| rdfs:comment | - Jim Clark and Team Lotus had scored maximum points, and therefore won the Championship, back in August at the German Grand Prix, and it was the Scot who stole the show in qualifying, taking pole in the last moments from Dan Gurney. Ginther put the #11 Honda on the second row, starting third, although their efforts were all slightly overshadowed by an incident at Reg Parnell Racing, where Innes Ireland was fired after the session and his seat handed to Bob Bondurant.
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| abstract | - Jim Clark and Team Lotus had scored maximum points, and therefore won the Championship, back in August at the German Grand Prix, and it was the Scot who stole the show in qualifying, taking pole in the last moments from Dan Gurney. Ginther put the #11 Honda on the second row, starting third, although their efforts were all slightly overshadowed by an incident at Reg Parnell Racing, where Innes Ireland was fired after the session and his seat handed to Bob Bondurant. At the start, Clark was hobbled by engine trouble for the second race in succession, so the sight of a Lotus-Climax dancing off into the distance was not repeated. In his place was Ginther, who lit up the Honda V12 perfectly to streak into the lead when the flag dropped, Jackie Stewart the only man to keep with him in the early stages. Ginther began to stretch his legs as the order behind shifted in the early stages, Stewart getting taken by Mike Spence, before Gurney took Graham Hill, Stewart and Spence to set up an all American battle for victory. It was a tense battle, largely conducted on the time sheets as Gurney slowly inched his way closer but, ultimately, time ran out meaning Ginther swept home to claim his, Honda's and tyre supplier Goodyear's first victory.
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