Gran Premio d`Italia 5 September 1971, Monza
Ronnie Peterson inledde denna vecka med att skriva under ett kontrakt med Ferrari på att köra deras sportvagnar under 1972. En bra början inför den 18:e F1 starten.
Inför loppet var det en hel del kontroverser avseende fusk med träningstider. Ronnie hade skaffat sig en sjätte startposition, med Chris Amon i första startled tillsammans med Jacky Ickx.
Ronnie kommer iväg som femma men är redan på det fjärde varvet uppe i ledning. Detta är första gången någonsin som Ronnie leder ett GP i Formel 1!
Loppet kommer att utvecklas till det mest spännande någonsin i F1 historien. Ledningen växlar ett flertal gånger mellan många olika förare, men det är Ronnie som gör det under flest varv (25 av totalt 55). Även under det sista varvet är Ronnie i ledningen, men Cevert lyckas passera precis före Lesmo. När de går in i Parabolica för sista gången lyckas både Ronnie och Gethin bromsa sig förbi Cevert, men för första gången under hela loppet får Ronnie ett dåligt spår i denna kurva och tvingas se sig omkörd av Gethin. Ronnie försöker sig dock på en sista kraftansträngning genom att "slipstreama" sig förbi precis innan målgång, men med ett sprucket avgasrör går det inte att uppbåda tillräckligt med kraft ur motorn varför Ronnie slutar som tvåa bakom Gethin.
Ronnies andraplats innebär också att han avancerar upp till andra plats bakom "omöjlige" Stewart i den totala sammanställningen. Endast två tävlingar återstår i årets mästerskap.
Detta lopp går till historieböckerna på mer än ett sätt. Marginalen om 1/100 sekund mellan ettan och tvåan är den minsta någonsin. Loppet har dessutom den högsta medelhastigheten någonsin med 246,66 km/h och aldrig tidigare har de fyra första förarna hamnat inom 4/10 sekund.
Nytt varvrekord sätter Pescarolo med 1.23,80 - loppet i övrigt ser följande förare i ledning: Regazzoni 1-3, 9; Ronnie 4-7, 10-14, 17-22, 24, 26, 33, 47-50,54; Stewart 8; Cevert 15-16, 23, 31-32, 34, 36; Hailwood 25, 27, 35, 42, 51; Siffert 28-30; Amon 37-41, 43-46; Gethin 52-53, 55.
Peter Gethin i en BRM tar sin enda seger någonsin i F1 karriären.
Summary in english
It had been only a year since the death of
Jochen Rindt at Monza but the face of Formula 1 had
changed a lot. There were still some legal problems between the team and the
Italian authorities which resulted from the accident and so Team Lotus did not officially enter the event,
although a black and gold Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 56 did turn up under
the name World Wide Racing. McLaren was also down to just one entry as Denny Hulme was was away in the United States for a
USAC race in California. Matra was also running only one car as Jean-Pierre Beltoise was still suspended as a result of
the sportscar accident in January in Buenos Aires which had cost the life of Ignazio Giunti. The field was bolstered by a third
Surtees, entered for Mike Hailwood, who was back in F1 after six years away.
The team was in confident mood as John Surtees
had won the non-championship Gold Cup at Oulton Park a few days earlier.
On the fast sweeps of Monza the V12 cars were very
competitive and so Chris Amon was on pole in his Matra with Jacky Ickx
alongside in his Ferrari. The second row featured the BRMs of Jo Siffert
and Howden Ganley and the first V8 car was the Tyrrell of Francois Cevert,
who was fifth on the grid, slightly faster than Ronnie Peterson's
March, Jackie Stewart's Tyrrell
and Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari. The top 10 was completed by Tim Schenken's Brabham
and Henri Pescarolo in Frank Williams's March.
At the start of the race Regazzoni made a remarkable
start from the fourth row to take the lead and the action behind him was intense
as a group of cars slipstreamed around the autodromo, the lead passing backwards
and forwards between them. After Regazzoni was toppled, Peterson took the lead
and then to Stewart before Regazzoni was back again. Also involved in the fight
were Cevert, Siffert, Ickx, Ganley and Gethin. On lap 16 both Stewart and Ickx
disappeared with engine failures and two laps later Regazzoni went out as well.
While this was happening Hailwood and Amon joined the leading group. Dropping
away from the fight were Siffert and Ganley who were both suffering from
overheating engines. Siffert did rejoin the leaders a few laps later but then
his gearbox began to play up and he dropped back again. For a brief period Amon took the lead and looked like being able
to break away but then he lost his visor and dropped back. His engine also began
to overheat and so he dropped away from the leading group. The five-car battle
for the lead lasted all the way to the finishing line with Gethin getting there
by 0.010 secs. The first five cars were all covered by 0.61s. It was the closest
finish in the history of the World Championship and the fastest ever race, with
an average speed of 150.75mph. Peterson was second with Cevert third, Hailwood
fourth and Ganley fifth. Amon was sixth over half a minute behind.
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Aktuell ställning
| 1 | Jackie Stewart | GBR | 51 |
| 2 | Ronnie Peterson | SWE | 23 |
| 3 | Jacky Ickx | BEL | 19 |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi | BRA | 16 |
| " | François Cevert | FRA | 16 |
| 6 | Jo Siffert | CH | 13 |
