1966 Trophée Craven 'A'
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The Trophée Craven 'A', was the fifth round of the 1966 Trophées de France. This was held on the Bugatti au Mans, located in Le Mans, Maine, France, on 18 September. The following July, the circuit was home to the 1967 French Grand Prix, of which all three drivers on the podium that afternoon – Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme and Jackie Stewart – raced in this event.{{cite web|url=http://formula2.net/F266_17.htm |title=Formula 2 1966 - Le Mans Bugatti |publisher=Formula2.net |date= |accessdate=2014-02-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1967/races/248/france.html |title=1967 French Grand Prix - Race Result |publisher=Formula1.com |date=1967-07-02 |accessdate=2018-05-28}}
Report
=Entry=
Despite the continued domination by the Brabham Racing Developments team, a total of 22 F2 cars were entered for the event. However, five cars did not arrive for qualifying.
=Qualifying=
Jack Brabham took pole position for the Brabham Racing Developments team, in a Brabham-Cosworth BT21, averaging a speed of 94.007 mph, around the {{convert|4.4|km|mi}} course.
=Race=
The race was held over 60 laps of the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. Denny Hulme took the winner's spoils for the works Brabham team, driving their Brabham-Honda BT18. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 47:27.8mins., averaging a speed of 91.590 mph. Around 42 seconds behind was the second place car, driven by Frenchman, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, for the Matra Sports team in their Cosworth powered Matra MS5. The podium was completed by the second Frenchman, Eric Offenstadt, in a Lotus 44 of Ron Harris – Team Lotus, albeit one lap down.
Classification
=Race Result=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| Pos.
! No. ! Driver ! Entrant ! Car - Engine ! Time, Laps ! Reason Out |
|---|
| 1st
| 4 | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Denny Hulme | 1hr 47:27.8 | |
| 2nd
| 18 | {{flagicon|France}} Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 1hr 48:19.8 | |
| 3rd
| 10 | {{flagicon|France}} Eric Offenstadt | Ron Harris - Team Lotus | 59 | |
| 4th
| 14 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jackie Stewart | 59 | |
| 5th
| 38 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Attwood | Midland Racing Partnership | 58 | |
| 6th
| 6 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jim Clark | Ron Harris - Team Lotus | 55 | |
| DNF
| 8 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Arundell | Ron Harris - Team Lotus | 50 | fuel injection |
| DNF
| 24 | {{flagicon|Austria}} Jochen Rindt | Roy Winkelmann Racing | 38 | Throttle linkage |
| DNF
| 12 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Graham Hill | 25 | Camshaft |
| DNF
| 16 | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Jacky Ickx | 22 | Electrical |
| DNF
| 40 | {{flagicon|France}} Jean Guichet | 8 | Piston |
| DNF
| 2 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Jack Brabham | 5 | Engine |
| DNF
| 20 | {{flagicon|France}} Jo Schlesser | 3 | Gearbox |
| DNF
|30 | {{Flagicon|GBR}} Bob Anderson | Bob Gerard – Cooper Racing | 0 | Accident |
| DNF
| 36 | {{flagicon|GBR}} David Hobbs | Midland Racing Partnership | 0 | Accident |
| DNF
| 26 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Rees | Roy Winkelmann Racing | 0 | Accident |
| DNF
| 28 | {{Flagicon|GBR}} Trevor Taylor | Aurora Gear Racing | 0 | Accident |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| Source: |
- Fastest lap: Hulme, 1:45.0ecs. (93.738 mph)Tristan Wood, "Drive It! The Complete Book of Formula 2 Motor Racing" (Foulis/Haynes, ASIN B009UWU1BW, 1984)
References
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