What Happened On This Day September 4 In F1 History?

What happened on this day, September 4 in Formula 1 history? Find out interesting facts and stories about Formula 1 on this day.

1960

Ferrari dominated the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, with Phil Hill leading a 1-2-3 finish for the team, followed by teammates Richie Ginther and Willy Mairesse. Wolfgang von Trips capped off a fantastic day for Ferrari by finishing fifth in his F2 Ferrari, behind Giulio Cabianca’s Cooper-Castellotti.

The 1960 season had been frustrating for Ferrari’s Formula One team as they raced their outdated Dino 246, a front-engined car, while rear-engined designs were proving dominant. With the British teams boycotting the Italian Grand Prix and Jack Brabham already clinching the championship, Ferrari had yet to secure a victory. Seizing this opportunity, the Italian organisers chose to play to Ferrari’s strength in straight-line speed by using the combined Monza road and banked oval circuit, making the already fast Monza track even faster.

This race also marked the final Formula One World Championship win for a front-engined car, although the Ferguson P99, a front-engined car, did win the non-championship Gold Cup at Oulton Park in 1961.

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1960 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	20	Phil Hill	Ferrari	50	2:21:09.200	8
2	18	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	50	+147.600s	6
3	16	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	49	+1 lap	4
4	2	Giulio Cabianca	Cooper Castellotti	48	+2 laps	3
5	22	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	48	+2 laps	2
6	26	Hans  Herrmann	Porsche	47	+3 laps	1
7	24	Edgar Barth	Porsche	47	+3 laps	0
8	12	Piero  Drogo	Cooper Climax	45	+5 laps	0
9	10	Wolfgang Seidel	Cooper Climax	44	+6 laps	0
10	28	Fred  Gamble	Behra-Porsche	41	+9 laps	0
NC	6	Brian  Naylor	JBW Maserati	41	DNF	0
NC	34	Alfonso  Thiele	Cooper Maserati	32	DNF	0
NC	4	Gino  Munaron	Cooper Castellotti	27	DNF	0
NC	36	Giorgio  Scarlatti	Cooper Maserati	26	DNF	0
NC	30	Vic  Wilson	Cooper Climax	23	DNF	0
NC	8	Arthur  Owen	Cooper Climax	0	DNF	0

1966

Ferrari and Italian driver Ludovico Scarfiotti thrilled the home crowd by securing his first Grand Prix victory at the 1966 Italian Grand Prix. Although Scarfiotti and his teammate Mike Parkes qualified on the front row, it was Lorenzo Bandini who made an impressive start from fifth, leading after the first lap while Scarfiotti fell back to seventh. However, Scarfiotti staged a remarkable comeback through the field, and after the retirements of Jack Brabham and John Surtees, he went on to win, with Parkes finishing second. The race’s most dramatic moment was on lap 17 when Richie Ginther’s Honda suffered a tyre failure at Curva Grande, crashing into the trees. Miraculously, Ginther was unharmed, though his car was destroyed.

Although the season’s points leader, Jack Brabham, had to stop on lap seven due to an oil leak, he still secured his third World Championship, achieving the unique distinction of becoming World Champion in a car of his own make.

1966 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	6	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari	68	1:47:14.800	9
2	4	Mike  Parkes	Ferrari	68	+5.800s	6
3	12	Denny Hulme	Brabham Repco	68	+6.100s	4
4	16	Jochen Rindt	Cooper Maserati	67	+1 lap	3
5	42	Mike Spence	Lotus BRM	67	+1 lap	2
6	40	Bob Anderson	Brabham Climax	66	+2 laps	1
7	48	Bob Bondurant	BRM	65	+3 laps	0
8	24	Peter  Arundell	Lotus BRM	63	DNF	0
9	20	Giacomo Russo	Lotus Climax	63	+5 laps	0
NC	44	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	59	+9 laps	0
NC	22	Jim Clark	Lotus BRM	58	DNF	0
NC	36	Jo Siffert	Cooper Maserati	46	DNF	0
NC	2	Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari	33	DNF	0
NC	14	John Surtees	Cooper Maserati	31	DNF	0
NC	18	Richie Ginther	Honda	16	DNF	0
NC	30	Dan Gurney	Eagle Weslake	7	DNF	0
NC	10	Jack Brabham	Brabham Repco	7	DNF	0
NC	28	Jackie Stewart	BRM	5	DNF	0
NC	38	Jo Bonnier	Cooper Maserati	3	DNF	0
NC	26	Graham Hill	BRM	0	DNF	0

2005

The 2005 Italian Grand Prix was only the second time in history that every car that started the race was still running at the finish (at that time). Juan Pablo Montoya won the race for McLaren, with Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella finishing second and third, respectively. Fisichella dedicated his podium finish to Michele Alboreto, the last Italian to stand on the podium at Monza before him.

2005 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren Mercedes	53	1:14:28.659	10
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	53	+2.479s	8
3	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	53	+17.975s	6
4	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren Mercedes	53	+22.775s	5
5	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	53	+33.786s	4
6	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	53	+43.925s	3
7	8	Antonio Pizzonia	Williams BMW	53	+44.643s	2
8	3	Jenson Button	BAR Honda	53	+63.635s	1
9	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber Petronas	53	+75.413s	0
10	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+96.070s	0
11	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber Petronas	52	+1 lap	0
12	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	52	+1 lap	0
13	15	Christian Klien	RBR Cosworth	52	+1 lap	0
14	7	Mark Webber	Williams BMW	52	+1 lap	0
15	14	David Coulthard	RBR Cosworth	52	+1 lap	0
16	4	Takuma Sato	BAR Honda	52	+1 lap	0
17	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan Toyota	51	+2 laps	0
18	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi Cosworth	51	+2 laps	0
19	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi Cosworth	51	+2 laps	0
20	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan Toyota	50	+3 laps	0

2009

“Crashgate” came to light on this day when the FIA announced it would charge Renault following claims by Nelson Piquet Jr. that he had deliberately crashed his car during the previous year’s 2008 Singapore Grand Prix under team orders. The hearing was scheduled for 21 September, but by then, Renault boss Flavio Briatore and engineer Pat Symonds had already resigned.

2016

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, the previous year’s race winner, entered the 2016 Italian Grand Prix leading the World Drivers’ Championship by nine points over his teammate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton had a poor start, allowing Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Valtteri Bottas, and Daniel Ricciardo to pass him. Rosberg quickly established a comfortable lead while Hamilton began to recover, overtaking Ricciardo and then Bottas soon after. However, Hamilton lacked the pace and tyre performance to challenge Rosberg, who went on to win the race and Hamilton coming second. Sebastian Vettel finished third, just ahead of his Ferrari teammate Raikkonen. Ricciardo took fifth place, followed by Bottas in sixth.

2016 Italian Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	53	1:17:28.089	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	+15.070s	18
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+20.990s	15
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	53	+27.561s	12
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	53	+45.295s	10
6	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Mercedes	53	+51.015s	8
7	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	53	+54.236s	6
8	11	Sergio Perez	Force India Mercedes	53	+64.954s	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams Mercedes	53	+65.617s	2
10	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India Mercedes	53	+78.656s	1
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	52	+1 lap	0
12	22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	52	+1 lap	0
13	21	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas Ferrari	52	+1 lap	0
14	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	52	+1 lap	0
15	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso Ferrari	52	+1 lap	0
16	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber Ferrari	52	+1 lap	0
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	52	+1 lap	0
18	31	Esteban Ocon	MRT Mercedes	51	+2 laps	0
NC	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso Ferrari	36	DNF	0
NC	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT Mercedes	26	DNF	0
NC	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	7	DNF	0
NC	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber Ferrari	6	DNF	0
Note – Kvyat received a 5-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Nasr received a 10-second penalty for causing a collision.

2022

Max Verstappen won the 2022 Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull ahead of Mercedes driver George Russell and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc. Verstappen’s win took him to the 30th F1 race win of his career and the fourth race win in a row. Further down the field, post-race, Carlos Sainz finished fifth but received a five-second penalty for an unsafe pit-stop release, demoting him to eighth, and Sebastian Vettel finished 13th, but he received a five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags, demoting him to 14th.

2022 Dutch Grand Prix Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/retired	Pts
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RBPT	72	1:36:42.773	26
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	72	+4.071s	18
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	72	+10.929s	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	72	+13.016s	12
5	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing RBPT	72	+18.168s	10
6	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine Renault	72	+18.754s	8
7	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	72	+19.306s	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	72	+20.916s	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	72	+21.117s	2
10	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	72	+22.459s	1
11	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri RBPT	72	+27.009s	0
12	23	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	72	+30.390s	0
13	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas Ferrari	72	+32.995s	0
14	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	72	+36.007s	0
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	72	+36.869s	0
16	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	72	+37.320s	0
17	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren Mercedes	72	+37.764s	0
18	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Mercedes	71	+1 lap	0
NC	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	53	DNF	0
NC	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri RBPT	43	DNF	0
Note – Verstappen scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race. Vettel received a five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags. Sainz received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release.

F1 Driver Birthdays 4 September

Birthday	F1 Driver
4 September 1920	Jackie Holmes (d. 2011)
4 September 1920	Clemar Bucci (d. 1995)
4 September 1924	Bobby Grim (d. 1995)
4 September 1933	Bill Moss (d. 2010)

F1 Driver Deaths 4 September

Death	F1 Driver
4 September 1997	Chuck Arnold (b. 1926)

F1 Champion 4 September

Date	Team/Driver
4 September 1966	Jack Brabham