1967 German Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 7 of 11 in the 1967 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | August 6, 1967 | ||
| Official name | XXIX Großer Preis von Deutschland | ||
| Location |
Nürburgring Nürburg, West Germany |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 22.835 km (14.189 mi) | ||
| Distance | 15 laps, 342.525 km (212.835 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm, dry and sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 8:04.1 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Dan Gurney
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Eagle-Weslake | |
| Time | 8:15.1 on lap 6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Brabham-Repco | ||
| Second | Brabham-Repco | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1967 German Grand Prix was a motor race for both Formula One and Formula Two cars held at the Nürburgring on August 6, 1967. It was the seventh round of the 1967 Formula One season. The 15-lap race was won by Brabham driver Denny Hulme after he started from second position. His teammate Jack Brabham finished second and Ferrari driver Chris Amon came in third.
There had been some changes to the track in an attempt to slow the cars down as they approached the pit area. However, it was clear that the cars had developed considerably over 12 months, so the changes had very little effect on the lap times.
A total of 16 F1 cars were entered for the event. As with the 1966 event, there were a field of 10 Formula Two cars. Amongst these F2 cars number of stars of tomorrow including Jacky Ickx and Jo Schlesser in their Matras. Among the field were two wooden-chassis Protos. Apart from the F2 entries, the field was much as usual except for a second Lola-BMW for Hubert Hahne. As this had a 2-litre engine, it was entered as a F1 car.
Jim Clark took pole position for Team Lotus, in their Cosworth DFV powered Lotus 49, averaging a speed of 105.598 mph, around 14.189 mile circuit. Clark was nearly 10 seconds faster than the next driver, Denny Hulme in the Brabham-Repco BT24. Third fastest was set by Ickx in his F2 Matra. As this was a Formula Two car, Ickx would have to start behind the main grid. Therefore, alongside Clark and Hulme on the four car front row was the BRM P115 of Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney’s Eagle-Weslake T1G. The second Eagle of McLaren headed up the second row, where he was joined by John Surtees in his Honda RA273 and Jack Brabham in his Brabham-Repco BT24.
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