1961 Italian Grand Prix

[gloomyDAY]

Tomorrow will be the 50 years since Phil Hill (USA! USA!) won the F1 title and his teammate, Wolfgang von Trips, perished along with spectators.

http://youtu.be/5N2ezGlgKtM

[D-Type]

And, by a sad symmetry September 10th is also the anniversary of Ronnie's fatal accident and Mario becoming the second US champion in 1978.

And digging further back, Giuseppe Campari, Baconin Borzacchini and Stanislas Czaykowski all died at Monza on 10th September 1933.

On a more cheerful note, September 10 1967 saw Jim Clark make one of his greatest drives. He had trouble early on (something like having to change a wheel) and made up a complete lap on the whole field, including team mate Graham Hill, only to run out of petrol a couple of laps from the end.

[AAReagles]

On a more cheerful note, September 10 1967 saw Jim Clark make one of his greatest drives..

I know it’s odd to say this as a Dan Gurney fan, but if there was a time-machine I could temporarily transport myself into for one event (with regards to racing at least) it would be the 1967 Italian GP, because of Clark’s performance. Though it would be hard to pass up the 1966 race when Ludovico Scarfiotti won, when one member here (prc1966?) mention his experience of the event and the all-over-town party atmosphere that followed it.

Not to mention that there's something sacred about that track. Which is why I regard the Italian GP as F1's annual Indianapolis 500.

[BDunnell]

I know it’s odd to say this as a Dan Gurney fan, but if there was a time-machine I could temporarily transport myself into for one event (with regards to racing at least) it would be the 1967 Italian GP, because of Clark’s performance.

I am sure that Gurney, as such an admirer of Clark himself, would be more than happy with that!

[FAL]

and Clark rated Gurney first among all his (Clark's) contempories.

[ArrowsFA1]

I'm currently reading "The Limit" by Michael Cannell.

Has anyone else read it?

[Don Capps]

Yes, and it was, to be charitable, a rather poor imitation of the Robert Daley "blood, gore, guts, and Grand Prix" school of automotive sports journalism. One may correctly infer that I did not think very much of it.

lol