Grand Prix of Germany 1969

 Grand Prix of Germany 1969

Racing data
7th of 11 races of the 1969 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	3rd August 1969
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	319.673 km in 14 laps of 22.835 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 350,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Brabham
Time:	7: 42.1 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Brabham
Time:	7: 43.8 min
Podium
First:	Jacky Ickx	Brabham
Second:	Jackie Stewart	Matra
Third:	Bruce McLaren	McLaren

The 1969 German Grand Prix took place on August 3 at the Nürburgring and was the seventh race of the 1969 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

Jackie Stewart in the Matra MS80

Bruce McLaren in the McLaren M7C

Gerhard Mitter in the BMW F269, a few minutes before the fatal accident

Because of the low number of participants in some of the previous races this season, the organizers of the German Grand Prix decided to organize a joint race for Formula 1 and Formula 2 racing cars. This had already been practiced a few years before so that the spectators at the 22.8 km long racetrack, on which only 14 laps were driven, did not have to take too long breaks until the field of almost equally powerful cars came up again, and more Vehicles were seen.

When the Ferrari Formula 1 team canceled its participation in the race at short notice, the measure turned out to be a sensible decision.

Apart from Ferrari's non-participation, the list of participants for the Formula 1 cars largely corresponded to that of the last race in Great Britain two weeks earlier. Jack Brabham , up to now a regular driver of his team, had to take a break due to an injury. Mario Andretti joined the Lotus factory team in place of John Miles and drove the Lotus 63 all-wheel-drive vehicle that was being tested .

training

On the first day of training, Gerhard Mitter , one of the twelve registered participants in Formula 2, had a fatal accident in the area of ​​the “airfield” section. His team mates Hubert Hahne and Dieter Quester as well as his close friend Hans Herrmann then decided not to start, so that in the end eight Formula 2 cars supplemented the Formula 1 field of 14 vehicles.

Brabham driver Jacky Ickx secured pole position in front of Jackie Stewart in the Matra MS80 . With the Lotus 49, Jochen Rindt completed a first row consisting of three different vehicles. The second row, consisting of two cars, was shared by Joseph Siffert and Denis Hulme . The reigning world champion Graham Hill finished ninth on the grid, Mario Andretti only drove the twelfth best practice time with the all-wheel drive Lotus.

run

John Surtees withdrew from the start because he found his BRM P139 too unsafe due to problems with the wheel suspension on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, which at that time was still characterized by several small jumps and bumps .

After a relatively bad start, Jacky Ickx was overtaken by Stewart, Siffert, Rindt and five other competitors in the first few meters. In the first lap Andretti underestimated the weight of his fully fueled Lotus 63 at one of the jump crests and crashed, but remained uninjured. Moments later, Vic Elford recognized a wheel lying on the track that had been torn from Andretti's Lotus too late and collided with it. His car took off, overturned, and landed backwards between the trees and bushes on the side of the road. Elford retained consciousness but was unable to break free. He heard that the fuel pump of his fully fueled racing car had not switched off automatically and therefore feared an explosion. Andretti rushed to help immediately, switched off the pump and freed Elford, who got away relatively lightly with an arm broken three times.

Within two laps, Ickx fought his way back to second behind Stewart, where he held the next four laps until he finally overtook him on the seventh lap. At first Stewart was able to maintain the pace of the now leader, but soon fell behind with transmission problems, so that in the end Jacky Ickx won with an advantage of almost a minute over Stewart. Bruce McLaren finished third and was around two and a half minutes behind second. Graham Hill finished fourth around four minutes after the winner.

Registration lists

formula 1

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	1	Graham Hill	Lotus 49B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	2	Jochen Rindt
	3	Mario Andretti	Lotus 63
Brabham Racing Organization	6th	Jacky Ickx	Brabham BT26A		G
Matra International (Tyrrell)	7T	Jackie Stewart	Matra MS84 1		D.
	7th		Matra MS80
	8th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	9	Denis Hulme	McLaren M7A		G
	10	Bruce McLaren	McLaren M7C
Rob Walker Racing Team	11	Joseph Siffert	Lotus 49B		F.
Antique Automobiles	12	Vic Elford	McLaren M7B		G
Owen Racing Organization	14th	John Surtees	BRM P139	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	15th	Jackie Oliver	BRM P138
Ecurie Bonnier	16	Joakim Bonnier	Lotus 49B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Frank Williams Racing Cars	17th	Piers Courage	Brabham BT26A		D.

¹ Jackie Stewart only drove the Matra MS84 in practice

Formula 2

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Ahrens Racing Team	20th	Kurt Ahrens	Brabham BT30	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	D.
Roy Winkelmann Racing	21st	Hans Herrmann	Lotus 59B		F.
	22nd	Rolf Stommelen
BMW AG Munich	23	Hubert Hahne	BMW F269	BMW M12 / 1 1.6 L4	D.
	24	Gerhard Mitter
	25th	Dieter Quester
Matra Sports	26th	Henri Pescarolo	Matra MS7	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	D.
	27	Johnny Servoz-Gavin
Tecno Racing Team	28	François Cevert	Tecno TF69		D.
Frank Williams Racing Cars	29	Richard Attwood	Brabham BT30		D.
Squadra Tartaruga	30th	Xavier Perrot	Brabham BT23C		F.
Felday Engineering Ltd.	31	Peter Westbury	Brabham BT30		F.

Classifications

Formula 1 qualification

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	7: 42.1	177.897 km / h	01
02	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	7: 42.4	177.781 km / h	02
03	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	7: 48.0	175.654 km / h	03
04th	Joseph Siffert	Lotus Ford	7: 50.3	174.795 km / h	04th
05	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	7: 52.8	173.871 km / h	05
06th	Vic Elford	McLaren-Ford	7: 54.8	173.138 km / h	06th
07th	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	7: 56.1	172.665 km / h	07th
08th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	7: 56.5	172.520 km / h	08th
09	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	7: 57.0	172.340 km / h	09
10	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	8: 00.3	171.156 km / h	10
11	John Surtees	BRM	8: 12.1	167.051 km / h	11
12	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	8: 15.4	165.939 km / h	15th
13	Jackie Oliver	BRM	8: 16.2	165.671 km / h	16
14th	Joakim Bonnier	Lotus Ford	8: 35.0	159.623 km / h	21st

Qualification Formula 2

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
1	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra Ford	8: 11.1	167.392 km / h	12
2	François Cevert	Tecno-Ford	8: 13.9	166.443 km / h	14th
3	Henri Pescarolo	Matra Ford	8: 14.8	166.140 km / h	13
4th	Hubert Hahne	BMW	8: 19.5	164.577 km / h	DNS
5	Peter Westbury	Brabham-Ford	8: 20.0	164.412 km / h	17th
6th	Kurt Ahrens	Brabham-Ford	8: 23.2	163.366 km / h	18th
7th	Richard Attwood	Brabham-Ford	8: 24.6	162.913 km / h	19th
8th	Dieter Quester	BMW	8: 26.8	162.206 km / h	DNS
9	Rolf Stommelen	Lotus Ford	8: 28.1	161.791 km / h	20th
10	Xavier Perrot	Brabham-Ford	8: 35.4	159.499 km / h	22nd
11	Gerhard Mitter	BMW	8: 36.5	159.160 km / h	DNS
12	Hans Herrmann	Lotus Ford	8: 50.3	155.018 km / h	DNS

run

Item	Cat.	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	F1	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	14th	0	1: 49: 55.4	01	7: 43.8
02	F1	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	14th	0	+ 57.7	02	7: 45.9
03	F1	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	14th	0	+ 3: 21.6	08th	7: 56.6
04th	F1	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	14th	0	+ 3: 58.8	09	7: 56.3
05	F2	Henri Pescarolo	Matra Ford	14th	0	+ 7: 11.0	13
06th	F2	Richard Attwood	Brabham-Ford	13	0	+ 1 lap	19th
07th	F2	Kurt Ahrens	Brabham-Ford	13	0	+ 1 lap	18th
08th	F2	Rolf Stommelen	Lotus Ford	13	0	+ 1 lap	20th
09	F2	Peter Westbury	Brabham-Ford	13	0	+ 1 lap	17th
10	F2	Xavier Perrot	Brabham-Ford	13	0	+ 1 lap	22nd
11	F1	Joseph Siffert	Lotus Ford	12	0	DNF	04th	7: 54.0	Suspension damage
12	F1	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	12	0	DNF	10	7: 59.2	Suspension damage
-	F1	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	11	0	DNF	05	7: 57.5	defective power transmission
-	F1	Jackie Oliver	BRM	11	0	DNF	16	8: 12.5	Leaking oil line
-	F1	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	10	1	DNF	03	7: 55.1	Misfire
-	F2	François Cevert	Tecno-Ford	09	0	DNF	14th		Gearbox damage
-	F2	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra Ford	06th	0	DNF	12		Engine failure
-	F1	Joakim Bonnier	Lotus Ford	04th	0	DNF	21st	8: 31.2	Fuel leak
-	F1	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	01	0	DNF	07th	8: 22.0	Driving error
-	F1	Mario Andretti	Lotus Ford	00	0	DNF	15th	-	accident
-	F1	Vic Elford	McLaren-Ford	00	0	DNF	06th	-	accident
-	F1	John Surtees	BRM	-	0	DNS	11	-	not started

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jackie Stewart Matra 51 02  Jacky Ickx Brabham 22nd 03  Bruce McLaren McLaren 21st 04th  Graham Hill lotus 19th 05  Joseph Siffert lotus 15th 06th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 12 07th  Denis Hulme McLaren 11

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Piers Courage Brabham 8th 09  Chris Amon Ferrari 4th 10  Jochen Rindt lotus 3 11  Vic Elford McLaren 3 12  Richard Attwood lotus 3 13  John Surtees BRM 2 14th  Jack Brabham Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Matra 51 02  Brabham 28 03  lotus 28

Item constructor Points 04th  McLaren 24 05  Ferrari 4th 06th  BRM 2

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix of Germany 1969  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Formula 2 report" (accessed on June 18, 2011)
2. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 18, 2011)  
3. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Publisher: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , pp. 145-146
4. ^ "Report" (accessed on June 18, 2011)
5. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 18, 2011)