1966 standings

Jack Brabham won the 1966 Formula 1 drivers' championship with 42 points, 14 ahead of John Surtees. Brabham-Repco won the constructors' championship with 42 points.

Final standings, Mexican Grand Prix, 23 Oct 1966. Race results · Team-mate head-to-head · 1965 · 1967

Championship progression

Points after each round for the top eight drivers in the final standings. Hover or tap for a round.

Constructors, top six.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	4	42	leader
2	John Surtees	Cooper-Maserati	2	28	-14
3	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati	0	22	-20
4	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	0	18	-24
5	Graham Hill	BRM	0	17	-25
6	Jim Clark	Lotus-BRM	1	16	-26
7	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1	14	-28
8	Mike Parkes	Ferrari	0	12	-30
9	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	0	12	-30
10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	1	9	-33
11	Richie Ginther	Honda	0	5	-37
12	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Climax	0	4	-38
13	Mike Spence	Lotus-BRM	0	4	-38
14	Bob Bondurant	Eagle-Weslake	0	3	-39
15	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati	0	3	-39
16	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	0	3	-39
17	Peter Arundell	Lotus-BRM	0	1	-41
18	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati	0	1	-41
19	Bob Anderson	Brabham-Climax	0	1	-41
20	John Taylor	Brabham-BRM	0	1	-41
21	Chris Irwin	Brabham-Climax	0	0	-42
22	Ronnie Bucknum	Honda	0	0	-42
23	Chris Amon	Brabham-BRM	0	0	-42
24	Guy Ligier	Cooper-Maserati	0	0	-42
25	Giacomo Russo	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-42
26	Chris Lawrence	Cooper-Ferrari	0	0	-42
27	Innes Ireland	BRM	0	0	-42
28	Pedro Rodríguez	Lotus-BRM	0	0	-42
29	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	0	0	-42
30	Moisés Solana	Cooper-Maserati	0	0	-42
31	Vic Wilson	BRM	0	0	-42
32	Trevor Taylor	Shannon	0	0	-42
33	Phil Hill	Eagle-Climax	0	0	-42

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Brabham-Repco	4	42	leader
2	Ferrari	2	31	-11
3	Cooper-Maserati	1	30	-12
4	BRM	1	22	-20
5	Lotus-BRM	1	13	-29
6	Lotus-Climax	0	8	-34
7	Eagle-Climax	0	4	-38
8	Honda	0	3	-39
9	McLaren-Ford	0	2	-40
10	Brabham-Climax	0	1	-41
11	Brabham-BRM	0	1	-41
12	McLaren-Serenissima	0	1	-41
13	Cooper-Ferrari	0	0	-42
14	Eagle-Weslake	0	0	-42
15	Shannon	0	0	-42

Explained: how points and the two championships work · how often the leader after round 1 became champion.

Standings after each round

Rd	Race	Winner	Leader after the race	Pts
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Jackie Stewart	Jackie Stewart	9
2	Belgian Grand Prix	John Surtees	Lorenzo Bandini	10
3	French Grand Prix	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	12
4	British Grand Prix	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	21
5	Dutch Grand Prix	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	30
6	German Grand Prix	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	39
7	Italian Grand Prix	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Jack Brabham	39
8	United States Grand Prix	Jim Clark	Jack Brabham	39
9	Mexican Grand Prix	John Surtees	Jack Brabham	42