1966 Italian Grand Prix

January 2021 F1 Italy Italian Monza 1957.jpg 4 September 1966 XXXVII Gran Premio d'Italia Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaMonza, Italy Permanent racing facility 3.573 5.750 68 242.964 391.000 Warm, dry and sunny Mike Parkes Ferrari 1:31.3 UK Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1:32.4 49 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari Italy Mike Parkes Ferrari UK Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco NZ ITA 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 teammate 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. Scarfiotti's victory was the last time an Italian won their home race in Formula One, until Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 Italian Grand Prix, six decades later. Race report thumb|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 Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 4 GBR Mike Parkes Ferrari 1:31.3 — 2 6 ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 1:31.6 +0.3 3 20 GBR Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 1:31.8 +0.5 4 14 GBR John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 1:31.9 +0.6 5 2 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 1:32.0 +0.7 6 10 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:32.2 +0.9 7 18 USA Richie Ginther Honda 1:32.4 +1.1 8 16 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 1:32.7 +1.4 9 28 GBR Jackie Stewart BRM 1:32.81 +1.51 10 12 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 1:32.84 +1.54 11 26 GBR Graham Hill BRM 1:33.4 +2.1 12 38 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:33.7 +2.4 13 24 GBR Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 1:34.1 +2.8 14 42 GBR Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 1:35.0 +3.7 15 40 GBR Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 1:35.3 +4.0 16 44 ITA Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 1:35.5 +4.2 17 36 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:36.3 +5.0 18 48 USA Bob Bondurant BRM 1:36.9 +5.6 19 34 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Climax 1:37.6 +6.3 20 22 ITA Geki Lotus-Climax 1:39.3 +8.0 DNQ Did not qualify 34 USA Phil Hill Eagle-Climax 1:40.0 +8.7 DNQ Did not qualify 32 NZL 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 ITA Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 68 1:47:14.8 2 9 2 4 GBR Mike Parkes Ferrari 68 + 5.8 1 6 3 12 NZL Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 68 + 6.1 10 4 4 16 AUT Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 67 + 1 lap 8 3 5 42 GBR Mike Spence Lotus-BRM 67 + 1 lap 14 2 6 40 GBR Bob Anderson Brabham-Climax 66 + 2 laps 15 1 7 48 USA Bob Bondurant BRM 65 + 3 laps 18 8 24 GBR Peter Arundell Lotus-BRM 63 Engine 13 9 20 ITA Geki Lotus-Climax 63 + 5 laps 20 NC Not classified 44 ITA Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 59 + 9 laps 16 Ret Retired 22 GBR Jim Clark Lotus-BRM 58 Gearbox 3 Ret Retired 36 SUI Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 46 Engine 17 Ret Retired 2 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 33 Ignition 5 Ret Retired 14 GBR John Surtees Cooper-Maserati 31 Fuel leak 4 Ret Retired 18 USA Richie Ginther Honda 16 Accident 7 Ret Retired 10 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 7 Oil leak 6 Ret Retired 30 USA Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 7 Engine 19 Ret Retired 28 GBR Jackie Stewart BRM 5 Fuel leak 9 Ret Retired 38 SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 3 Throttle 12 Ret Retired 26 GBR Graham Hill BRM 0 Engine 11 DNQ Did not qualify 34 USA Phil Hill Eagle-Climax DNQ Did not qualify 32 NZL Chris Amon Brabham-BRMSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/586/ 1966 Italian Grand Prix formula1.com 26 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140802072207/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1966/586/ 2 August 2014 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 PosDriverPoints 10px 1 AUS Jack Brabham 39 10px 2 2 AUT Jochen Rindt 18 10px 1 3 UK Graham Hill 17 10px 1 4 UK John Surtees 15 10px 5 UK Jackie Stewart 14Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1966/italie/championnat.aspx Italy 1966 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 1 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Brabham-Repco 40 (43) 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 31 (32) 10px 3 UK BRM 22 10px 4 UK Cooper-Maserati 20 10px 5 UK Lotus-Climax 7Source: 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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