1966 Italian Grand Prix
1966 Italian Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | September 4, 1966 | ||
Official name | XXXVII Gran Premio d'Italia | ||
Location |
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.750 km (3.573 miles) | ||
Distance | 68 laps, 391.000 km (242.964 miles) | ||
Weather | Warm, dry and sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:31.3 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Ludovico Scarfiotti | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:32.4 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | Brabham-Repco | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1966 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 4, 1966. It was race 7 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the 36th Italian Grand Prix and the 32nd to be held at Monza. The race was held over 68 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a race distance of 391 kilometres.
The race was won by Italian driver Ludovico Scarfiotti driving a Ferrari 312 in his only Grand Prix victory. Scarfiotti led home his British team mate Mike Parkes by five seconds. Parkes only just defeated New Zealand racer Denny Hulme in his Brabham BT20, the pair separated by less than half a second.
While series points leader Jack Brabham stopped with an oil leak in his Brabham BT19 on lap seven, he secured his third world championship, and the unique achievement of becoming world champion in a car of his own make, when his only remaining points rival John Surtees stopped with a fuel leak in his Cooper T81 24 laps later.
Race report
Jack Brabham was odds-on favourite for the Championship – only John Surtees could stop him and only then by winning all three remaining races. He was prevented from doing so by an impressive performance from his former employers Ferrari at their home track. Honda had brought a new 370 bhp 3 litre V12 engine for Richie Ginther, whilst Dan Gurney had his Weslake engine and Graham Hill had the BRM H16. Lorenzo Bandini and Mike Parkes led from the start, whilst Hill's engine gave up on the first lap, followed in retirement by Jackie Stewart on lap 5 with a fuel leak, and then Brabham on lap 8 with an engine failure which coated the car in oil. Jim Clark in the H16 Lotus was moving strongly through the field. On lap 17, Richie Ginther had a horrific accident, crashing heavily into the trees and being very fortunate to escape with his life. Once Clark had pitted, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Parkes, Surtees and Hill disputed the lead until Surtees withdrew with a split petrol tank which was pouring it all over his tyres and ending his championship chances. Denny Hulme had fought through the field to third place. But the race was Scarfiotti's, as he became the first Italian to win for Ferrari at Monza since Alberto Ascari in 1952. Parkes completed Ferrari's joy as he pipped Hulme by 0.3 seconds to claim second spot. Amidst all the celebrations, Jack Brabham was crowned champion. Apart from three NART entries in 1969 this race was the last time a Ferrari car was entered by a privateer team when Giancarlo Baghetti drove a private car entered by the British Reg Parnell team.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 4 | Mike Parkes | Ferrari | 1:31.3 | — |
2 | 6 | Ludovico Scarfiotti | Ferrari | 1:31.6 | +0.3 |
3 | 20 | Jim Clark | Lotus-BRM | 1:31.8 | +0.5 |
4 | 14 | John Surtees | Cooper-Maserati | 1:31.9 | +0.6 |
5 | 2 | Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | 1:32.0 | +0.7 |
6 | 10 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | 1:32.2 | +0.9 |
7 | 18 | Richie Ginther | Honda | 1:32.4 | +1.1 |
8 | 16 | Jochen Rindt | Cooper-Maserati | 1:32.7 | +1.4 |
9 | 28 | Jackie Stewart | BRM | 1:32.81 | +1.51 |
10 | 12 | Denny Hulme | Brabham-Repco | 1:32.84 | +1.54 |
11 | 26 | Graham Hill | BRM | 1:33.4 | +2.1 |
12 | 38 | Jo Bonnier | Cooper-Maserati | 1:33.7 | +2.4 |
13 | 24 | Peter Arundell | Lotus-BRM | 1:34.1 | +2.8 |
14 | 42 | Mike Spence | Lotus-BRM | 1:35.0 | +3.7 |
15 | 40 | Bob Anderson | Brabham-Climax | 1:35.3 | +4.0 |
16 | 44 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 1:35.5 | +4.2 |
17 | 36 | Jo Siffert | Cooper-Maserati | 1:36.3 | +5.0 |
18 | 48 | Bob Bondurant | BRM | 1:36.9 | +5.6 |
19 | 34 | Dan Gurney | Eagle-Climax | 1:37.6 | +6.3 |
20 | 22 | Geki | Lotus-Climax | 1:39.3 | +8.0 |
DNQ | 34 | Phil Hill | Eagle-Climax | 1:40.0 | +8.7 |
DNQ | 32 | Chris Amon | Brabham-BRM | 1:40.3 | +9.0 |
- Clark, Geki, and Spence switched numbers for the race when they are driving the same cars.
- Phil Hill's car was driven by Gurney in practice, but he would drive car #30 of Eagle-Weslake for the race.
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 6 | Ludovico Scarfiotti | Ferrari | 68 | 1:47:14.8 | 2 | 9 |
2 | 4 | Mike Parkes | Ferrari | 68 | + 5.8 | 1 | 6 |
3 | 12 | Denny Hulme | Brabham-Repco | 68 | + 6.1 | 10 | 4 |
4 | 16 | Jochen Rindt | Cooper-Maserati | 67 | + 1 lap | 8 | 3 |
5 | 32 | Mike Spence | Lotus-BRM | 67 | + 1 lap | 14 | 2 |
6 | 40 | Bob Anderson | Brabham-Climax | 66 | + 2 laps | 15 | 1 |
7 | 48 | Bob Bondurant | BRM | 65 | + 3 laps | 18 | |
8 | 24 | Peter Arundell | Lotus-BRM | 63 | Engine | 13 | |
9 | 20 | Geki | Lotus-Climax | 63 | + 5 Laps | 20 | |
NC | 44 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 59 | Not Classified | 16 | |
Ret | 22 | Jim Clark | Lotus-BRM | 58 | Gearbox | 3 | |
Ret | 36 | Jo Siffert | Cooper-Maserati | 46 | Engine | 17 | |
Ret | 2 | Lorenzo Bandini | Ferrari | 33 | Ignition | 5 | |
Ret | 14 | John Surtees | Cooper-Maserati | 31 | Fuel Leak | 4 | |
Ret | 18 | Richie Ginther | Honda | 16 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 10 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Repco | 7 | Oil Leak | 6 | |
Ret | 30 | Dan Gurney | Eagle-Weslake | 7 | Engine | 19 | |
Ret | 28 | Jackie Stewart | BRM | 5 | Fuel Leak | 9 | |
Ret | 38 | Jo Bonnier | Cooper-Maserati | 3 | Throttle | 12 | |
Ret | 26 | Graham Hill | BRM | 0 | Engine | 11 | |
DNQ | 34 | Phil Hill | Eagle-Climax | ||||
DNQ | 32 | Chris Amon | Brabham-BRM | ||||
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Championship standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References
- ^ "1966 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Italy 1966 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.