{"id":73512,"date":"2025-08-16T20:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T20:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73512\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T20:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T20:57:14","slug":"he-is-the-driver-who-won-the-italian-grand-prix-for-ferrari-in-only-his-fourth-f1-race-but-never-won-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73512\/","title":{"rendered":"He is the driver who won the Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari in only his fourth F1 race but never won again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No F1 team has won the Italian Grand Prix more often than Ferrari, who have achieved glory in the Scuderia\u2019s home race a record 20 times and through 11 different drivers.<\/p>\n<p>It only took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/tag\/ferrari\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> until the second-ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/formula-1-calendar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 season<\/a> in 1951 to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/formula-1-calendar\/italian-grand-prix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italian GP<\/a> for the first time, as well. Alberto Ascari swept to the top step of the podium at Monza, where there has been a corner named after the Milan native since 1972, and he also returned to win in 1952.<\/p>\n<p>Only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/tag\/michael-schumacher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Schumacher<\/a> has also won the Italian GP more often with Ferrari than Ascari to date. The German took to the top step of the podium at Monza five times with wins in 1996, \u201898, 2000, \u201803 and \u201806. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/tag\/charles-leclerc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Leclerc<\/a> will aim to win his third Italian GP for Ferrari in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/news\/the-important-information-carlos-sainz-gave-ferrari-that-helped-charles-leclerc-win-at-monza\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leclerc won the 2024 Italian GP through a one-stop strategy<\/a>, which punished McLaren after Oscar Piastri overtook teammate Lando Norris on the opening lap into the Variante chicane. The Monegasque\u2019s victory added to his triumph at Monza in 2019, when he won from pole.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-926162596-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ferrari driver Ludovico Scarfiotti on the grid before the 1966 F1 Italian Grand Prix\" class=\"wp-image-131184\" \/>Photo by Bernard Cahier\/Getty ImagesLudovico Scarfiotti won his only F1 race for Ferrari in the 1966 Italian Grand Prix at Monza<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 F1 season could also see an Italian driver win the Italian GP for the first time since 1966 after Mercedes put Bologna native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/tag\/andrea-kimi-antonelli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrea Kimi Antonelli<\/a> on the grid to replace Lewis Hamilton, who switched the Silver Arrows for Ferrari after 12 years with the Brackley bunch.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/races\/which-f1-drivers-do-well-at-italian-grand-prix-with-lewis-hamilton-successful-at-monza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The most successful F1 drivers at the Italian Grand Prix of all time at Monza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FERRARI F1 DRIVERITALIAN GRAND PRIX WIN(S)Alberto Ascari1951, 1952Phil Hill1960, 1961John Surtees1964Ludovico Scarfiotti1966Clay Regazzoni1970, 1975Jody Scheckter1979Gerhard Berger1988Michael Schumacher1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006Rubens Barrichello2002, 2004Fernando Alonso2010Charles Leclerc2019, 2024<\/p>\n<p>No Italian driver has won the Italian GP for the past 59 years since Ludovico Scarfiotti won in only his fourth appearance on the grid. Scarfiotti also scored glory in the 1966 Italian GP as a Ferrari driver for what proved to be not just his sole win but his only Formula 1 podium ever.<\/p>\n<p>Scarfiotti entered a total of 16 Grands Prix between 1963 and 1968, but was never a regular presence in the paddock. The Turin native also started just 10 of his Grand Prix entries, with six starts for Ferrari, one for Eagle and three with Cooper. He even only finished six F1 races.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper also saw Scarfiotti secure stronger finishes than with Ferrari, outside of winning the 1966 Italian GP. The Scuderia only saw the Italian finish sixth, ninth and sixth over his other finishes, whereas Scarfiotti came fourth twice for Cooper during 1968 in Spain and Monaco.<\/p>\n<p>How Ludovico Scarfiotti became the last Italian driver to win the Italian Grand Prix in 1966<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-926162608-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ferrari drivers Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarfiotti on track during the 1966 F1 Italian Grand Prix\" class=\"wp-image-131183\" \/>Photo by Bernard Cahier\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Winning your home race is a dream for any driver, let alone an Italian winning the Italian GP at Monza as a Ferrari driver. But that was exactly what Scarfiotti achieved for his only Grand Prix victory, after beating his Scuderia teammate Mike Parkes of Britain by 5.8s after 68 laps.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/races\/five-unforgettable-italian-grand-prix-from-niki-laudas-return-to-lewis-hamilton-vs-max-verstappen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Five unforgettable Italian GPs from Lauda\u2019s return to Verstappen vs Hamilton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parkes had secured pole for the 1966 Italian GP with a 1:31.3 lap around Monza, which was enough to pip Scarfiotti by 0.3 seconds and put two Ferraris on the front row. But Scarfiotti, who was largely a leading light of the Scuderia\u2019s sports car crew, would triumph in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Scarfiotti was not due to race in the 1966 F1 season. But the Scuderia handed him the keys to a Ferrari 246 for that year\u2019s German Grand Prix and a Ferrari 312\/66 in the Italian Grand Prix after the 1964 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/f1-standings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 drivers\u2019 championship<\/a> winner John Surtees suddenly quit the team.<\/p>\n<p>Surtees\u2019 departure was very much to Scarfiotti\u2019s gain, as well as Ferrari working extensively following the German GP to develop their V12 engine in the month-long gap before racing at Monza. Scarfiotti even snatched the lead at the start, but then fell to seventh on the first lap.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo Bandini, Parkes, Surtees, Richie Ginther and Jack Brabham muscled their way past Scarfiotti on the opening lap of the 1966 Italian GP. But the Italian soon started to recover and was back in the lead by Lap 13. His speed was then enough to achieve glory at Monza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No F1 team has won the Italian Grand Prix more often than Ferrari, who have achieved glory in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,826,57190,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-73512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ferrari","tag-italian-grand-prix","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}