1967 Italian Grand Prix

  1967 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 11 in the 1967 Formula One season
Autodromo Nazionale Monza layout
Date	10 September 1967
Official name	XXXVIII Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent road course
Course length	5.75 km (3.573 mi)
Distance	68 laps, 391.006 km (242.960 mi)
Weather	Warm, dry
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford
Time	1:28.5
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford
Time	1:28.5 on lap 26
Podium
First	John Surtees	Honda
Second	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
Third	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford

The 1967 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 10 September 1967. It was won by British driver John Surtees driving a Honda. It was the sixth and final career victory for Surtees, as well as first ever race for the RA300 machine which he drove to the win. This was the first Formula One race where start lights were used.

This race was considered one of Jim Clark's greatest performances in Formula One. He led the race until lap 12 when he picked up a puncture and lost an entire lap. He then spent the next 48 laps recovering through the field, amazingly taking the lead on lap 60, and pulled away. But on the final lap, a faulty fuel pump had restricted him to third place. Jack Brabham and Surtees passed the Scotsman and finished first and second, with Surtees ahead by less than a car length at the line. This was the second victory for the Honda F1 team, and the last for the factory team until Jenson Button won the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	John Surtees	Honda	68	1:43:45.0	9	9
2	16	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	68	+ 0.2	2	6
3	20	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford	68	+ 23.1	1	4
4	30	Jochen Rindt	Cooper-Maserati	68	+ 56.6	11	3
5	36	Mike Spence	BRM	67	+ 1 Lap	12	2
6	32	Jacky Ickx	Cooper-Maserati	66	+ 2 Laps	15	1
7	2	Chris Amon	Ferrari	64	+ 4 Laps	4
Ret	22	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	58	Engine	8
Ret	6	Jo Siffert	Cooper-Maserati	50	Accident	13
Ret	24	Giancarlo Baghetti	Lotus-Ford	50	Engine	17
Ret	4	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-BRM	46	Engine	3
Ret	26	Jo Bonnier	Cooper-Maserati	46	Overheating	14
Ret	34	Jackie Stewart	BRM	45	Engine	7
Ret	18	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco	30	Overheating	6
Ret	12	Guy Ligier	Brabham-Repco	26	Engine	18
Ret	38	Chris Irwin	BRM	16	Injection	16
Ret	10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Eagle-Weslake	5	Engine	10
Ret	8	Dan Gurney	Eagle-Weslake	4	Engine	5
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hulme 43 2 Jack Brabham 40 1 3 Jim Clark 23 1 4 Chris Amon 20 4 5 John Surtees 17

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Brabham-Repco 57 2 Lotus-Ford 26 3 Cooper-Maserati 24 4 Ferrari 20 2 5 Honda 17

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References