1966 Italian Grand Prix

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1966 Italian Grand Prix
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Race details
Date4 September 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 Flag of Italy.svg Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari
Time 1:32.4 on lap 49
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Brabham-Repco
Lap leaders
  • 1966 Italian Grand Prix

The 1966 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 4 September 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.

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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

Race winner Ludovico Scarfiotti inside his Ferrari 312 prior the start 1966 Italian GP - Ludovico Scarfiotti's Ferrari 312 F1-66.jpg
Race winner Ludovico Scarfiotti inside his Ferrari 312 prior the start

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

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Parkes Ferrari 1:31.3
26 Flag of Italy.svg Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1:31.6+0.3
320 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 1:31.8+0.5
414 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 1:31.9+0.6
52 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:32.0+0.7
610 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:32.2+0.9
718 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Ginther Honda 1:32.4+1.1
816 Flag of Austria.svg Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 1:32.7+1.4
928 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart BRM 1:32.81+1.51
1012 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 1:32.84+1.54
1126 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill BRM 1:33.4+2.1
1238 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:33.7+2.4
1324 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 1:34.1+2.8
1442 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 1:35.0+3.7
1540 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1:35.3+4.0
1644 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 1:35.5+4.2
1736 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:36.3+5.0
1848 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bondurant BRM 1:36.9+5.6
1934 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 1:37.6+6.3
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Geki Lotus-Climax 1:39.3+8.0
DNQ34 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Hill Eagle-Climax 1:40.0+8.7
DNQ32 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Brabham-BRM 1:40.3+9.0

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
16 Flag of Italy.svg Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 681:47:14.829
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Parkes Ferrari 68+ 5.816
312 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 68+ 6.1104
416 Flag of Austria.svg Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 67+ 1 lap83
532 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 67+ 1 lap142
640 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 66+ 2 laps151
748 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bondurant BRM 65+ 3 laps18
824 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 63Engine13
920 Flag of Italy.svg Geki Lotus-Climax 63+ 5 Laps20
NC44 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 59Not Classified16
Ret22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 58Gearbox3
Ret36 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 46Engine17
Ret2 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 33Ignition5
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 31Fuel Leak4
Ret18 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Ginther Honda 16Accident7
Ret10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 7Oil Leak6
Ret30 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 7Engine19
Ret28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart BRM 5Fuel Leak9
Ret38 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 3Throttle12
Ret26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill BRM 0Engine11
DNQ34 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Hill Eagle-Climax
DNQ32 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Brabham-BRM
Source: [1]

Championship standings after the race

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References

  1. "1966 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Italy 1966 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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