Automobile World Championship 1969
| World Champion | |
| Driver: |
 Jackie Stewart
|
| Constructor: |
 Matra-Ford-Cosworth
|
| Season dates | |
|---|---|
| Number of races: | 11 |
| <1968 season | |
The 1969 Automobile World Championship was the 20th season of the Automobile World Championship, now known as the Formula 1 World Championship . During the period from March 1, 1969 to October 19, 1969, the Drivers' World Championship and the International Cup of Formula 1 Constructors were held in over eleven races .
Jackie Stewart won the drivers championship for the first time. For the first and only time, Matra became constructors' world champions.
The world championship runs
GP South Africa - Kyalami (March 1, 1969)
Distance: 80 laps of 4.094 km = 327.520 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 50: 39.1 |
| 2 |
Graham Hill
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 18.8 sec. |
| 3 |
 Denis Hulme
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 31.8 sec. |
| 4th |
 Joseph Siffert
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 49.2 sec. |
| 5 |
Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
| 6th |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | + 2 rounds |
Jackie Stewart , who started from the second row, dominated the race and secured a start-to-finish victory. On some cars the high wings mounted on the front and rear axles broke.
| Pole position |
 Jack Brabham
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 20.0 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 21.6 min. |
Spanish GP - Montjuïc (May 4th 1969)
Distance: 90 laps of 3.790 km = 341.100 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 2: 16: 53.990 |
| 2 |
Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 2 rounds |
| 3 |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | + 3 rounds |
| 4th |
Denis Hulme
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 3 rounds |
| 5 |
John Surtees
|
BRM | + 6 rounds |
| 6th |
 Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 7 rounds |
Jochen Rindt , who had set the fastest training time, initially led the field. On lap 20, the high-mounted rear wing of his Lotus 49 buckled . Rindt lost control of the vehicle and thrown 150 meters. He overturned and hit the Lotus of his team-mate Graham Hill , who had had an accident a few laps earlier at the same place for the same reason. Rindt was slightly injured, Hill was uninjured. The sports commission then banned the high wing constructions.
After these accidents, Chris Amon led the race until he ran out of cooling water on lap 57 and had to park his Ferrari 312 . This paved the way for Jackie Stewart to his second win in a row.
| Pole position |
 Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 25.7 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 28.3 min. |
GP Monaco - Monte Carlo (May 18, 1969)
Distance: 80 laps of 3.145 km = 251.600 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Graham Hill
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 56: 59.4 |
| 2 |
Piers Courage
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 17.3 sec. |
| 3 |
Joseph Siffert
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 34.6 sec. |
| 4th |
Richard Attwood
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 52.9 sec. |
| 5 |
Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
| 6th |
Denis Hulme
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 2 rounds |
In the run-up to the race, in view of the accidents in Barcelona, there was a heated discussion about the pros and cons of wings, which led to the fact that all lift surfaces of any kind that were not directly mounted on the fuselage were banned for the time being.
First Jackie Stewart led the race, followed by Chris Amon ; however, both failed in the further course. Graham Hill was able to secure his fifth and final victory in Monte Carlo.
| Pole position |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 24.6 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Piers Courage
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 25.8 min. |
GP Netherlands - Zandvoort (June 21, 1969)
Distance: 90 laps of 4.185 km = 376.650 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 2: 06: 42.080 |
| 2 |
Joseph Siffert
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 24.520 sec. |
| 3 |
Chris Amon
|
Ferrari | + 30.510 sec. |
| 4th |
Denis Hulme
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 37.160 sec. |
| 5 |
Jackie Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 37.670 sec. |
| 6th |
Jack Brabham
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | +1: 10.810 min. |
In training, Lotus and Matra pored out four-wheel drive vehicles.
Graham Hill won the start ahead of Jochen Rindt and Jackie Stewart . However, Rindt slowed Hill on lap 3 and took the lead. He kept this until the 17th lap when his half-wave broke. Stewart, who had also passed Hill earlier, took the lead and won his third Grand Prix of the season.
| Pole position |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 20.85 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 22.94 min. |
French GP - Charade (6 July 1969)
Distance: 38 laps of 8.055 km = 306.090 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 56: 47.4 |
| 2 |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | + 57.1 sec. |
| 3 |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 57.3 sec. |
| 4th |
Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
| 5 |
Vic Elford
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
| 6th |
Graham Hill
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
The race was completely dominated by Jackie Stewart and Matra ; after taking pole position, Stewart scored a start-to-finish victory. In the beginning, Denis Hulme kept up, but then fell back with problems. Second place went to Jean-Pierre Beltoise , who defeated Jacky Ickx in the last round in a duel lasting several rounds . Jochen Rindt had to give up because of nausea.
The first start of an all-wheel drive vehicle under ( John Miles in the Lotus 63 ) since the Grand Prix of Great Britain in 1961 ended after just one lap with a defective injection pump.
9 of the 13 cars that started reached the finish line. This is the race with the lowest failure rate in 1969.
| Pole position |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 3: 00.6 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 3: 02.7 min. |
British GP - Silverstone (19 July 1969)
Distance: 84 laps of 4.711 km = 395.724 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 55: 55.6 |
| 2 |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
| 3 |
Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
| 4th |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
| 5 |
Piers Courage
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
| 6th |
Vic Elford
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 2 rounds |
Up to the 62nd lap the race was determined by a duel between Jochen Rindt and Jackie Stewart for the lead, in which Rindt initially seemed to gain the upper hand. But then he had to head for the pit to have his rear wing repaired. This put Stewart in the front and won his fifth race of the season. Rindt, who also had to refuel, stayed in 4th place and thus the first world championship points in 1969.
| Pole position |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 20.8 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 21.3 min. |
GP Germany - Nürburgring (August 3, 1969)
Distance: 14 laps of 22.835 km = 319.690 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 49: 55.4 |
| 2 |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | + 57.7 sec. |
| 3 |
Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 3: 21.6 min. |
| 4th |
Graham Hill
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 3: 58.8 min. |
| 5 |
Henri Pescarolo
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | + 8: 11.0 min. |
| 6th |
Richard Attwood
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
As in 1966 and 1967, the Formula 1 field was supplemented by Formula 2 vehicles in order to be able to show the spectators more vehicles on the long route and to compensate for the expected high failure rate. On the Friday afternoon before the race, Gerhard Mitter had a fatal accident at the Schwedenkreuz in his BMW F269 . The team withdrew their Formula 2 cars from the start. The cause of the accident was probably an incorrectly installed steering.
In training, a Formula 1 car undercut the 8-minute limit for the first time.
The Formula 1 race was marked by a duel between Jackie Stewart and Jacky Ickx , which Ickx won in Brabham . Vic Elford had a serious accident and was out for the rest of the season due to a complicated broken arm. The Formula 2 race was won by Henri Pescarolo ahead of Richard Attwood and Kurt Ahrens .
| Pole position |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 7: 42.1 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 7: 43.8 min. |
Italian GP - Monza (September 7, 1969)
Distance: 68 laps of 5.750 km = 391,000 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 39: 11.260 |
| 2 |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 0.080 sec. |
| 3 |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | + 0.170 sec. |
| 4th |
Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 0.190 sec. |
| 5 |
Piers Courage
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 33.440 sec. |
| 6th |
 Pedro Rodríguez
|
Ferrari | + 2 rounds |
In Monza, a group of several vehicles formed immediately after the start, from which none of their pursuers could break free. Stewart , Rindt , Hulme and Courage took turns in the lead. After the winner Stewart, the next three drivers crossed the finish line within 0.190 seconds. It was one of the closest race outings in Formula 1 history.
Jackie Stewart secured the drivers 'championship and Matra the constructors ' championship with his victory .
| Pole position |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 25.48 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 25.20 min. |
Canadian GP - Mosport Park (September 20, 1969)
Distance: 90 laps of 3.956 km = 356.040 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 59: 25.7 |
| 2 |
Jack Brabham
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 46.2 sec. |
| 3 |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | + 52.0 sec. |
| 4th |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | + 1 lap |
| 5 |
Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | + 3 rounds |
| 6th |
Johnny Servoz-Gavin
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | + 6 rounds |
Jochen Rindt was in the lead for the first six laps until he was overtaken by Stewart . This in turn was involved in a duel by Ickx . Ickx managed to get past Stewart on lap 33, but the two cars collided and Stewart had to retire. Ickx then managed a safe victory, which became a one-two for the Brabham team thanks to Jack Brabham's second place .
Johnny Servoz-Gavin finished 6th with the Matra MS84 and was the first and only driver to score a World Championship point with an all-wheel drive Formula 1 car.
| Pole position |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 17.4 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 18.1 min. |
US GP - Watkins Glen (October 5, 1969)
Distance: 108 laps of 3.701 km = 399.708 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 57: 56.840 |
| 2 |
Piers Courage
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 46.990 sec. |
| 3 |
John Surtees
|
BRM | + 2 rounds |
| 4th |
Jack Brabham
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 2 rounds |
| 5 |
Pedro Rodríguez
|
Ferrari | + 7 rounds |
| 6th |
Silvio Moser
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 10 rounds |
The race in which Jochen Rindt achieved his first of a total of six Grand Prix victories was only finished by seven of the 18 vehicles that started. This resulted in the lowest arrival rate in the longest race of the season. Among other things, an oil pipe burst on Stewart's Matra on lap 31 and Graham Hill had a serious accident towards the end of the race. His Lotus overturned several times after a puncture, causing Hill, who was not buckled up and thrown from the vehicle, to suffer complicated broken legs.
| Pole position |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 03.62 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 04.34 min. |
GP Mexico - Mexico City (October 19, 1969)
Distance: 65 laps of 5,000 km = 325,000 km
| space | driver | team | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Denis Hulme
|
McLaren - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 54: 08.8 |
| 2 |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 2.560 sec. |
| 3 |
Jack Brabham
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | + 38.480 sec. |
| 4th |
Jackie Stewart
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | + 47.040 sec. |
| 5 |
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
|
Matra - Ford-Cosworth | +1: 38.430 min. |
| 6th |
Jackie Oliver
|
BRM | + 2 rounds |
The race was dominated by Denis Hulme . The McLaren driver, who started from the second row, overtook Stewart and Rindt one after the other and won a Grand Prix for the first time of the season.
| Pole position |
Jack Brabham
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 42.90 min. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fastest race lap |
Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham - Ford-Cosworth | 1: 43.05 min. |
World championship ratings
Driver ranking
The first six places got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. The best five results of the first six and the best four of the remaining five races counted towards the championship.
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Constructors' championship
The best result of a team per race was counted
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News in brief Formula 1
- At the Spanish Grand Prix , both Lotus ( Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt ) had an accident due to broken wings. The spoilers that were common at the time and were mounted high above the front and rear axles were banned in all classes and had to be replaced by more compact wings. Any mobility was also forbidden, i. H. Mounting directly on unsprung chassis parts, or adjustability while driving.
- The Lotus 63 with four-wheel drive made its debut in Formula 1 at Zandvoort .
- Johnny Servoz-Gavin drove the all-wheel-drive Matra MS84 in Mosport Park ( Canada ) to 6th place and was thus the first and so far only driver who could conquer a world championship point with an all-wheel-drive Formula 1 car.
- The Österreichring was inaugurated.
- At the Italian Grand Prix , the first four drivers were within 0.2 seconds.
Web links
literature
- Ulrich Schwab: Grand Prix 1969, Motorbuchverlag Stuttgart
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