Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon kakar 1967, Rodríguez ya lashe gasar Grand Prix ta tara, a Kyalami. Manajan Cooper Roy Salvadori ya ba Rodríguez damar tuka motar motsa jiki, a kan ƙin yarda da abokin aikinsa Jochen Rindt, wanda ya bukaci motar Rodríguez, tare da goyon baya mai ƙarfi daga babban abokin Rindt Jackie Stewart. Gudun Rodríguez mai santsi, ya ba shi nasara bayan Denny Hulme ya yi tsayi mai tsawo kuma Tasman Cooper na John Love na gida ya buƙaci dakatar da man fetur. Rindt, a akasin wannan, ya yi ritaya da sauran Cooper-Maserati bayan zagaye 38. Rodríguez ya jagoranci lokacin da aka sarrafa a 1967 a matsayin lamba 2 zuwa Rindt. Kodayake yawanci ya fi jinkirin abokin aikinsa, ya sami gogewa a cikin tsoho kuma mai nauyi T81, yayin da aka ba Rindt ingantaccen T81B kuma daga baya sabon T86. Hadarin tsakiyar kakar wasa a cikin Protos-Ford, a gasar Formula Two a Enna, ya fitar da shi daga "Grand Prix" uku. Rodríguez ya kasance kadan ne kawai fiye da Rindt a cikin Dutch Grand Prix
, kuma kawai sauran tseren a kakar inda Coopers kasance m.