| rdfs:comment | - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:60 color:orange shift:(20,-5) text:Denny Hulme (Laps 1-60) from:60 till:73 color:blue shift:(20,-5) text:John Love (Laps 61-73) from:73 till:end color:green shift:(20,-5) text:Pedro Rodríguez (Laps 74-80)
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| abstract | - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:60 color:orange shift:(20,-5) text:Denny Hulme (Laps 1-60) from:60 till:73 color:blue shift:(20,-5) text:John Love (Laps 61-73) from:73 till:end color:green shift:(20,-5) text:Pedro Rodríguez (Laps 74-80) The XIII Grand Prix of South Africa, otherwise known as the 1967 South African Grand Prix, was the opening round of the 1967 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Kyalami circuit on the 2nd of January, 1967. The race would be fondly remembered in African motorsport as John Love came agonisingly close to a first victory at his home race. After a lot of shake up on the driver front, all started by John Surtees who joined Honda, the field arrived in South Africa to start the season with Jack Brabham as defending Champion. His form appeared to be carrying over into his third title defence, with the Australian securing pole while Denny Hulme made it a Brabham-Repco front row. Hulme made the best getaway to take the lead at the start, with Brabham slotting into his teammate's wake, leaving Surtees to give chase. This, however, would be changed when Brabham spun down to fourth behind Jochen Rindt, although the Austrian would also got for a spin after finding some oil. Brabham and Rindt would recover from their spins to battle back up the order, with the two both passing Surtees although it was not long before Rindt retired when his engine expired. Brabham would remain in second until a misfire developed to dump him back down the order, promoting Love into second and Dan Gurney third, although the Californian would soon fall out with suspension failure. Then, Hulme was in trouble with a brake problem that saw him lose his one minute lead with a quarter of the race to go. Love was now leading but had to push as Pedro Rodríguez was charging on with a sniff of victory, and with seven laps to go the Rhodesian's lead looked unassailable, until he had to pit for fuel. That stop handed the lead and a twenty second advantage to Rodriguez which would not be challenged, so it was the first win for a Mexican racer. Love finished second ahead of Surtees, while Hulme and Brabham scored points, either side of Bob Anderson.
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