I te tīmatanga o te tau 1967, i wikitoria a Rodríguez i tana Grand Prix iwa, i Kyalami. I whakaaetia e te kaiwhakahaere o Cooper a Roy Salvadori a Rodríguez ki te taraiwa i te motuka whakangungu, i runga i nga whakahe a tana hoa kapa a Jochen Rindt, nana nei i tono te motuka a Rodríguez, me te tautoko kaha mai i te hoa tata o Rindt a Jackie Stewart. Ko te rere maeneene o Rodríguez, i mau tonu i a ia te wikitoria i muri i te wa roa o Denny Hulme i te pit stop me te Tasman Cooper a John Love o te rohe e hiahia ana ki te aukati hinu. Ko Rindt, i tua atu, i reti i tetahi atu Cooper-Maserati i muri i te 38 huringa. I whakahaerehia e Rodríguez he wa whakahaere i te tau 1967 hei Nama 2 ki a Rindt. Ahakoa he puhoi ake i tana hoa kapa, i hangahia e ia he wheako i roto i te T81 tawhito me te taumaha ake, i te wa i whakawhiwhia ai a Rindt ki te T81B kua pai ake, a, i muri mai ko te T86 hou. He aitua i waenganui o te wa i roto i te Protos-Ford, i te huihuinga Formula E rua i Enna, i whakarerea ia mo nga "Grand Prix" e toru. He iti noa iho te tere o Rodríguez i Rindt i te Dutch Grand Prix
, koia hoki te whakataetae anake i te wā i kaha ai te whakataetae a ngā Cooper.