1966 New Zealand Grand Prix
# 1966 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 1966 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 8 January 1966. The race had 19 starters.

It was the 13th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the opening round of the 1966 Tasman Series. Graham Hill won his second consecutive NZGP.

## Classification

Results as follows:

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Graham Hill | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM P261 / BRM 1.9 | 40 | 1h 02m 56.5s | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Jackie Stewart | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM P261 / BRM 1.9 | 40 | 1h 02m 58.0s | 6 |
| 3 | 41 | Jim Palmer | George Palmer | Lotus 32B / Climax FPF 2.5 | 38 | | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | Dennis Marwood | Ecurie Rothmans | Cooper T66 / Climax FPF 2.5 | 38 | | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | Leo Geoghegan | Team Total | Lotus 32 / Ford 1.5 | 37 | | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Ken Sager | J.H. Sager | Brabham BT9 / Ford 1.5 | 37 | | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | Red Dawson | Red Dawson | Brabham BT7a / Climax FPF 2.5 | 37 | | |
| 8 | 12 | Roly Levis | Roly Levis | Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 | 37 | | |
| 9 | 9 | Dene Hollier | Dene Hollier | Lotus 20B / Ford 1.5 | 37 | | |
| 10 | 29 | Neil Whittaker | Lesco Racing | Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.5 | 37 | | |
| 11 | 20 | Ray Thackwell | Team Tiki | Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 | 36 | | |
| 12 | 12 | Ken Smith | Ken Smith | Lotus 22 / Ford 1.5 | 36 | | |
| Ret | 17 | John Riley | John Riley | Lotus 18/21 / Climax FPF 2.5 | 21 | | |
| Ret | 24 | Bill Stone | Bill Stone | Cooper T52 / Ford 1.5 | 7 | | |
| Ret | 14 | Graeme Lawrence | Lawrence Motors | Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 | 7 | | |
| Ret | 1 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus | Lotus 39 / Climax FPF 2.5 | 6 | | |
| Ret | 4 | Frank Gardner | Alec Mildren Racing | Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 2.5 | 0 | | |
| Ret | 8 | Andy Buchanan | Wilson Motors | Brabham BT7a / Climax FPF 2.5 | 0 | | |
| Ret | 11 | Spencer Martin | Scuderia Veloce | Brabham BT11a / Climax FPF 2.5 | 0 | | |
| DNS | 31 | Bill Caldwell | W. Caldwell | Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 | | | |
