6th, Surtees Seizes Victory as Clark's Epic Charge Ends in Heartbreak
In 1973 Jackie Stewart would finish only fourth in the Italian Grand Prix, but then he had come through from 20th place after suffering an early puncture, and it is a race he remembers well.
“There were no chicanes at Monza then, so it was very fast, but anyone could go quickly there – which is why I think that was perhaps my best race, because it’s more difficult to make up time on an easy track. A driver with a little edge could make use of it at the Nürburgring or Spa, but at Monza it was all a matter of not scrubbing off speed, of being ultra-smooth…”
That being so, the 1967 race should rank highly among Jim Clark’s greatest races. As with Stewart, this was a comeback drive that did not end in victory, but left an indelible memory for all those who witnessed it.