 1966 South African Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	10	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	1:25.1	—
2	1	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	1:26.0	+0.9
3	11	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Climax	1:26.2	+1.1
4	10	John Love	Cooper-Climax	1:26.4	+1.3
5	10	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	1:27.3	+2.2
6	7	Richie Ginther	BRP-BRM	1:27.8	+2.7
7	15	Peter de Klerk	Brabham-Climax	1:28.4	+3.3
8	9	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	1:28.5	+3.4
9	3	Jo Bonnier	Lotus-Climax	1:28.5	+3.4
10	18	Dave Charlton	Brabham-Climax	1:29.0	+3.9
11	6	Paul Hawkins	Lotus-BRM	1:29.0	+3.9
12	4	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	1:29.4	+4.3
13	2	Peter Arundell	Lotus-Climax	1:31.1	+6.0
14	21	Sam Tingle	LDS-Climax	1:31.8	+6.7
15	14	Tony Jefferies	Cooper-Climax	1:33.5	+8.4
16	16	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Climax	1:33.5	+8.4
17	19	Jackie Pretorius	Lotus-Climax	1:34.6	+9.5
18	17	Clive Puzey	Lotus-Climax	1:35.0	+9.9
19	23	Brian Raubenheimer	Lotus-Ford	1:36.6	+10.5
20	22	Jack Holme	LDS-Ford	1:41.2	+16.1
21	8	David Prophet	Lotus-Maserati	1:43.2	+18.1
22	20	David Hume	LDS-Climax	1:43.7	+18.6

The full results for the 1966 South African Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Mike Spence	Lotus-Climax	60	1:29:34.4	2
2	4	Jo Siffert	Brabham-BRM	58	+2 laps	12
3	2	Peter Arundell	Lotus-Climax	58	+2 laps	13
4	18	Dave Charlton	Brabham-Climax	58	+2 laps	10
DSQ	9	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	58	Push start	8
5	21	Sam Tingle	LDS-Climax	57	+3 laps	14
6	12	John Love	Cooper-Climax	56	+4 laps	4
7	17	Clive Puzey	Lotus-Climax	56	+4 laps	18
8	14	Tony Jefferies	Cooper-Climax	56	+4 laps	15
9	19	Jackie Pretorius	Lotus-Climax	56	+4 laps	17
10	16	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Climax	55	+5 laps	16
Ret	10	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	49	Fuel injection	1
Ret	15	Peter de Klerk	Brabham-Climax	49	Gearbox	7
Ret	11	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Climax	46	Gearbox	3
Ret	5	Innes Ireland	Lotus-BRM	33	Gearbox	5
Ret	6	Paul Hawkins	Lotus-Climax	9	Gear selector	11
Ret	7	Richie Ginther	BRP-BRM	8	Accident	6
Ret	3	Jo Bonnier	Lotus-Climax	7	Accident	9
Ret	8	David Prophet	Lotus-Maserati	0	Driveshaft	19
DNS	23	Brian Raubenheimer	Lotus-Ford
DNS	22	Jack Holme	LDS-Ford
DNS	20	David Hume	LDS-Climax