The year of Jim Clark. He wins the World Championship, The Indianapolis 500, The French and British Formula Two Championships and the Tasman Championship in Australia and New Zealand.

New stars arrive in the shape of Jackie Stewart, almost immediately a Grand Prix winner with BRM, and another future champion Jochen Rindt who drives an uncompetitive Cooper in his first full season.

Honda and Goodyear chalk up their first-ever Grand Prix victory at the end of the season Mexican GP.

The 1.5 litre Formula ended with and Coventry-Climax, having won 34 World Championship races between 1958 and 1965, pulled out of racing.