1966 Italian Grand Prix

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report 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.

Race report

File: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 Template:F1 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
1 4 Template:Flagicon Mike Parkes Ferrari 1:31.3 —
2 6 Template:Flagicon Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1:31.6 +0.3
3 20 Template:Flagicon Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 1:31.8 +0.5
4 14 Template:Flagicon John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 1:31.9 +0.6
5 2 Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:32.0 +0.7
6 10 Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:32.2 +0.9
7 18 Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther Honda 1:32.4 +1.1
8 16 Template:Flagicon Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 1:32.7 +1.4
9 28 Template:Flagicon Jackie Stewart BRM 1:32.81 +1.51
10 12 Template:Flagicon Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 1:32.84 +1.54
11 26 Template:Flagicon Graham Hill BRM 1:33.4 +2.1
12 38 Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:33.7 +2.4
13 24 Template:Flagicon Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 1:34.1 +2.8
14 42 Template:Flagicon Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 1:35.0 +3.7
15 40 Template:Flagicon Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1:35.3 +4.0
16 44 Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 1:35.5 +4.2
17 36 Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:36.3 +5.0
18 48 Template:Flagicon Bob Bondurant BRM 1:36.9 +5.6
19 34 Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 1:37.6 +6.3
20 22 Template:Flagicon Geki Lotus-Climax 1:39.3 +8.0
DNQ 34 Template:Flagicon Phil Hill Eagle-Climax 1:40.0 +8.7
DNQ 32 Template:Flagicon 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
1 6 Template:Flagicon Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 68 1:47:14.8 2 9
2 4 Template:Flagicon Mike Parkes Ferrari 68 + 5.8 1 6
3 12 Template:Flagicon Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 68 + 6.1 10 4
4 16 Template:Flagicon Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 67 + 1 lap 8 3
5 32 Template:Flagicon Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 67 + 1 lap 14 2
6 40 Template:Flagicon Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 66 + 2 laps 15 1
7 48 Template:Flagicon Bob Bondurant BRM 65 + 3 laps 18
8 24 Template:Flagicon Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 63 Engine 13
9 20 Template:Flagicon Geki Lotus-Climax 63 + 5 laps 20
NC 44 Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 59 + 9 laps 16
Ret 22 Template:Flagicon Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 58 Gearbox 3
Ret 36 Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 46 Engine 17
Ret 2 Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 33 Ignition 5
Ret 14 Template:Flagicon John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 31 Fuel leak 4
Ret 18 Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther Honda 16 Accident 7
Ret 10 Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 7 Oil leak 6
Ret 30 Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 7 Engine 19
Ret 28 Template:Flagicon Jackie Stewart BRM 5 Fuel leak 9
Ret 38 Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 3 Throttle 12
Ret 26 Template:Flagicon Graham Hill BRM 0 Engine 11
DNQ 34 Template:Flagicon Phil Hill Eagle-Climax
DNQ 32 Template:Flagicon Chris Amon Brabham-BRM
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Notes

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg 1 Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham 39
File:1uparrow green.svg 2 2 Template:Flagicon Jochen Rindt 18
File:1downarrow red.svg 1 3 Template:Flagicon Graham Hill 17
File:1downarrow red.svg 1 4 Template:Flagicon John Surtees 15
File:1rightarrow blue.svg 5 Template:Flagicon Jackie Stewart 14
Source: <ref name="Championship">Template:Cite web</ref>

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Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg 1 Template:Flagicon Brabham-Repco 40 (43)
File:1rightarrow blue.svg 2 Template:Flagicon Ferrari 31 (32)
File:1rightarrow blue.svg 3 Template:Flagicon BRM 22
File:1rightarrow blue.svg 4 Template:Flagicon Cooper-Maserati 20
File:1rightarrow blue.svg 5 Template:Flagicon Lotus-Climax 7
Source: <ref name="Championship"/>

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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.

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