The 1967 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on 10 September 1967. It was race 9 of 11 in both the 1967 World Championship of Drivers and the 1967 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by British driver John Surtees driving a Honda. It was the sixth and final career victory for Surtees, as well as the first ever race for the Honda RA300 which he drove to victory. This was the first Formula One race where start lights were used.
This race is 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, taking the lead on lap 60, and pulled away. But on the final lap, a lack of fuelMotor Sport October 1967 - Denis Jenkinson in Clark's Lotus 49 allowed Jack Brabham and Surtees to pass the Scotsman and finish 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 Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 20 Jim Clark Lotus-Ford 1:28.5 — 2 16 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco 1:28.8 +0.3 3 4 Bruce McLaren McLaren-BRM 1:29.31 +0.81 4 2 Chris Amon Ferrari 1:29.35 +0.85 5 8 Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 1:29.38 +0.88 6 18 Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 1:29.46 +0.96 7 34 Jackie Stewart BRM 1:29.6 +1.1 8 22 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:29.7 +1.2 9 14 John Surtees Honda 1:30.3 +1.8 10 10 Ludovico Scarfiotti Eagle-Weslake 1:30.8 +2.3 11 30 Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati 1:31.3 +2.8 12 36 Mike Spence BRM 1:32.1 +3.6 13 6 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 1:32.3 +3.8 14 26 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 1:32.5 +4.0 15 32 Jacky Ickx Cooper-Maserati 1:33.0 +4.5 16 38 Chris Irwin BRM 1:33.2 +4.7 17 24 Giancarlo Baghetti Lotus-Ford 1:35.2 +6.7 18 12 Guy Ligier Brabham-Repco 1:37.3 +8.8
Race 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 22 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 58 Engine 8 6 Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati 50 Accident 13 24 Giancarlo Baghetti Lotus-Ford 50 Engine 17 4 Bruce McLaren McLaren-BRM 46 Engine 3 26 Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati 46 Overheating 14 34 Jackie Stewart BRM 45 Engine 7 18 Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco 30 Overheating 6 12 Guy Ligier Brabham-Repco 26 Engine 18 38 Chris Irwin BRM 16 Injection 16 10 Ludovico Scarfiotti Eagle-Weslake 5 Engine 10 8 Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake 4 Engine 5
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Denny Hulme 43 2 Jack Brabham 40 1 3 Jim Clark 23 1 4 Chris Amon 20 4 5 John Surtees 17Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Brabham-Repco 57 2 Lotus-Ford 26 3 Cooper-Maserati 24 4 Ferrari 20 2 5 Honda 17Source:
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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