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| - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:2 color:red shift:(20,-5) text:Graham Hill (Laps 1-2) from:2 till:end color:black shift:(20,-5) text:Jim Clark (Laps 3-65) The 1967 Mexican Grand Prix, officially known as the VI Gran Premio de Mexico, was the eleventh and final round of the 1967 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Magdalena Mixhuca Circuit in Mexico City on the 22nd of October. The race would be won by Jim Clark as the World Championship went down to the wire, as teammates Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme went to battle for the overall honours. The future of the Brabham-Repco partnership was up in the air after Jochen Rindt left Cooper-Maserati, and it was Hulme who looked set to be out on his laurels, holding a five point lead over the "gaffer". In qualifying it was advantage Brabham by almost half a second as the two Brabhams shared the third row, while Clark swept to another dominant pole position by the same margin. A rather chaotic start saw Dan Gurney make the best getaway from third, only to run into the back of Clark whom had hesitated when the starter suddenly stopped waving the flag. Graham Hill therefore surged into the lead of the race with Chris Amon slipping into second, while Clark escaped the incident with relatively little damage. Gurney would ultimately have to retire with a split radiator, and just after Clark took the lead away from Hill, it was the Englishman who was forced into retirement with a driveshaft failure. Clark was therefore left to dominate the race, despite having to cope without a clutch, while Hulme stalked Brabham, safe in the knowledge that he only had to stay on the back of the Australian to win the Championship. Come race end Clark was a very dominant first place, the Scot sweeping home to a twenty fourth career win, leaving him level with the great Juan Manuel Fangio at the top of the all time winners list. A late misfire dumped Amon down from a certain second place to ninth, promoting Brabham into second and Hulme third, enough for the New Zealander to win the Championship. The official gap between them would be five points come season's end, having both scored two wins each, although the fourth win of the season for Clark suggested that a more reliable Lotus 49 would have seen given a third title.
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