Background
Historical information
To see what Formula One was really like back in 1967 visit Eddy Isanski's site Grand Prix Legends - 67 race reports. This site contains reports on the 1967 Grand Prix races from the 1967 editions of MotorSport.
To get the entries, grids and results of the 1967 races visit 1967 World Drivers Championship .
To get an idea of what it was like to drive a 1967 Cooper-Maserati T81 - read this track test Track Test published in Autocar.
Where to find GPL utilities and help on editing GPL
Stefan Magnusson's site GPL Addons has some very useful links to GPL editors/utilities and some excellent "How To" instructions on editing as well. Other parts of this site recommend the best add-ons. Well worth a visit.
Notes on driver helmet colours
Details on this topic can be found on this page - Drivers Helmet Colours
Notes on driver's names on cars
| 1967 GPs | Driver names on cars | |
| Kyalami | Yes |
As supplied, all GPL's cars (except the player's) have their driver's names on the side. Most "add-on" car-sets have continued the practice. I think the GPLEA may have been the first to put out a car-set without names with their Ferrari. They did the same for the Lotus. So which is more authentic? As can be seen in the table opposite, names appeared on the cars at six of the eleven Championship GPs in 1967. I have not been able to determine why the practice was not consistent. Even when names were used, there was some variation in the colours used and whether the full name or surname was used. Dark lettering (blue or black) on a white background seems to have been the norm, rather than the white lettering on a black background used by some of the original GPL cars. So a case can be made for putting names on or leaving them off. I think the names add more individuality to the cars, but they complicate the creation of new textures. The number of colours available is limited, and name plates have to be carefully placed or fudged because the texture tears when mapped on the car-shape. No doubt the reason the GPLEA left names off their Ferrari and Lotus was because they are early season models when names were not used. |
| Monte-Carlo | No | |
| Zandvoort | No | |
| Spa | No | |
| Le Mans | No | |
| Silverstone | Yes | |
| Nurburgring | Yes | |
| Mosport | Yes | |
| Monza | No | |
| Watkins Glen | Yes | |
| Mexico City | Yes | |
| Other events | ||
| Brands Hatch 67 | No | |
| Kyalami GP 68 | Yes |
Notes on videos covering the period
Film - Grand Prix. Perhaps most useful for seeing the tracks as they were in 1966, particularly Monaco, Spa, Zandvoort, Brands Hatch and Monza. Of course, the Monza banking used for the film was not used for the 1966 GP.
Video - Nine Days in Summer (Ford Motorsport) 50 mins. Covers the 1967 season from Zandvoort on. Concentrates mainly on the Lotus 49. Definitely worth getting, though coverage of the races is not very good. As it is a Ford video, problems with the Lotus and Cosworth engine are glossed over!
Video - The History of Motor Racing - 1960s (Duke) 132 mins. Covers the period 1960 to 1969 concentrating on Formula 1 but also including sports cars, saloon cars and Indy 500. All the 1967 coverage is from the same source as Nine Days in Summer and there is less of it, and Kyalami and Monaco are not covered for 1967. There is some coverage of the 1967 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch, and Kyalami in 1968. So while not the best video for the 1967 season, it is excellent for giving the overall context to the season.
Video - The Ringmasters (Quadrant Video) 37 mins. Covers the 1967 German Grand Prix in a reasonable amount of detail. Avoids the gimmicky camera effects found on Nine Days in Summer, and includes in-car camera shots (though not filmed during the race). Recommended if you already have the above. The video includes another 20 minute video on 1950's motorsport.