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1966 Syracuse Grand Prix

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Date
  
1 May 1966

Course length
  
5.615 km (3.489 mi)

Official name
  
XV Gran Premio di Siracusa

Location
  
Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily

Course
  
Permanent racing facility

Distance
  
56 laps, 314.46 km (195.4 mi)

The 15th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 1 May 1966 at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was run over 56 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver John Surtees in a Ferrari 312.

Jack Brabham, Vic Wilson and Denny Hulme all failed to post a time during practice, and lined up on the grid behind the last driver to post a time, André Wicky, whose time was 37.4 seconds slower than Surtees's pole time.

References

1966 Syracuse Grand Prix Wikipedia


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