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1966 Italian Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryItaly
Grand PrixItalian
ImageMonza 1957.jpg
Date4 September
Year1966
Official nameXXXVII Gran Premio d'Italia
LocationAutodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Italy
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course_mi3.573
Course_km5.750
Distance_laps68
Distance_mi242.964
Distance_km391.000
WeatherWarm, dry and sunny
Pole_DriverMike Parkes
Pole_TeamFerrari
Pole_Time1:31.3
Pole_CountryUK
Fast_DriverLudovico Scarfiotti
Fast_TeamFerrari
Fast_Time1:32.4
Fast_Lap49
Fast_CountryItaly
First_DriverLudovico Scarfiotti
First_TeamFerrari
First_CountryItaly
Second_DriverMike Parkes
Second_TeamFerrari
Second_CountryUK
Third_DriverDenny Hulme
Third_TeamBrabham-Repco
Third_CountryNZ
Lapchart

Monza, Italy 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.

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. His championship victory also ended a four-year-streak of British drivers winning the Drivers' Championship.

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 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

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap1234567891011121314151617181920DNQDNQ
4GBR Mike ParkesFerrari1:31.3—
6ITA Ludovico ScarfiottiFerrari1:31.6+0.3
20GBR Jim ClarkLotus-BRM1:31.8+0.5
14GBR John SurteesCooper-Maserati1:31.9+0.6
2ITA Lorenzo BandiniFerrari1:32.0+0.7
10AUS Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco1:32.2+0.9
18USA Richie GintherHonda1:32.4+1.1
16AUT Jochen RindtCooper-Maserati1:32.7+1.4
28GBR Jackie StewartBRM1:32.81+1.51
12NZL Denny HulmeBrabham-Repco1:32.84+1.54
26GBR Graham HillBRM1:33.4+2.1
38SWE Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati1:33.7+2.4
24GBR Peter ArundellLotus-BRM1:34.1+2.8
42GBR Mike SpenceLotus-BRM1:35.0+3.7
40GBR Bob AndersonBrabham-Climax1:35.3+4.0
44ITA Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari1:35.5+4.2
36SUI Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati1:36.3+5.0
48USA Bob BondurantBRM1:36.9+5.6
34USA Dan GurneyEagle-Climax1:37.6+6.3
22ITA GekiLotus-Climax1:39.3+8.0
34USA Phil HillEagle-Climax1:40.0+8.7
32NZL Chris AmonBrabham-BRM1:40.3+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

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints123456789NCRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNQDNQ
6** ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti****Ferrari**681:47:14.82**9**
4**GBR Mike Parkes****Ferrari**68+ 5.81**6**
12**NZL Denny Hulme****Brabham-Repco**68+ 6.110**4**
16**AUT Jochen Rindt****Cooper-Maserati**67+ 1 lap8**3**
32**GBR Mike Spence****Lotus-BRM**67+ 1 lap14**2**
40**GBR Bob Anderson****Brabham-Climax**66+ 2 laps15**1**
48USA Bob BondurantBRM65+ 3 laps18
24GBR Peter ArundellLotus-BRM63Engine13
20ITA GekiLotus-Climax63+ 5 laps20
44ITA Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari59+ 9 laps16
22GBR Jim ClarkLotus-BRM58Gearbox3
36SUI Jo SiffertCooper-Maserati46Engine17
2ITA Lorenzo BandiniFerrari33Ignition5
14GBR John SurteesCooper-Maserati31Fuel leak4
18USA Richie GintherHonda16Accident7
10AUS Jack BrabhamBrabham-Repco7Oil leak6
30USA Dan GurneyEagle-Weslake7Engine19
28GBR Jackie StewartBRM5Fuel leak9
38SWE Jo BonnierCooper-Maserati3Throttle12
26GBR Graham HillBRM0Engine11
34USA Phil HillEagle-Climax
32NZL Chris AmonBrabham-BRM

Notes

  • Ludovico Scarfiotti was only the third Italian to win his home Grand Prix, after Nino Farina and Alberto Ascari.
  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British engine supplier Weslake.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]1AUS Jack Brabham39
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 22AUT Jochen Rindt18
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 13UK Graham Hill17
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 14UK John Surtees15
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]5UK Jackie Stewart14

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]1UK Brabham-Repco40 (43)
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]2ITA Ferrari31 (32)
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]3UK BRM22
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]4UK Cooper-Maserati20
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]5UK Lotus-Climax7
  • 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

| Previous_year's_race = 1965 Italian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1967 Italian Grand Prix

References

  1. "1966 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  2. "Italy 1966 - Championship • STATS F1".
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