00:00At 3pm on race day, the flag fell. Von Tripp, starting from pole position, made a poor start, and Ginther
00:08led from Clark's Lotus, until Hill and Rodriguez passed Clark on the Monza banking.
00:15But catastrophe was to strike on lap two. Clark's Lotus and Von Tripp's Ferrari collided while braking for the Parabolica.
00:25The Ferrari flew off the track, ejecting its driver and causing him fatal injuries, before it continued into the crowd,
00:33killing 11 spectators and injuring others, three of whom subsequently died.
00:38At the same time, the British driver Jerry Ashmore also had an accident in his Lotus and was seriously injured.
00:46Clark was okay in the collision, but he suffered the blame for the crash for years, before his name was
00:54finally cleared.
00:58So Hill became the first American world champion, with 34 points, from Von Tripp's a posthumous second with 33.
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