Practice/qualifying were held in perfect conditions on Friday and Saturday, and with the flowing nature of Brands Hatch, which only had a couple of truly straight straights, the underpowered runners were able to set times comparable to the 1966 machines. That said, pole would go to Jack Brabham with his own Brabham-Repco, while usual team mate Denny Hulme, and ex-team mate Dan Gurney completed the front row, the latter with his self-built Eagle-Climax.