1962 Italian GP

## Track Facts

* Name – Monza
* Location – Italy
* Corners – 7
* Laps – 72
* Base (Worst) Lap Time – 2:30.000
* Road Circuit:
* Lap Record (Real Life) – 1:39.700 (Stirling Moss)
* Lap Record (F1R) – 1:38.207 (Jean Behra – K Morris)
* Pit Lane Length – 40 seconds
* Fuel Consumption – High
* Tyre Wear – High

## Qualifying & Grid

No Porsche here in Monza, as the team look to have some internal struggles right now. That opens the door for some of the lower ranked teams to pick up positions as a result...although none of that is any concern of von Trips, who takes a 3rd consecutive Pole Position to really pile the pressure onto his competitors at Gilby and his team-mate Gregory!

Speaking of Gilby, Graham Hill is typically on the pace in 2nd position on the grid, with home favourite Vaccarella a strong 4th and Love a solid 8th overall. Gurney puts in a great qualifying performance to line up 3rd with team-mate Siffert in 6th position. Gregory is in the mix in 5th for Ferrari, while Cooper also look competitive with Bonnier 7th, McLaren 9th and Rodríguez 11th.

A brilliant qualifying effort for Baghetti sees the home hero line up 10th overall for the unfancied Emeryson outfit, with any of those Top 11 looking like they will have a strong chance of points or more!

BRM are a little way off the pace with Surtees 12th and Salvadori 13th, with the latter having some issues late in the session that may be a challenge to fix before the race. Lippi is 16th with the Brabham duo of Hill and Maggs just ahead. Also in that group, the Lola pair of Mairesse and Ireland, plus Collomb's Emeryson that all look fairly tight together on times.

LDS do make the grid with Bianchi returning (at last!) to line up in 20th position with team-mate Greene 21st and prepared to pick up the pieces to try and claim another Top 20 finish here...

## Race Link

https://race.f1revisited.co.uk/results/monza-road/1962/e4947775-66ec-4ea9-bff6-b5c853a5b5bc

## Race Results

Vaccarella crosses the line to claim his 1st victory of his fledgling career! Hill makes it a Gilby 1-2 and claims the Fastest Lap also (back on Lap 43), but Bonnier prevents the Podium lockout by using a strong 4-stop strategy to ease his way into 3rd place in the end.

Love comes home 4th with Gregory scoring again in 5th, with Rodríguez 6th in a much improved race for Cooper here!

Von Trips cuts a disgruntled figure in 7th, while Baghetti waves to the home crowd after a decent 8th place finish for the Italian. McLaren comes home 9th with Gurney a despondent figure in 10th position. Collomb by contrast looks very pleased with his best ever finish of 11th, while Surtees in 12th just didn't have the pace to stick with the leading groups.

Further back a real surprise, as both the experienced Salvadori and the less experienced Greene run out of fuel, which promotes Phil Hill to 15th, Lippi to 16th and Maggs to 17th after what was a trying day for the Brabham squad.

Salvadori pushes his car over the line in what is likely to be his last ever Italian GP in 18th place, with Siffert home 19th from Bianchi 20th and then the huffing and puffing Greene in 21st overall.

The next race will be the US GP at Watkins Glen, which is the penultimate race of the season!

## Milestones

* Bonnier starts and moves up to 6th for Most Race Starts ever, at the expense of Peter Collins and the absent Trintignant
* Gregory is up to 8th for Most Races without a Win, at the expense of Harry Schell
* Clark is up to 5th for Most Races without Points, at the expense of Louis Rosier
* Vaccarella claims his 1st ever race win here at his home race!
* Previous winners in Italy are Gurney (’61), Bonnier (’60), von Trips (’56 and ‘58), Bianchi (’59) and Salvadori (’53); other winners are Gerard (’50, ’51 and ’57 – retired), Farina (’55 – retired), Lang (’54 – retired) and Pietsch (’52 – retired)
* Bonnier’s 3rd place is enough to take him up to 3rd in Most Points ever, at the expense of Paul Pietsch
* Points finish for Gregory makes it his 7th consecutive points finish, something which only 5 drivers (including himself in his Championship year!) have ever achieved
* Points finish for Graham Hill makes it his 5th consecutive points finish
* Points finish for Love and Vaccarella make it their 4th consecutive points finish
* FL for Graham Hill moves him up to 3rd in Most Fastest Laps, at the expense of Peter Whitehead
* FL at the 1961 Italian GP went to Rodríguez, while before then it has been taken by Brabham (’60), Salvadori (’53) and Bianchi (’59); other FLs were taken by Gerard (’50, ’52, ’56 and ’57 – retired), Collins (’58 – retired), Farina (’55 – retired), Lang (’54 – retired) and Whitehead (’51 – retired)
* Pole for von Trips makes it 3 Pole Positions in a row, something only 3 drivers have ever achieved before
* Pole at the Italian GP before has been taken by von Trips (’61), Salvadori (’53) and Bonnier (’59 & ‘60); other Pole-Sitters were Gerard (’50, ’51 and ’57 – retired), Behra (’58 – retired), de Graffenried (’56 – retired), Farina (’55 – retired), Villoresi (’54 – retired) and Whitehead (’52 – retired)
* Podium for Graham Hill and Vaccarella makes it 4 consecutive Podium finishes for them, something only achieved by 7 drivers before