Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kwemwaka wa1967, Rodríguez akakunda muGrand Prix yake yechipfumbamwe, paKyalami. Maneja Cooper Roy Salvadori akabvumidza Rodríguez kutyaira mota yekudzidzira, pamusoro pekupokana kwewaaitamba naye Jochen Rindt, uyo akange adaidzira mota yaRodríguez, nerutsigiro rwakasimba kubva kushamwari yepedyo yaRindt Jackie Stewart. Kutyaira kwaRodríguez kwakatsetseka, kwakadzikama kwakamuwanisa kukunda pashure pokunge Denny Hulme ambomira kwenguva refu uye Tasman Cooper waJohn Love aifanira kumbomirazve. Rindt, mukupesana, akarega imwe Cooper-Maserati pashure pemakumbo 38. Rodríguez akatyaira mwaka wakadzorwa muna 1967 seNhamba 2 kuna Rindt. Kunyange zvazvo kazhinji kacho ainonoka kupfuura waaitamba naye, akawana ruzivo muT81 yekare uye inorema, nepo Rindt akapiwa T81B yakavandudzwa uye gare gare T86 itsva. Tsaona yepakati pemwaka muProtos-Ford, pamutambo weFormula Two kuEnna, yakamubvisa pa "Grand Prix" nhatu. Rodríguez akanga achingova anononoka zvishoma kupfuura Rindt mu
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