| abstract | - Having claimed pole during the combined practice/qualifying sessions, Clark sprinted away from the grid to claim an early lead as his major rival Graham Hill battled for second. Hill ended up getting stuck behind Jack Brabham when the Australian elbowed his way past, before both ran into mechanical issues. Clark continued to dance his Lotus 25 around Zandvoort in the meantime, setting a new lap record with a quarter of the race still to go with Hill retiring just a few laps later with an engine failure. The down fall of Hill and Brabham promoted John Surtees and Dan Gurney onto the podium, with the two duelling for second place for the rest of the race. The soon had the race leader in sight, with Clark coming charging past to lap them in the closing stages to complete an utterly dominant display. Gurney came home second from Surtees after a mistake by the Englishman let the American through, with the remaining points heading to Innes Ireland, Richie Ginther and Ludovico Scarfiotti.
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