1967 Belgian Grand Prix

Race report

Jim Clark led off the grid from pole position and maintained that position for the first 11 laps and was 20 seconds ahead of Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney when he had to come into the pits for a plug change, which cost him two minutes. Stewart built up a comfortable lead, helped even further when Gurney had to come into the pits with fuel pressure problems, losing another 20 seconds. However, it was now Stewart's time for mechanical problems as his gearshift was faltering. Gurney set a new lap record to catch and pass him 8 laps from the end and gain a maiden victory for the beautiful magnesium and titanium Eagle car. The light weight and advanced aerodynamics of the car made it very fast, and Gurney shattered Tony Brooks' record Grand Prix average of 143 mph (set some 8 years earlier) on his way to victory. The Eagle was timed at 196 mph on the back straight, an extraordinary speed for a car with an engine producing (at that time) something less than 400 h.p.

Mike Parkes had a horrendous crash on the first lap at the exit of Blanchimont after losing control (on oil spilled from Stewart's BRM); his Ferrari rolled a number of times and he was thrown out of the car. Doctors considered amputating his legs and he was in a coma for a week. He survived, but had broken both of his legs. Parkes never raced in Formula One again.

Classification

Qualifying

Race

Notes

• This was Dan Gurney's fourth Formula One World Championship Grand Prix win and the third with a different team. Gurney became only the second driver to win a Grand Prix driving for his own team - after Jack Brabham. This was also the first win for his team Eagle, for an American constructor and for a Weslake-powered car. Gurney's win with Eagle was the third first win he achieved for the teams he drove for. At the 1962 French Grand Prix, Gurney had won Porsche's first and only Grand Prix win. At the 1964 French Grand Prix, he won Brabham's first Grand Prix win, only to win for the first time for Eagle now.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

;Constructors' Championship standings

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Name_of_race = Belgian Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1967 | Previous_race_in_season = 1967 Dutch Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 1967 French Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1966 Belgian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1968 Belgian Grand Prix

References

1. "Eagle Eye: The Eagle Gurney-Weslake F1 Effort".
2. [[Team Penske. Penske]] achieved a victory at the [[1976 Austrian Grand Prix]] having raced with an American licence, but the car was built at the British base in [[Poole]]. Though American-owned, the British-based [[Shadow Racing Cars. Shadow]] achieved a victory at the [[1977 Austrian Grand Prix]] having raced with a British licence.
3. Franka. "Mike Parkes - The Imp Site".
4. "1967 Belgian GP Qualification".
5. "1967 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com.
6. "Belgium 1967 - Championship • STATS F1".