1967 Italian Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

John Surtees won a dramatic Monza finish on the new Honda RA300’s debut, edging Jack Brabham at the line. Jim Clark finished third after an extraordinary recovery from a lost lap was undone by fuel trouble on the final tour.

Result	Driver / Time	Team
Pole position	Jim Clark	Lotus
Pole time	1:28.5
Fastest lap	Jim Clark	Lotus
Fastest-lap time	1:28.500 on lap 26
First	John Surtees	Honda
Second	Jack Brabham	Brabham
Third	Jim Clark	Lotus

Weekend Schedule

Date	Session	Local Time
8 September 1967	Friday timed practice	15:30–18:30
9 September 1967	Saturday final qualifying	15:30–19:00, including extension
10 September 1967	Race	Start time unconfirmed

All times are local. The race time is the scheduled start; weather delays and interruptions are described below.

Championship background

Denny Hulme arrived at round 9 leading the 1967 F1 World Championship on 43 points, with Jack Brabham on 34. Brabham – Repco headed the constructors’ standings after the preceding race with 51 points.

Race entries

Honda introduced its new, lighter car, while Ferrari gave Amon a revised four-valve engine. Scarfiotti joined Gurney at Eagle, Ickx replaced the injured Rodriguez at Cooper, and Baghetti drove a third Lotus. Brabham experimented with enclosed bodywork before returning to the familiar configuration.

Friday timed practice

Clark set the pace after Lotus changed his gearbox ratios. Amon showed promise in the new Ferrari, while Surtees switched to the older Honda after an anti-roll-bar mounting problem. Hulme suffered a head-gasket failure, and Brabham discarded experimental bodywork because of overheating and restricted visibility. Several teams faced engine changes overnight.

Saturday final qualifying

Brabham and McLaren used slipstreams to improve before heavy rain and hail interrupted the session. The extension could not restore dry conditions, leaving Clark on pole from Friday. Siffert had arrived just in time to meet the qualifying threshold. Rindt’s late driveshaft failure damaged a brake and hub assembly, adding further overnight work for Cooper.

Qualifying Classification

Drivers had to lap within 15 percent of the fastest time. Saturday’s storm prevented a full final contest, and the quickest eligible lap from either session determined the grid.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Best Time
1	20	Jim Clark	Lotus	1:28.5
2	16	Jack Brabham	Brabham	1:28.8
3	4	Bruce McLaren	McLaren	1:29.31
4	2	Chris Amon	Ferrari	1:29.35
5	8	Dan Gurney	Eagle	1:29.38
6	18	Denny Hulme	Brabham	1:29.46
7	34	Jackie Stewart	BRM	1:29.6
8	22	Graham Hill	Lotus	1:29.7
9	14	John Surtees	Honda	1:30.3
10	10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Eagle	1:30.8
11	30	Jochen Rindt	Cooper	1:31.3
12	36	Mike Spence	BRM	1:32.1
13	6	Jo Siffert	Cooper	1:32.3
14	26	Jo Bonnier	Cooper	1:32.5
15	32	Jacky Ickx	Cooper	1:33.0
16	38	Chris Irwin	BRM	1:33.2
17	24	Giancarlo Baghetti	Lotus	1:35.2
18	12	Guy Ligier	Brabham	1:37.3

What happened in the 1967 Italian Grand Prix?

Clark led early before a puncture cost him a lap. He then produced a remarkable recovery, unlapping himself and working back through the field as other contenders encountered trouble. Hill retired after leading, and Clark eventually regained first place.

On the final lap, fuel-delivery trouble slowed the Lotus. Surtees and Brabham swept past and fought to the finish, with the Honda narrowly winning the sprint to the line. Clark coasted home third after a drive that had almost delivered an improbable victory.

Rindt finished fourth, Spence fifth and Ickx sixth. Surtees had given the new Honda an immediate victory, while Brabham’s second place reduced Hulme’s championship advantage. The close finish and Clark’s recovery made this one of the season’s defining races.

After the race, Denny Hulme headed the drivers’ standings with 43 points, followed by Jack Brabham on 40. Brabham – Repco led the constructors’ table on 57, with Lotus – Ford on 26.

1967 Italian Grand Prix race results

The 1967 Italian Grand Prix was held on 10 September 1967.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	14	John Surtees	Honda	68	1:43:45.0	9
2	16	Jack Brabham	Brabham	68	+ 0.2	6
3	20	Jim Clark	Lotus	68	+ 23.1	4
4	30	Jochen Rindt	Cooper	68	+ 56.6	3
5	36	Mike Spence	BRM	67	+ 1 Lap	2
6	32	Jacky Ickx	Cooper	66	+ 2 Laps	1
7	2	Chris Amon	Ferrari	64	+ 4 Laps	0
Ret	22	Graham Hill	Lotus	58	Engine	0
Ret	6	Jo Siffert	Cooper	50	Accident	0
Ret	24	Giancarlo Baghetti	Lotus	50	Engine	0
Ret	4	Bruce McLaren	McLaren	46	Engine	0
Ret	26	Jo Bonnier	Cooper	46	Overheating	0
Ret	34	Jackie Stewart	BRM	45	Engine	0
Ret	18	Denny Hulme	Brabham	30	Overheating	0
Ret	12	Guy Ligier	Brabham	26	Engine	0
Ret	38	Chris Irwin	BRM	16	Injection	0
Ret	10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Eagle	5	Engine	0
Ret	8	Dan Gurney	Eagle	4	Engine	0

1967 Italian Grand Prix Fastest Laps

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Lap	Time
1	20	Jim Clark	Lotus	26	1:28.500

Only drivers with a recorded lap time appear. No fastest-lap bonus point was awarded.

1967 Post-Race F1 Championship Standings

Championship standings after the 1967 Italian Grand Prix.

1967 Post-Race F1 Drivers' Championship Standings

POS	Driver	Nationality	Car	PTS
1	Denny Hulme	New Zealander	Brabham	43
2	Jack Brabham	Australian	Brabham	40
3	Jim Clark	British	Lotus / Lotus / Lotus	23
4	Chris Amon	New Zealander	Ferrari	20
5	John Surtees	British	Honda	17
6	Pedro Rodríguez	Mexican	Cooper	14
7	Dan Gurney	American	Eagle / Eagle	13
8	Jackie Stewart	British	BRM	10
9	Graham Hill	British	Lotus / Lotus	9
10	Mike Spence	British	BRM	7
11	John Love	Rhodesian	Cooper	6
12	Jochen Rindt	Austrian	Cooper	6
13	Jo Siffert	Swiss	Cooper	3
14	Bruce McLaren	New Zealander	McLaren / Eagle	3
15	Chris Irwin	British	Lotus / BRM	2
16	Bob Anderson	British	Brabham	2
17	Mike Parkes	British	Ferrari	2
18	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	Cooper	2
19	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Italian	Ferrari / Eagle	1
20	Jacky Ickx	Belgian	Matra / Cooper	1
21	Guy Ligier	French	Cooper / Brabham	1
–	Jackie Oliver	British	Lotus	0
–	Alan Rees	British	Cooper / Brabham	0
–	David Hobbs	British	BRM / Lola	0
–	Richard Attwood	British	Cooper	0
–	Mike Fisher	American	Lotus	0
–	Dave Charlton	South African	Brabham	0
–	Lorenzo Bandini	Italian	Ferrari	0
–	Piers Courage	British	Lotus / BRM	0
–	Luki Botha	South African	Brabham	0
–	Sam Tingle	Rhodesian	LDS	0
–	Giancarlo Baghetti	Italian	Lotus	0
–	Eppie Wietzes	Canadian	Lotus	0
–	Brian Hart	British	Protos	0
–	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	French	Matra	0
–	Silvio Moser	Swiss	Cooper	0
–	Al Pease	Canadian	Eagle	0
–	Hubert Hahne	German	Lola	0
–	Kurt Ahrens	German	Protos	0
–	Jo Schlesser	French	Matra	0

1967 Post-Race F1 Constructors' Championship Standings

POS	Car	PTS
1	Brabham – Repco	57
2	Lotus – Ford	26
3	Cooper – Maserati	24
4	Ferrari	20
5	Honda	17
6	BRM	15
7	Eagle – Weslake	13
8	Lotus – BRM	6
9	Cooper – Climax	6
10	McLaren – BRM	3
11	Brabham – Climax	2
—	Lola – BMW	0
—	LDS – Climax	0
—	Eagle – Climax	0
—	Lotus – Climax	0
—	Matra – Ford	0
—	Cooper – ATS	0

Drivers and constructors counted their best 5 results from rounds 1–6 and their best 4 from rounds 7–11. Only the highest-placed eligible car for each constructor could score constructor points.

1967 Formula 1 Race Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	1967 South African Grand Prix	Kyalami, Midrand	2 January
2	1967 Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	7 May
3	1967 Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	4 June
4	1967 Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	18 June
5	1967 French Grand Prix	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	2 July
6	1967 British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	15 July
7	1967 German Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	6 August
8	1967 Canadian Grand Prix	Mosport Park, Bowmanville	27 August
9	1967 Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	10 September
10	1967 United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	1 October
11	1967 Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	22 October