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1966 Italian Grand Prix

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The 1966 Italian Grand Prix, otherwise known as the XXXVII Gran Premio d'Italia, was the seventh round of the 1966 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at Monza on the 4th of September 1966. The race would be remembered for a maiden Grand Prix winner, as well as a piece of motorsport history as the Driver's Championship was decided in favour of a double champion.

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The 1966 Italian Grand Prix, otherwise known as the XXXVII Gran Premio d'Italia, was the seventh round of the 1966 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at Monza on the 4th of September 1966. The race would be remembered for a maiden Grand Prix winner, as well as a piece of motorsport history as the Driver's Championship was decided in favour of a double champion. In a weekend of breakthroughs, sportscar regular and relatively new Ferrari racer Mike Parkes claimed pole position for the first time, beating Italian team mate Ludovico Scarfiotti. Third on the grid, and the final front row slot, went to Jim Clark, as Team Lotus gambled on using the BRM H16 engine as did the BRM team themselves. When the flag dropped the field was led into Curva Grande by Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari team leader, who got an electric start to jump up from fifth. Scarfiotti, in contrast, tumbled to seventh as Parkes dropped to second, although he would inherit the lead when Bandini fell on the second lap with a fuel pipe problem. Parkes would only lead for a couple of laps, however, as first John Surtees, and then Championship leader Jack Brabham blasted past, with the Australian leading until lap eight with an oil leak. The lead fight was then staged between Surtees and a recovering Scarfiotti, while a nasty accident at Curva Grande caused by a tyre failure destroyed the brand new Honda in the hands of Richie Ginther, although the Californian was miraculously unhurt. Surtees/Scarfiotti were joined in their lead battle by Denny Hulme and Parkes over time, although when the Cooper-Maserati dived into the pits to retire, the Championship was over. Surtees and Jackie Stewart were the only drivers who could deny Brabham, and with both out on the sidelines, the Australian became World Champion for a third time, and the first man to earn the crown while racing a car built and run by his own team. As the partying partially began in the pits, Scarfiotti managed to slowly pull clear at the front of the field, building a six second gap by the end of the race to sweep home to a maiden win. Parkes and Hulme exchanged numerous blows for second, the Brit emerging on top by just a few car lengths, before a lap gap back to Jochen Rindt, Mike Spence and Bob Anderson, who completed the points.