Editing Chris Amon (section)

====1966====
During 1966 Amon continued to race for McLaren in [[Can-Am]]. He was intended to drive the second McLaren M2B but difficulties with engine supply meant that the team never made the intended expansion to two cars. ([[James Garner]]'s character Pete Aron's helmet and car livery in the film ''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]'' were modelled on Amon driving a McLaren, which caused the movie makers to have to encourage other cars to be painted in the 'Yamura' colours and other drivers (Bruce McLaren included) to wear Amon-style helmets.)

However, an opportunity arose to drive for the [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] F1 team after [[Richie Ginther]] left them for [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]. Amon drove for Cooper at the [[1966 French Grand Prix|French GP]] and was scheduled to drive for them for the rest of the season, until the more successful [[John Surtees]] left [[Scuderia Ferrari]] to join Cooper and Amon found himself dropped.

Amon made one other F1 appearance during the year, driving a Brabham BT11 powered by an old 2-litre BRM engine at the [[1966 Italian Grand Prix|Italian GP]] under the banner of "Chris Amon Racing". He failed to qualify.

Amon did however, score his biggest success to date when he partnered Bruce McLaren in a 7-litre [[Ford GT40]] Mark II and [[Ken Miles]] to Ford's dead-heat "photo-finish" after Miles was instructed to slow down despite leading at the [[1966 24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24-hour race]],<ref>{{cite news|title=New Zealanders Win Wild-Finish LeMans|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6sRYAAAAIBAJ&pg=3014,1737396&dq=chris+amon&hl=en|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|date=20 June 1966|page=7}}</ref> spearheading a formation finish.<ref name=gp /> He subsequently received an invitation to meet [[Enzo Ferrari]] at the Ferrari home in [[Maranello]], where he signed to race for Ferrari in 1967 alongside [[Lorenzo Bandini]], [[Mike Parkes]] and [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]].<ref name=":1" />