The 1967 South African Grand Prix opened the Formula One season as the first of eleven championship rounds, with Pedro Rodríguez taking victory for Cooper.
Key Facts
- Race venue
- Kyalami Circuit
- Date
- 2 January 1967
- Number of laps
- 80 laps
- Winner
- Pedro Rodríguez (Cooper)
- Starting position of winner
- 4th on the grid
- Championship round
- Race 1 of 11
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 1967 Formula One season calendar placed the South African Grand Prix as the opening race, continuing the tradition of beginning the World Championship of Drivers and the International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers at Kyalami early in the new year.
On 2 January 1967, the 80-lap race at Kyalami was won by Pedro Rodríguez driving for Cooper, having started from fourth on the grid. John Love finished second in a privately entered Cooper, while Honda's John Surtees completed the podium in third place.
Rodríguez's victory gave Cooper an early championship points lead and demonstrated that privately entered cars remained competitive at the top level of Formula One, with John Love's second-place finish in a private Cooper underlining this point.