What Happened On This Day September 10 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, September 10 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1933

One of motorsport’s darkest days occurred at Monza during the three-heat 1933 Italian Grand Prix when three drivers lost their lives. In the second heat, Giuseppe Campari, a legendary 41-year-old driver set to retire at the end of the season, skidded on an oil slick while leading and was killed instantly as his car hit a wall, left the track, and overturned. Baconin Borzacchini, who was in second place, attempted to avoid Campari’s wreck but crashed and died when his car, along with two others, veered off the circuit. In the final heat, Count Stanislas Czaykowski crashed at the same spot and tragically burned to death while trapped upside down in his blazing car.

1961

The season’s penultimate race at Monza set the stage for a dramatic showdown between Ferrari drivers Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips, who were battling for the 1961 Drivers’ Championship title. However, the 1961 Italian Grand Prix was overshadowed by a horrific accident at the start when Jim Clark and von Trips collided approaching the Parabolica, an area notorious for its danger, prompting several British drivers to boycott the race a year earlier. Clark emerged unscathed, but von Trips’ car hit a flimsy fence and rolled, resulting in his death and the deaths of 14 spectators. Hill went on to win the race and secured the Drivers’ Championship, becoming America’s first F1 champion, but his victory was marred by the tragic events. He felt no joy in winning and served as a pallbearer at von Trips’ funeral, commenting, “I never in my life experienced anything so profoundly mournful,” he reflected.

1961 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	2	Phil Hill	Ferrari	43	2:03:13.000	9
2	46	Dan Gurney	Porsche	43	+31.200s	6
3	12	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Climax	43	+148.400s	4
4	60	Jackie  Lewis	Cooper Climax	43	+160.400s	3
5	26	Tony Brooks	BRM Climax	43	+160.500s	2
6	40	Roy Salvadori	Cooper Climax	42	+1 lap	1
7	74	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	41	+2 laps	0
8	62	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper Maserati	41	+2 laps	0
9	48	Maurice  Trintignant	Cooper Maserati	41	+2 laps	0
10	16	Tim  Parnell	Lotus Climax	40	+3 laps	0
11	20	Henry Taylor	Lotus Climax	39	+4 laps	0
12	58	Renato  Pirocchi	Cooper Maserati	38	+5 laps	0
NC	28	Stirling Moss	Lotus Climax	36	DNF	0
NC	6	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	23	DNF	0
NC	72	Gaetano  Starrabba	Lotus Maserati	19	DNF	0
NC	44	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	14	DNF	0
NC	50	Nino Vaccarella	De Tomaso Alfa Romeo	13	DNF	0
NC	32	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	13	DNF	0
NC	8	Ricardo  Rodriguez	Ferrari	13	DNF	0
NC	22	Masten Gregory	Lotus Climax	11	DNF	0
NC	24	Graham Hill	BRM Climax	10	DNF	0
NC	10	Jack Brabham	Cooper Climax	8	DNF	0
NC	14	Brian  Naylor	JBW Climax	6	DNF	0
NC	30	Jack  Fairman	Cooper Climax	5	DNF	0
NC	38	Innes Ireland	Lotus Climax	5	DNF	0
NC	42	John Surtees	Cooper Climax	2	DNF	0
NC	56	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus Climax	1	DNF	0
NC	54	Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso Alfa Romeo	1	DNF	0
NC	52	Roberto  Lippi	De Tomaso OSCA	1	DNF	0
NC	36	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	1	DNF	0
NC	4	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	1	DNF	0
NC	18	Gerry  Ashmore	Lotus Climax	0	DNF	0

1967

Jim Clark returned to Monza for the 1967 Italian Grand Prix, delivering an unforgettable performance. After leading from the start, a flat tyre on his Lotus forced him to pit, losing an entire lap to the leaders. Clark drove an exceptional drive to make up the deficit and retake the lead, seemingly on track for a remarkable victory. However, fuel pump issues on the final lap dropped him to third, behind the Honda of John Surtees in first and second place Jack Brabham. It would be Surtees’s sixth and final F1 Championship win. It was also the second victory for the Honda F1 team and the last for the factory team until Jenson Button won the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix. The race was the first in F1 where start lights were used.

1967 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	14	John Surtees	Honda	68	1:43:45.000	9
2	16	Jack Brabham	Brabham Repco	68	+0.200s	6
3	20	Jim Clark	Lotus Ford	68	+23.100s	4
4	30	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Maserati	68	+56.600s	3
5	36	Mike Spence	BRM	67	+1 lap	2
6	32	Jacky Ickx	Cooper Maserati	66	+2 laps	1
7	2	Chris Amon	Ferrari	64	+4 laps	0
NC	22	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	58	DNF	0
NC	24	Giancarlo Baghetti	Lotus Ford	50	DNF	0
NC	6	Jo Siffert	Cooper Maserati	50	DNF	0
NC	4	Bruce McLaren	McLaren BRM	46	DNF	0
NC	26	Jo Bonnier	Cooper Maserati	46	DNF	0
NC	34	Jackie Stewart	BRM	45	DNF	0
NC	18	Denny Hulme	Brabham Repco	30	DNF	0
NC	12	Guy  Ligier	Brabham Repco	26	DNF	0
NC	38	Chris  Irwin	BRM	16	DNF	0
NC	10	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Eagle Weslake	5	DNF	0
NC	8	Dan Gurney	Eagle Weslake	4	DNF	0

1972

Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi was crowned World Champion after winning the 1972 Italian Grand Prix, finishing ahead of Mike Hailwood in a Surtees-Ford and the McLaren of Denny Hulme. Hulme needed to win the season’s final three races, with Fittipaldi failing to score in any of them to claim the title. However, Fittipaldi made this impossible by winning at Monza and securing the championship in style. It was also the last race in which 1964 Drivers’ Champion John Surtees competed.

1972 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	6	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	55	1:29:58.400	9
2	10	Mike Hailwood	Surtees Ford	55	+14.500s	6
3	14	Denny Hulme	McLaren Ford	55	+23.800s	4
4	15	Peter  Revson	McLaren Ford	55	+35.700s	3
5	28	Graham Hill	Brabham Ford	55	+65.600s	2
6	23	Peter  Gethin	BRM	55	+81.900s	1
7	3	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	54	+1 lap	0
8	21	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BRM	54	+1 lap	0
9	19	Ronnie Peterson	March Ford	54	+1 lap	0
10	16	Mike  Beuttler	March Ford	54	+1 lap	0
11	22	Howden  Ganley	BRM	52	+3 laps	0
12	24	Reine  Wisell	BRM	51	+4 laps	0
13	18	Niki Lauda	March Ford	50	+5 laps	0
NC	4	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	46	DNF	0
NC	20	Chris Amon	Matra	38	DNF	0
NC	9	Andrea de Adamich	Surtees Ford	33	DNF	0
NC	7	John Surtees	Surtees Ford	20	DNF	0
NC	8	Tim  Schenken	Surtees Ford	20	DNF	0
NC	29	Wilson Fittipaldi	Brabham Ford	20	DNF	0
NC	5	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	16	DNF	0
NC	26	Carlos Pace	March Ford	15	DNF	0
NC	30	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham Ford	14	DNF	0
NC	2	Francois  Cevert	Tyrrell Ford	14	DNF	0
NC	11	Nanni  Galli	Tecno	6	DNF	0
NC	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell Ford	0	DNF	0

1978

Brabham driver Niki Lauda won the 1978 Italian Grand Prix, finishing ahead of his teammate John Watson and the Ferrari of Carlos Reutemann, but the race is remembered for a multi-car pile-up at the first corner that ultimately led to the death of Ronnie Peterson, a supremely talented driver. Riccardo Patrese collided with James Hunt, triggering a chain reaction that launched Peterson’s Lotus into the barriers, splitting it in half before it caught fire. Hunt, along with Clay Regazzoni, bravely ran back to drag Peterson from the wreckage. Although Peterson was hospitalised, initial assessments suggested his injuries were not life-threatening. However, he underwent surgery on his legs that night, and complications arose when a blood clot formed, causing Peterson to slip into a coma and die early the next morning.

With point-scoring positions secured, Lotus driver Mario Andretti became the 1978 Drivers’ Champion, while Team Lotus became the 1978 Constructors’ Champion. Tinged by the death of Peterson, Andretti remains the last American and the second to win the Formula One World Championship; these remain the final Drivers’ (6) and Constructors’ (7) titles won by Lotus.

1978 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Niki Lauda	Brabham Alfa Romeo	40	1:07:04.540	9
2	2	John Watson	Brabham Alfa Romeo	40	+1.480s	6
3	11	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	40	+20.470s	4
4	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier Matra	40	+37.530s	3
5	8	Patrick Tambay	McLaren Ford	40	+40.390s	2
6	5	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	40	+46.330s	1
7	12	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	40	+48.480s	0
8	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Fittipaldi Ford	40	+55.240s	0
9	29	Nelson Piquet	McLaren Ford	40	+66.830s	0
10	22	Derek Daly	Ensign Ford	40	+69.110s	0
11	4	Patrick Depailler	Tyrrell Ford	40	+76.570s	0
12	20	Jody Scheckter	Wolf Ford	39	+1 lap	0
13	27	Alan  Jones	Williams Ford	39	+1 lap	0
14	33	Bruno Giacomelli	McLaren Ford	39	+1 lap	0
NC	17	Clay Regazzoni	Shadow Ford	33	+7 laps	0
NC	35	Riccardo Patrese	Arrows Ford	29	DNF	0
NC	7	James Hunt	McLaren Ford	19	DNF	0
NC	37	Arturo Merzario	Merzario Ford	14	DNF	0
NC	15	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault	6	DNF	0
NC	6	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	19	Vittorio Brambilla	Surtees Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	30	Brett Lunger	McLaren Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	3	Didier Pironi	Tyrrell Ford	0	DNF	0
NC	16	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Shadow Ford	0	DNF	0

1989

Alain Prost secured his fourth and final victory of the season at the 1989 Italian Grand Prix after McLaren teammate and pole-sitter Ayrton Senna suffered an engine failure with nine laps remaining, extending Prost’s lead over Senna in the 1989 Drivers’ Championship to 20 points. Having already announced his move to Ferrari for the 1990 season, Prost famously tossed his winner’s trophy from the podium into the crowd, much to the displeasure of his team manager, Ron Dennis. Gerhard Berger, who Prost would be replacing at Ferrari, achieved his first finish of the season in second place, followed by the Williams drivers Thierry Boutsen in third and Riccardo Patrese in fourth.

Prost’s win secured the 1989 Constructors’ Championship for McLaren with four races left.

1989 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	53	1:19:27.550	9
2	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	53	+7.326s	6
3	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams Renault	53	+14.975s	4
4	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Renault	53	+38.722s	3
5	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell Ford	52	+1 lap	2
6	7	Martin Brundle	Brabham Judd	52	+1 lap	1
7	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ford	52	+1 lap	0
8	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi Ford	51	+2 laps	0
9	25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier Ford	51	+2 laps	0
10	12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	51	+2 laps	0
11	21	Alex Caffi	Dallara Ford	47	DNF	0
NC	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara Ford	45	DNF	0
NC	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	44	DNF	0
NC	27	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	41	DNF	0
NC	37	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx Ford	38	DNF	0
NC	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Ford	33	DNF	0
NC	16	Ivan Capelli	March Judd	30	DNF	0
NC	26	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier Ford	30	DNF	0
NC	11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	23	DNF	0
NC	3	Jonathan  Palmer	Tyrrell Ford	18	DNF	0
NC	9	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	18	DNF	0
NC	17	Nicola Larini	Osella Ford	16	DNF	0
NC	29	Michele Alboreto	Lola Lamborghini	14	DNF	0
NC	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March Judd	14	DNF	0
NC	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	1	DNF	0

1995

After learning that Benetton would not retain him for the following season, Johnny Herbert had something to prove at the 1995 Italian Grand Prix. He made the most of the race’s chaotic events to secure his second Grand Prix victory. David Coulthard, dominant in qualifying, spun off in his Williams on the formation lap and had to start in the spare car. Coulthard later retired due to a wheel-bearing failure. Jean Alesi, who took the lead from Ferrari teammate Gerhard Berger, saw his race end prematurely when a camera fell off his car, damaging Berger’s front suspension. Alesi led until eight laps from the end, when a wheel-bearing failure forced him out, allowing Herbert to cruise to an unlikely victory. Mika Hakkinen secured second in the McLaren while Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished third with Sauber.

1995 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	2	Johnny Herbert	Benetton Renault	53	1:18:27.916	10
2	8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren Mercedes	53	+17.779s	6
3	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber Ford	53	+24.321s	4
4	7	Mark Blundell	McLaren Mercedes	53	+28.223s	3
5	4	Mika Salo	Tyrrell Yamaha	52	+1 lap	2
6	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber Ford	52	+1 lap	1
7	9	Massimiliano Papis	Footwork Hart	52	+1 lap	0
8	10	Taki Inoue	Footwork Hart	52	+1 lap	0
9	21	Pedro Diniz	Forti Ford	50	+3 laps	0
10	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell Yamaha	47	+6 laps	0
NC	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	45	DNF	0
NC	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan Peugeot	43	DNF	0
NC	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan Peugeot	40	DNF	0
NC	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	32	DNF	0
NC	24	Luca Badoer	Minardi Ford	26	DNF	0
NC	1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton Renault	23	DNF	0
NC	5	Damon Hill	Williams Renault	23	DNF	0
NC	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier Mugen Honda	20	DNF	0
NC	6	David Coulthard	Williams Renault	13	DNF	0
NC	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier Mugen Honda	10	DNF	0
NC	16	Giovanni Lavaggi	Pacific Ilmor	6	DNF	0
NC	23	Pedro Lamy	Minardi Ford	0	DNF	0

2000

Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher went head-to-head with McLaren’s Mika Hakkinen at the 2000 Italian Grand Prix, emerging victorious and equalling Ayrton Senna’s record of 41 Grand Prix wins. However, the day was marred by tragedy when trackside marshal Paolo Gislimberti was killed by a detached left rear tyre from the Jordan of Jarno Trulli after an accident involving Trulli and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Ralf Schumacher took third in a Williams.

2000 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	1:27:31.638	10
2	1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren Mercedes	53	+3.810s	6
3	9	Ralf Schumacher	Williams BMW	53	+52.432s	4
4	19	Jos Verstappen	Arrows Supertec	53	+59.938s	3
5	12	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	53	+67.426s	2
6	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR Honda	53	+69.292s	1
7	17	Mika Salo	Sauber Petronas	52	+1 lap	0
8	16	Pedro Diniz	Sauber Petronas	52	+1 lap	0
9	20	Marc Gene	Minardi Fondmetal	52	+1 lap	0
10	21	Gaston Mazzacane	Minardi Fondmetal	52	+1 lap	0
11	11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	52	+1 lap	0
12	14	Jean Alesi	Prost Peugeot	51	+2 laps	0
NC	15	Nick Heidfeld	Prost Peugeot	15	DNF	0
NC	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR Honda	14	DNF	0
NC	10	Jenson Button	Williams BMW	10	DNF	0
NC	8	Johnny Herbert	Jaguar Cosworth	1	DNF	0
NC	4	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	0	DNF	0
NC	2	David Coulthard	McLaren Mercedes	0	DNF	0
NC	6	Jarno Trulli	Jordan Mugen Honda	0	DNF	0
NC	5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Mugen Honda	0	DNF	0
NC	18	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows Supertec	0	DNF	0
NC	7	Eddie Irvine	Jaguar Cosworth	0	DNF	0

2006

The 2006 Italian Grand Prix marked Kimi Raikkonen‘s 100th career start in Formula 1. However, there was no fairytale win for the McLaren driver, as Michael Schumacher, running two laps longer than Raikkonen, used his strategic advantage to secure victory. Raikkonen settled for second ahead of Sauber driver Robert Kubica in thrid.

The race was Schumacher’s 90th victory. On the same day, Schumacher announced his first retirement from Formula One at the end of the 2006 F1 season. He would return with Mercedes in 2010.

2006 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	1:14:51.975	10
2	3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Mercedes	53	+8.046s	8
3	17	Robert Kubica	Sauber BMW	53	+26.414s	6
4	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	53	+32.045s	5
5	12	Jenson Button	Honda	53	+32.685s	4
6	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	53	+42.409s	3
7	8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	53	+44.662s	2
8	16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber BMW	53	+45.309s	1
9	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	53	+45.955s	0
10	9	Mark Webber	Williams Cosworth	53	+72.602s	0
11	15	Christian Klien	RBR Ferrari	52	+1 lap	0
12	14	David Coulthard	RBR Ferrari	52	+1 lap	0
13	21	Scott Speed	STR Cosworth	52	+1 lap	0
14	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	STR Cosworth	52	+1 lap	0
15	7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	52	+1 lap	0
16	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri Honda	51	+2 laps	0
17	19	Christijan Albers	MF1 Toyota	51	+2 laps	0
NC	18	Tiago Monteiro	MF1 Toyota	44	DNF	0
NC	1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	43	DNF	0
NC	4	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren Mercedes	20	DNF	0
NC	23	Sakon Yamamoto	Super Aguri Honda	18	DNF	0
NC	10	Nico Rosberg	Williams Cosworth	9	DNF	0

F1 Driver Birthdays 10 September

Birthday	F1 Driver
10 September 1952	Bruno Giacomelli
10 September 1994	Artem Markelov

F1 Driver Deaths 10 September

Death	F1 Driver
10 September 1950	Raymond Sommer (b. 1906)
10 September 1961	Wolfgang von Trips (b. 1928)

Death	F1 Mentions
10 September 2000	Paolo Gislimberti (b. 1967)

F1 Champion 10 September

Date	Driver/Team
10 September 1961	Phil Hill
10 September 1972	Emerson Fittipaldi
10 September 1978	Mario Andretti
10 September 1972	Team Lotus
10 September 1989	McLaren