{"id":3187,"date":"2020-12-03T20:39:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T11:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T11:39:36","slug":"1966-f1-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"championship","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"1966 F1 World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--with-image\">\n            <div class=\"hero__image\">\n                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-1600x900.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-1536x864.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-1316x740.jpg 1316w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-800x450.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-660x371.jpg.webp 660w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-600x338.jpg.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-400x225.jpg.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, (max-width: 1316px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 400px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\" alt=\"1966 Italian Grand Prix Jack Brabham\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-1600x900.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-1600x900.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-1536x864.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-1316x740.jpg 1316w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-800x450.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-660x371.jpg.webp 660w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-600x338.jpg.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham-400x225.jpg.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, (max-width: 1316px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, (max-width: 400px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                    <\/div>\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#overview\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#results\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#standings\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Standings<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"overview\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div data-behaviour=\"championship-data-box\" data-championship-id=\"3187\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-overview\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>New rules for 1966 allowed the capacity of normally aspirated engines to double to 3-litres in 1966 and so marked Formula 1\u2019s \u201creturn to power\u201d. Although the specifications had been announced three years earlier, many teams were far from ready. Ferrari, however, was prepared for the change and so started the season as favourites once more.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Stewart\u2019s old 2-litre BRM won on the tight confines of Monte Carlo but the fit again John Surtees confirmed Ferrari\u2019s status by dominating in Belgium. However, the Italians lost their impetus when internal politics forced Surtees to leave and seek refuge in the Cooper team.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Brabham quickly exploited this vacuum with four successive victories, enough to make him the first man to win the World Championship in a car bearing his own name. His team exclusively used the new Holden\/Repco engine, which was based on an aluminium stock-block Oldsmobile. Although the Repco was not as powerful as other 3-litre units, it was reliable and proved quick enough to win.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry Climax had withdrawn from F1 at the end of 1965, leaving the British teams looking for alternative power sources. Cooper arranged to use Maserati V12 engines that had last been raced nine years ago. Their improving season was rewarded when Surtees won the last race in Mexico to finish as runner-up in the drivers\u2019 championship. Bruce McLaren\u2019s new team experimented unsuccessfully with V8s from both Ford (its Indianapolis 500 engine) and Serenissima, while others bored out old engines to 2-litres as a stopgap.<\/p>\n<p>BRM eventually introduced the unreliable and complicated H16 unit, which was essentially two 1.5-litre V8s mated together. The only win for the engine was in the United States GP, where it was used in Jim Clark\u2019s Lotus 43.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full overview<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"results\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Races\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"championship-races-table\" data-championship-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"standings\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Standings\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"championship-standings-table\" data-championship-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n                            <section class=\"c-broadcast-space content-section block_5fc185541610c_leaderboardtop div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <div class=\"container container--full-mobile\">\n                <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n    \n\n        <section class=\"c-article-listing article-listing content-section\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <header class=\"content-header\">\n    <div class=\"content-header__intro user-content\">\n        <h1 class=\"content-header__title sanomat\">Related articles<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-header__button\">\n            <a class=\"button button--outline button--full\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/\">\n                View all\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"content-section__inner-content container\">\n            <div class=\"article-grid article-grid--no-ads\">\n                <div class=\"article-grid__wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"article-grid__nested-grid\">\n                        <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/history\/the-first-british-grand-prix-picture-gallery-tells-the-extraordinary-tale-of-brooklands-race\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Halford-leads-Benoist-in-the-1926-British-Grand-Prix-at-Brooklands-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"The first British Grand Prix: picture gallery tells the extraordinary tale of Brooklands race\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Halford-leads-Benoist-in-the-1926-British-Grand-Prix-at-Brooklands-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Halford-leads-Benoist-in-the-1926-British-Grand-Prix-at-Brooklands-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Racing History<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe first British Grand Prix: picture gallery tells the extraordinary tale of Brooklands race\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Photo gallery of the very first British Grand prix at Brooklands in 1926<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-08-07\">7th August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDominic Tobin<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>                                                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/history\/100-years-of-the-british-grand-prix-how-it-all-began\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Grand-Prix-cars-on-Brooklands-banking-at-the-1026-British-Grand-Prix-1-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"100 years of the British Grand Prix: how it all began\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Grand-Prix-cars-on-Brooklands-banking-at-the-1026-British-Grand-Prix-1-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Grand-Prix-cars-on-Brooklands-banking-at-the-1026-British-Grand-Prix-1-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Racing History<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t100 years of the British Grand Prix: how it all began\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Celebrating the centenary of the first British Grand Prix at Brooklands<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-08-07\">7th August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMotor Sport<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>                                                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/podcast\/f1-show\/podcast-norriss-dig-at-russell-why-world-champ-has-no-sympathy-for-f1-rivals-struggles\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Norris-russell-podcast-header-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Podcast: Norris&#8217;s dig at Russell &#8211; why world champ has no sympathy for F1 rival&#8217;s struggles\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Norris-russell-podcast-header-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Norris-russell-podcast-header-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/themes\/motor-sport-magazine\/public\/dist\/svgs\/play-icon.svg\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" aria-label=\"Play\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1 Show<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPodcast: Norris&#8217;s dig at Russell &#8211; why world champ has no sympathy for F1 rival&#8217;s struggles\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes<\/strong><br \/>\nHow quickly should F1 drivers adapt to their cars? And what is going wrong for George Russell?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-08-06\">6th August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMotor Sport<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>                                                                                            \n\t\n\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/f1-isnt-all-bad-in-2026-what-gp-racing-has-gained-and-lost-with-its-new-rules\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260705F1-0243-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"F1 isn&#8217;t all bad in 2026: what GP racing has gained and lost with its new rules\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260705F1-0243-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260705F1-0243-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tF1 isn&#8217;t all bad in 2026: what GP racing has gained and lost with its new rules\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\" data-cf-ignore>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Six months into Formula 1&#8217;s biggest regulation reset in a generation, the new rules have delivered genuine wins and real problems in almost equal measure<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-08-06\">6th August 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPablo Elizalde<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-database-cats database-cats content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"database-cats__content\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/series.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">3,496<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Championships<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/championships\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/results.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">20,259<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Results<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/races\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/drivers.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">26,115<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Drivers<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/drivers\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/team-driver-image.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">14,841<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Teams<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/teams\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/circuits.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">935<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Circuits<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/circuits\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"author":849,"featured_media":105618,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[43193,24447,24440],"championship_type":[27],"series":[24],"championship_group":[25],"season":[680],"race_winner":[13234],"class_list":["post-3187","championship","type-championship","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-1966-f1-world-championship","tag-brabham","tag-jack-brabham","championship_type-f1-world-championship","series-f1","championship_group-grand-prix","season-680","race_winner-jack-brabham"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1966 F1 World Championship | Motorsport Database<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find all the information on the 1966 F1 World Championship incl. circuits, drivers, teams, results &amp; more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1966 F1 World Championship | Motorsport Database\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find all the information on the 1966 F1 World Championship incl. circuits, drivers, teams, results &amp; more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-08T11:39:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/championships\\\/1966-f1-world-championship\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/championships\\\/1966-f1-world-championship\\\/\",\"name\":\"1966 F1 World Championship | Motorsport Database\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/championships\\\/1966-f1-world-championship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/championships\\\/1966-f1-world-championship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-03T20:39:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-08T11:39:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"Find all the information on the 1966 F1 World Championship incl. circuits, drivers, teams, results & more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/championships\\\/1966-f1-world-championship\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/championships\\\/1966-f1-world-championship\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/championships\\\/1966-f1-world-championship\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1125,\"caption\":\"1966 Italian Grand Prix Jack Brabham\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/championships\\\/1966-f1-world-championship\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Championships\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/championships\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"1966 F1 World Championship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/\",\"name\":\"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\\\/database\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"1966 F1 World Championship | Motorsport Database","description":"Find all the information on the 1966 F1 World Championship incl. circuits, drivers, teams, results & more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"1966 F1 World Championship | Motorsport Database","og_description":"Find all the information on the 1966 F1 World Championship incl. circuits, drivers, teams, results & more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/","og_site_name":"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine","article_modified_time":"2023-11-08T11:39:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1125,"url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/","name":"1966 F1 World Championship | Motorsport Database","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-03T20:39:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-08T11:39:36+00:00","description":"Find all the information on the 1966 F1 World Championship incl. circuits, drivers, teams, results & more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/1966-Italian-Grand-Prix-Jack-Brabham.jpg","width":2000,"height":1125,"caption":"1966 Italian Grand Prix Jack Brabham"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/1966-f1-world-championship\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Championships","item":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"1966 F1 World Championship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/","name":"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/championship\/3187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/championship"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/championship"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/849"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/championship\/3187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161923,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/championship\/3187\/revisions\/161923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3187"},{"taxonomy":"championship_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/championship_type?post=3187"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3187"},{"taxonomy":"championship_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/championship_group?post=3187"},{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=3187"},{"taxonomy":"race_winner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race_winner?post=3187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}