The 1967 Italian Grand Prix was a
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
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
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. The race was won by British driver
John Surtees
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driving a
Honda
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. It was the sixth and final career victory for Surtees, as well as the first ever race for the
Honda RA300
The Honda RA300 was a Formula One racing car produced by Honda Racing, and introduced towards the end of the 1967 Formula One season. It retained the same V12 engine as the preceding RA273 car, but the chassis was designed by Lola's Eric Broa ...
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 fuel
[Motor Sport October 1967 - Denis Jenkinson] in Clark's Lotus 49 allowed
Jack Brabham
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Brabham was a R ...
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
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British racing driver. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship when he drove for the Brawn GP team. After his F1 career, he became champion of the 2018 season of the Super G ...
won the
2006 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2006) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 August 2006 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the 13th race of the 2006 Formula One season. Jenson Button won ...
.
Classification
Qualifying
Race
Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings
;Constructors' Championship standings
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Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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Italian Grand Prix
The Italian Grand Prix ( it, Gran Premio d'Italia) is the fifth oldest national Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix (after the French Grand Prix, the United States Grand Prix, the Spanish Grand Prix and the Russian Grand Prix), having been he ...
Italian Grand Prix
European Grand Prix
1967 in Italian motorsport