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Player's Grand Prix of Canada

27 Aug 1967Mosport Park356.130 km (3957 m x 90 Laps)

 Pole Position: Jim Clark, Lotus 49-Ford, 1:22.4 (172.9 km/h) Fastest Lap: Jim Clark, Lotus 49-Ford, 1:23.1 (171.4 km/h lap 54) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Jack Brabham Brabham BT24-Repco 2:40:40.0 133.0 km/h 2 2 Denny Hulme Brabham BT24-Repco 2:41:41.9 132.1 km/h 3 10 Dan Gurney Eagle T1G-Weslake -1 Lap 4 4 Graham Hill Lotus 49-Ford -2 Laps 5 16 Mike Spence BRM P83 -3 Laps 6 20 Chris Amon Ferrari 312/67 -3 Laps 7 19 Bruce McLaren McLaren M5A-BRM -4 Laps 8 9 Jo Bonnier Cooper T81-Maserati -5 Laps 9 12 David Hobbs BRM P261 -5 Laps 10 8 Richard Attwood Cooper T81B-Maserati -6 Laps 11 6 Mike Fisher Lotus 33-BRM -9 Laps Did Not Finish: DQ 5 Eppie Wietzes Lotus 49-Ford 69 Outside assistance after spin 3 Jim Clark Lotus 49-Ford 69 Ignition 15 Jackie Stewart BRM P115 65 Throttle 11 Al Pease Eagle T1F-Climax 47 Not classified 17 Chris Irwin BRM P83 18 Spun off 71 Jochen Rindt Cooper T81-Maserati 4 Ignition Did Not Start: 14 Jo Siffert Cooper T81-Maserati Starter ring Did Not Qualify: 41 Tom Jones Cooper T82-Climax Too slow Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 3 Jim Clark Lotus 49-Ford 1-3 13 2 Denny Hulme Brabham BT24-Repco 4-57 54 3 Jim Clark Lotus 49-Ford 58-67 1 Jack Brabham Brabham BT24-Repco 68-90 23 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 3 Jim Clark Lotus 49-Ford 1:23.1 171.4 54 2 4 Graham Hill Lotus 49-Ford 1:24.0 169.6 51 3 2 Denny Hulme Brabham BT24-Repco 1:24.0 169.6 52 4 10 Dan Gurney Eagle T1G-Weslake 1:24.7 168.2 52 5 9 Jo Bonnier Cooper T81-Maserati 1:24.9 167.8 41 6 1 Jack Brabham Brabham BT24-Repco 1:25.3 167.0 53 7 20 Chris Amon Ferrari 312/67 1:25.7 166.2 52 8 19 Bruce McLaren McLaren M5A-BRM 1:26.8 164.1 47 9 16 Mike Spence BRM P83 1:27.2 163.4 52 10 15 Jackie Stewart BRM P115 1:27.5 162.8 51 11 12 David Hobbs BRM P261 1:28.3 161.3 49 12 6 Mike Fisher Lotus 33-BRM 1:29.1 159.9 44 13 8 Richard Attwood Cooper T81B-Maserati 1:29.6 159.0 48 14 5 Eppie Wietzes Lotus 49-Ford 1:33.3 152.7 48 15 11 Al Pease Eagle T1F-Climax 1:37.5 146.1 15 16 17 Chris Irwin BRM P83 2:01.1 117.6 13 17 71 Jochen Rindt Cooper T81-Maserati 2:04.6 114.3 4 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 3 Jim Clark Lotus 49-Ford 1:22.4 172.9 Team Lotus 2 4 Graham Hill Lotus 49-Ford 1:22.7 172.3 Team Lotus 3 2 Denny Hulme Brabham BT24-Repco 1:23.2 171.2 Brabham Racing Organisation 4 20 Chris Amon Ferrari 312/67 1:23.3 171.0 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 5 10 Dan Gurney Eagle T1G-Weslake 1:23.4 170.8 Anglo American Racers 6 19 Bruce McLaren McLaren M5A-BRM 1:23.5 170.6 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 7 1 Jack Brabham Brabham BT24-Repco 1:24.7 168.2 Brabham Racing Organisation 8 71 Jochen Rindt Cooper T81-Maserati 1:24.9 167.8 Cooper Car Co 9 15 Jackie Stewart BRM P115 1:25.4 166.8 Owen Racing Organisation 10 16 Mike Spence BRM P83 1:25.8 166.0 Owen Racing Organisation 11 17 Chris Irwin BRM P83 1:26.0 165.6 Reg Parnell Racing 12 12 David Hobbs BRM P261 1:26.2 165.3 Bernard White Racing 13 14 Jo Siffert Cooper T81-Maserati 1:26.6 164.5 Rob Walker/Jack Durlacher Racing 14 8 Richard Attwood Cooper T81B-Maserati 1:27.1 163.6 Cooper Car Co 15 9 Jo Bonnier Cooper T81-Maserati 1:27.3 163.2 Joakim Bonnier Racing Team 16 11 Al Pease Eagle T1F-Climax 1:30.1 158.1 Castrol Oils Ltd 17 5 Eppie Wietzes Lotus 49-Ford 1:30.8 156.9 Team Lotus 18 6 Mike Fisher Lotus 33-BRM 1:31.9 155.0 Mike Fisher Did Not Qualify: 19 41 Tom Jones Cooper T82-Climax 1:51.9 127.3 Tom Jones Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jim Clark Lotus 49-Ford 1:22.9 171.8 2 2 Denny Hulme Brabham BT24-Repco 1:23.6 170.4 3 20 Chris Amon Ferrari 312/67 1:24.0 169.6 4 1 Jack Brabham Brabham BT24-Repco 1:24.7 168.2 5 19 Bruce McLaren McLaren M5A-BRM 1:24.8 168.0 6 4 Graham Hill Lotus 49-Ford 1:25.0 167.6 7 10 Dan Gurney Eagle T1G-Weslake 1:25.3 167.0 8 14 Jo Siffert Cooper T81-Maserati 1:26.6 164.5 9 15 Jackie Stewart BRM P115 1:26.7 164.3 10 17 Chris Irwin BRM P83 1:26.9 163.9 11 9 Jo Bonnier Cooper T81-Maserati 1:27.3 163.2 12 8 Richard Attwood Cooper T81B-Maserati 1:27.5 162.8 13 16 Mike Spence BRM P83 1:27.7 162.4 14 12 David Hobbs BRM P261 1:29.0 160.1 15 11 Al Pease Eagle T1F-Climax 1:34.0 151.5 16 6 Mike Fisher Lotus 33-BRM 1:35.3 149.5 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Jim Clark Lotus 49-Ford 1:22.4 172.9 2 4 Graham Hill Lotus 49-Ford 1:22.7 172.3 3 2 Denny Hulme Brabham BT24-Repco 1:23.2 171.2 4 20 Chris Amon Ferrari 312/67 1:23.3 171.0 5 10 Dan Gurney Eagle T1G-Weslake 1:23.4 170.8 6 19 Bruce McLaren McLaren M5A-BRM 1:23.5 170.6 7 71 Jochen Rindt Cooper T81-Maserati 1:24.9 167.8 8 1 Jack Brabham Brabham BT24-Repco 1:25.0 167.6 9 15 Jackie Stewart BRM P115 1:25.4 166.8 10 16 Mike Spence BRM P83 1:25.8 166.0 11 17 Chris Irwin BRM P83 1:26.0 165.6 12 12 David Hobbs BRM P261 1:26.2 165.3 13 14 Jo Siffert Cooper T81-Maserati 1:26.8 164.1 14 8 Richard Attwood Cooper T81B-Maserati 1:27.1 163.6 15 9 Jo Bonnier Cooper T81-Maserati 1:28.2 161.5 16 11 Al Pease Eagle T1F-Climax 1:30.1 158.1 17 5 Eppie Wietzes Lotus 49-Ford 1:30.8 156.9 18 6 Mike Fisher Lotus 33-BRM 1:31.9 155.0 19 41 Tom Jones Cooper T82-Climax 1:51.9 127.3
Starting Grid:
3 Jim Clark
Lotus 49-Ford
1:22.4
4 Graham Hill
Lotus 49-Ford
1:22.7
2 Denny Hulme
Brabham BT24-Repco
1:23.2
20 Chris Amon
Ferrari 312/67
1:23.3
10 Dan Gurney
Eagle T1G-Weslake
1:23.4
19 Bruce McLaren
McLaren M5A-BRM
1:23.5
1 Jack Brabham
Brabham BT24-Repco
1:24.7
71 Jochen Rindt
Cooper T81-Maserati
1:24.9
15 Jackie Stewart
BRM P115
1:25.4
16 Mike Spence
BRM P83
1:25.8
17 Chris Irwin
BRM P83
1:26.0
12 David Hobbs
BRM P261
1:26.2
8 Richard Attwood
Cooper T81B-Maserati
1:27.1
9 Jo Bonnier
Cooper T81-Maserati
1:27.3
11 Al Pease
Eagle T1F-Climax
1:30.1
5 Eppie Wietzes
Lotus 49-Ford
1:30.8
6 Mike Fisher
Lotus 33-BRM
1:31.9
Notes:
  • Weather: Wet.
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    Race Review:

    The World Championship had been used to staying in Europe in the midsummer months but for 1967 Canada applied for a Grand Prix and as it was the country's Centenary the FIA agreed to the request. Mosport Park had hosted the Canadian GP since 1961 but this had always been a sportscar race beforehand.

    As usual it was a fight between Lotus, Brabham, Ferrari and Eagle-Weslake although Bruce McLaren's McLaren-BRM M5A was finally ready and so he ceased driving the second Eagle and went to work on his own car. Local driver Al Pease was given a run in an Eagle-Climax while there a couple of extra Lotuses, including a 49 for Eppie Wietzes. Pedro Rodríguez was out of action following a huge Formula 2 crash at Enna in the wooden-chassised Protos F2 car which left him with a broken leg. His place was taken by Richard Attwood.

    Jim Clark and Graham Hill were fastest in qualifying in the new Lotus-DFV 49 and they shared the front row of the grid with World Championship leader Denny Hulme. Chris Amon's Ferrari was alongside Dan Gurney's Eagle on the second row while the third row featured McLaren, Jack Brabham's Brabham and Jochen Rindt in the fastest of the Cooper-Maseratis. The BRMs of Jackie Stewart and Mike Spence were back on the fourth row.

    It was raining when the race began and Clark took the lead with Hulme chasing. On the fourth lap Hulme went into the lead while Brabham moved ahead of Hill to take third. McLaren's car was working well and he was up to fifth when he had a spin but he then fought back and by lap 13 was able to take third place from Brabham. On lap 22 he overtook Clark for second place. The track was now beginning to dry and McLaren's car was less well-suited to the conditions and gradually Clark, then Brabham retook their places. Hulme continued at the front but Clark closed rapidly and took the lead on lap 58. It started to rain again but Clark stayed ahead until lap 68 when his engine cut out. Brabham overtook Hulme at the same time and so the Brabhams ran 1-2 to the finish with Gurney a long way back in third place.