1967 Syracuse Grand Prix
| 1967 Syracuse Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-championship race in the 1967 Formula One season | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 21 May 1967 | ||
| Official name | XVI Gran Premio di Siracusa | ||
| Location | Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily | ||
| Course | Temporary road circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.598 km (3.478 miles) | ||
| Distance | 56 laps, 313.475 km (194.784 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:41.6 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Ludovico Scarfiotti | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:41.0 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Ferrari Ferrari | ||
| Second |
| - | |
| Third | Cooper-Maserati | ||
The 16th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily on 21 May 1967, two weeks after the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix in which Ferrari-driver Lorenzo Bandini suffered burns that led to his death three days later. A week earlier, also on Sicily, the 1967 Targa Florio had taken place, with Sicilian Nino Vaccarella leading in the sole factory V12 Ferrari before crashing out.
Instead of its other current F1 driver, Chris Amon and his current No. 20 car, Ferrari sent its reserve sportscar drivers with two 1966 Ferrari 312s. Ludovico Scarfiotti had chassis #011 with No. 16 and an older V12 engine with white exhaust pipes on each side. Mike Parkes, who was over 190cm tall, had the elongated chassis #012 and the newer spaghetti or snake nest type of exhaust with all 12 white pipes inside the hot V. As No. 18 had been the number of Bandini, it was changed to No. 28.[1]
The event attracted a very small entry of mostly outdated cars, and this was the last Syracuse Grand Prix to be held as a Formula One event. The race was run over 56 laps of the circuit. The two Ferrari team mates, who had finished 2nd behind Bandini/Amon for a Ferrari 1-2-3 at the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, had dominated the practise, being about 2.5 seconds ahead of Siffert. Spence was another 2 seconds slower. With the other cars at least two laps down, Parkes and Scarfiotti honoured Bandini and finished in an extremely unusual dead heat.
Results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mike Parkes |
SEFAC Ferrari | Ferrari 312 | 1.40:58.4 | 1 |
| 16 | Ludovico Scarfiotti |
SEFAC Ferrari | Ferrari 312 | + 0.0 s | 2 | |
| 3 | 20 | .svg.png){kind=small} Jo Siffert |
Rob Walker Racing Team | Cooper T81-Maserati | 54 laps | 3 |
| 4 | 14 | Chris Irwin |
Reg Parnell (Racing) | Lotus 25-BRM | 53 laps | 7 |
| 5 | 6 |  Jo Bonnier |
Ecurie Bonnier | Cooper T81-Maserati | 53 laps | 5 |
| Ret | 22 | Mike Spence |
Reg Parnell (Racing) | BRM P261 | Oil pressure | 4 |
| Ret | 10 | Silvio Moser |
Fritz Baumann | Cooper T77-ATS | Clutch | 6 |
| DNS |  Jo Schlesser |
Ford (France) | F2 Matra MS6-Cosworth FVA | Accident in practice | (8) | |
| WD | Guy Ligier |
Guy Ligier | Cooper-Maserati | - | ||
| WD | Bob Anderson |
DW Racing Enterprises | Brabham-Climax | - | ||
| WD | David Hobbs |
Bernard White Racing | BRM | - | ||
| WD | André Wicky |
André Wicky | Cooper-Porsche | - |