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| - The Australian double Champion had arrived with two wins in the previous two races with his self-built Brabham-Repco, and when he and team mate Denny Hulme claimed first and second in qualifying few thought that they could be defeated. Jim Clark, defending Champion, would start on the outside of the front row despite his handicap of using a modified, under-powered, 1965 car, with Dan Gurney and Mike Parkes completing the second row.
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| - The Australian double Champion had arrived with two wins in the previous two races with his self-built Brabham-Repco, and when he and team mate Denny Hulme claimed first and second in qualifying few thought that they could be defeated. Jim Clark, defending Champion, would start on the outside of the front row despite his handicap of using a modified, under-powered, 1965 car, with Dan Gurney and Mike Parkes completing the second row. When the flag dropped the quickly dis-bearded Aussie vaulted into the lead of the race, although he would have to push on as Clark beat Hulme off the line. The top three would soon drop the rest of the field as Hulme reclaimed second, only to suffer an ignition failure and hand the position back to the Scot. Brabham and Clark were soon having to play chicken with the back markers, and when the Aussie got baulked on lap 27 the Scot slipped into the lead. Clark would then pull steadily clear until lap 76, when a water pump fracture forced him to stop to take on water. Brabham flew past to cruise to victory, as Clark emerged down in third, Graham Hill slipping by for second.
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