Monza 1000 km race in 1969

Race winner Jo Siffert 1969

The eighth 1000 km race of Monza , also 1000 km di Monza, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , took place on April 25, 1969 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and was the fourth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

With the 24 Hours of Daytona which began World Sportscar Championship 1969 . The race ended with the surprising overall victory of Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons in the Lola T70 Mk.3B GT . At the second round of the season, the Sebring 12-hour race , Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver won in the Ford GT40 . At the first European event of the year at Brands Hatch , Jo Siffert and Brian Redman led a Porsche triple victory in the 908/02 .

The race

After the race at Brands Hatch , some German Porsche works drivers criticized the team leadership in the German trade magazine Auto Zeitung . They complained that Jo Siffert and Brian Redman had received the more powerful engine for the 908/02, which explains their much faster lap times. Race director Rico Steinemann reacted indignantly, identified Rolf Stommelen as the instigator and suspended him from the race. The four 908 Langheck were entrusted to the teams Vic Elford / Richard Attwood , Gerhard Mitter / Udo Schütz , Jo Siffert / Brian Redman and Hans Herrmann / Kurt Ahrens in Monza . Nevertheless, Stommelen took part in the race. He organized a cockpit at the side of the Swiss Siegfried Lang , who reported a Porsche 907 2.2 .

At Scuderia Ferrari , Franco Gozzi took over the race management and oversaw the important appearance for the Italian racing team in Monza. As Chris Amon's team partner , Mario Andretti was flown in from the United States despite scheduling difficulties . Andretti was scheduled to compete in a USAC Championship race at Trenton Speedway on the Monday after racing Sunday . The race started on Sunday at 11 a.m. In order to be able to catch the connecting flight from Geneva to New York JFK , he had to leave Milan at 4 p.m. and therefore leave the circuit at 3 p.m. if the race was still in full swing. Pedro Rodríguez and Peter Schetty drove the second 312P . After Mauro Forghieri fell out of favor with Enzo Ferrari at the time of the Monza race , former racing driver and technician Mike Parkes took over the preparation of the racing cars.

Ferrari started having problems with tires during training. At high speeds, the rim ribs of the Firestone tires began to peel off . Peter Schetty was only barely able to avoid an accident when braking the parabolic steroids when the tire on the rear left dissolved. Flying tire parts destroyed the rear wheel suspension. After Andretti also had an accident, the Ferrari mechanics had to work an unplanned night shift for repairs. Despite these difficulties, Chris Amon achieved the fastest lap time in qualification with a time of 2: 48.200 minutes. The fastest Porsche driver was Jo Siffert, who achieved a time of 2: 48.700 minutes. Pedro Rodríguez started from the second row in the second factory Ferrari and Kurt Ahrens in the Porsche. In the third row stood Johnny Servoz-Gavin , who was driving a Matra MS 630/650 , and Vic Elford in another Porsche. Fourth row: Gerhard Mitter in the Porsche 908 and Jo Bonnier in the Lola T70 Mk.3B GT, where the Chevrolet engine had to be replaced before the start .

Right from the start, a three-way battle developed between Jo Siffert's Porsche and the two works Ferrari 312P, which did not spare the material even in the steep turns despite the tire problems. Siffert, who passed Andretti in the lead on the third lap, had to relinquish the first position to Rodríguez on the ninth lap. After the race, Siffert spoke of a tough but fair three-way battle. A preliminary decision was made on lap 16 when Andretti came to the pits with a puncture and lost a lot of time. For the first driver change, Rodríguez and Siffert came to the pits almost simultaneously. While the change from Siffert to Redman and the necessary refueling at Porsche took 64 seconds, Peter Schetty, now sitting in the Ferrari, was dispatched in just 55 seconds. Schetty was able to extend the lead to 19 seconds when the second Ferrari had to make an unplanned pit stop due to a tire damage. In the further course of the race, both Ferrari retired. The Amon / Andretti Ferrari had an engine failure. Rodríguez's failure was more spectacular. In the 60th lap he came to the pits with the car to refuel. After the Ferrari was cleared, the V12 engine did not start. Only after the mechanics pushed the car did the engine ignite. In the Curva Grande Ferrari collided few laps later while lapping with the Porsche 906 of Kurt Rieder . The car spun and the left rear tire partially popped off the rim. Since Rodríguez drove back to the pits too quickly, the body was also affected. After a makeshift repair, Rodríguez went back on the track. A lap later, the front hood of the 312P flew away at full speed on the start-and-finish straight. The driver's emergency braking ended in the crash barriers. In the end, Siffert and Redman won by one lap ahead of teammates Ahrens and Herrmann.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 3.0	4th	Porsche System Engineering	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche 908 LH	100
2	P 3.0	7th	Porsche System Engineering	Hans Herrmann Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 908 LH	99
3	P 3.0	10	German BG Racing Team	Gerhard Koch Hans-Dieter Dechent	Porsche 907 2.2	92
4th	S 5.0	35	IGFA Racing Team	Helmut Kellener's Reinhold Joest	Ford GT40	92
5	S 5.0	33	Sid Taylor Racing	Frank Gardner Andrea de Adamich	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	92
6th	P 3.0	18th	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Patrick Depailler Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Alpine A220	91
7th	S 2.0	53	Scuderia Madunina	Enrico Pinto Giovanni Alberti	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	88
8th	P 3.0	19th	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette Rob Slotemaker	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 2.5	87
9	GT + 1.6	67	IGFA	Dieter Fröhlich Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 911T	82
10	P 2.0	25th	Scuderia Trentina	Antonio Zadra Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	82
11	GT + 1.6	73	Gérard Larrousse	Gérard Larrousse Dieter Spoerry	Porsche 911T	82
12	S 2.0	57	Otto Stuppacher	Otto Stuppacher Kurt Rieder	Porsche 906	79
13	GT + 1.6	68	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Werner Zanders	Porsche 911T	78
14th	P 1.0	30th	Ugo Locatelli	Ugo Locatelli Maurizio Zanetti	Abarth 1000 SP	78
15th	S 5.0	34	Racing Team Zitro	Jean-Pierre Hanrioud Dominique Martin	Ford GT40	76
16	P 3.0	6th	Porsche System Engineering	Vic Elford Richard Attwood	Porsche 908LH	75
17th	S 1.0	58	Luciano Pasotto	Umberto Grano Luciano Pasotto	Fiat-Abarth 1000 S.	73
18th	GT 1.3	82	Jolly Club	Luigi Cabella Giovanni Marini	Lancia Fulvia HF Zagato	71
19th	S 1.0	60	Eris Tondelli	Eris Tondelli Marco Crosina	Fiat-Abarth 1000 S.	70
20th	GT 1.3	83	Eugenio Foschetti	Giampaolo Baruffi Eugenio Foschetti	Lancia Fulvia HF Zagato	70
Not classified
21st	GT 1.6	76	André Wicky Racing Team	Henry Regusci Charles Perrenoud	Lotus Elan
Disqualified
22nd	GT + 1.6	63	Scuderia Filipinetti	Rudy Kraus "Bill"	Ferrari 275 GTB / 2	80
Failed
23	S 5.0	40	Ecurie Bonnier Scuderia Filipinetti	Jo Bonnier Herbert Müller	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	85
24	S 2.0	46	Hart Ski Racing Team	Arthur Blank Peter Ettmüller	Porsche 910	84
25th	GT 1.3	81	Jolly Club	Cesare Poretti Fiorenzo Genta	Lancia Fulvia HF Zagato	78
26th	GT + 1.6	69	Hans-Dieter Weigel	Hans-Dieter Weigel Peter Kaiser	Porsche 911T	77
27	P 1.0	28	Romano Martini	Romano Martini Aldo Horvat	ATS 1000 SP	70
28	P 3.0	2	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Pedro Rodríguez Peter Schetty	Ferrari 312P	66
29	S 5.0	39	TechSpeed ​​Racing	Chris Craft Eric Liddell	Lola T70 Mk.3 GT	62
30th	P 3.0	3	Matra Sports	Johnny Servoz-Gavin Jean Guichet	Matra MS630 / 650	61
31	S 2.0	45	Sepp Greger	Ernst Kraus Sepp Greger	Porsche 910	56
32	S 2.0	54	SCAR Autostrada	Spartaco Dini Guido Nicolai	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	55
33	S 5.0	41	David Piper	David Piper Paul Hawkins	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	51
34	P 3.0	8th	Siegfried Lang	Rolf Stommelen Siegfried Lang	Porsche 907 2.2	48
35	P 2.0	21st	Piccionaina Racing Team	Antonio Nicodemi Carlo Facetti	Porsche 907	47
36	P 3.0	1	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Mario Andretti Chris Amon	Ferrari 312P	39
37	P 3.0	5	Porsche System Engineering	Udo Schütz Gerhard Mitter	Porsche 908LH	38
38	S 2.0	51	Nikolaus Killenberg	Nikolaus Killenberg Dieter Basche	Chevron B8	36
39	GT 1.6	79	Alberto Rosselli	Alberto Rosselli Carlo Benelli	Fiat 124 Spider	32
40	S 2.0	55	IGFA	Erich Bitter Helmut Leuze	Abarth 2000 p	30th
41	P 3.0	16	Societé Automobiles Alpine	André de Cortanze Jean Vinatier	Alpine A220 / 69	10
42	S 5.0	42	Sportscars Unlimited Switzerland	Robin Widdows Ulf Norinder	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	7th
43	P 2.0	20th	Corrado Manfredini	Corrado Manfredini Vittorio Brambilla	Porsche 907	6th
44	P 2.0	26th	Racing Team VDS	Claude Bourgoignie Gustave Gosselin	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	6th
45	P 1.0	29	Gianfranco Palazzoli	Gianfranco Palazzoli Arturo Merzario	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP	3
46	P 2.0	23	Gianni Lado	Gianni Lado Luigi Ravizza	Ferrari Dino 206S
47	S 5.0	38	Peter Sadler	Peter Sadler Paul Vestey	Ford GT40
48	S 1.0	59	Mario Nardari	Mario Nardari Mario Favaretto	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP
49	GT 1.6	77	Eugenio Tinghi	Eugenio Tinghi Giovanni Cecchini	Alfa Romeo Duetto
Not started
50	P 3.0	9	Real Automóvil Club Cataluna	Àlex Soler-Roig Eugenio Baturone	Porsche 907 2.2	1
51	P 3.0	15th	Societé Automobiles Alpine	Jean-Claude Andruet Henri Grandsire	Alpine A220	2
52	S 5.0	37	Ford France	Michel Martin Hervé Bayard	Ford GT40	3
53	S 2.0	43	Sportscars Unlimited	Richard Broström Masten Gregory	Porsche 910	4th
54	S 2.0	44	André Wicky Racing Team	André Wicky Jean-Claude Killy	Porsche 910	5
55	P 3.0	T	Porsche System Engineering	Brian Redman	Porsche 908LH	6th
Not qualified
56	P 2.0	22nd	Scodec de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet Mike Walton	Ferrari Dino 206S	7th
57	P 2.0	27	Ottorino Volonterio	Ottorino Volonterio	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	8th
58	P 1.0	31	Jacques Bigrat	Jacques Bigrat	Costin-Nathan GT	9
59	S 2.0	48	JCB Excavators Ltd.	Peter Brown Roger Enever	Chevron B8	10
60	S 2.0	49	Falken Racing Developments	Angus Clydesdale John Markey	Chevron B8	11
61	S 2.0	52	Peter Taggart	Peter Taggart Tony Goodwin	Chevron B6	12
62	S 2.0	56	ESCA	Bernard Palayer Armand de Boissieu	Porsche 906	13
63	GT + 1.6	65	Everardo Ostini	Everardo Ostini Carlo Zuccoli	Porsche 911T	14th
64	GT + 1.6	66	Corrado Ferlaino	Corrado Ferlaino Giancarlo Galimberti	Porsche 911T	15th
65	GT + 1.6	70	Giancarlo Rondanini	Giancarlo Rondanini Giampiero Moretti	Porsche 911T	16
66	GT + 1.6	71	André Wicky Racing Team	Jacques Cochet Edgar Berney	Porsche 911T	17th
67	GT + 1.6	72	Claude Haldi	Claude Haldi Jacques Rey	Porsche 911T	18th
68	GT + 1.6	74	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Ennio Bonomelli Cesare Guzzi	Porsche 911T	19th
69	GT + 1.6	75	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Vincenzo Carrago Michele Licheri	Porsche 911T	20th

¹ Injection pump defective ² Engine failure during training ³ Engine failure during training ⁴ Engine failure during training ⁵ not started ⁶ Training car ⁷ not qualified ⁸ not qualified ⁹ not qualified ¹⁰ not qualified ¹¹ not qualified ¹² not qualified ¹³ not qualified ¹⁴ not qualified ¹⁵ not qualified ¹⁶ not qualified ¹⁷ not qualified ¹⁸ not qualified ¹⁹ not qualified ²⁰ not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
70	P 3.0	11	German BG Racing Team	Karl von Wendt Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 907 2.2
71	P 3.0	12	JW Automotive Gulf Racing	David Hobbs Mike Hailwood	Mirage M2 / 300
72	P 3.0	14th	JW Automotive Gulf Racing	Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver	Mirage M2 / 300
73	P 2.0	24	Roger Nathan	Roger Nathan Mike Beckwith	Astra RNR1
74	P 1.0	32	Scuderia Nettuno	Anzio Zucchi Marco Magri	Lucangelli
75	S 5.0	36	Escuderia Montjuich	José Juncadella Juan Fernández	Ford GT40
76	S 5.0	39	PR For Men	Picko Troberg Bjorn Rothstein	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT
77	S 2.0	50	Worcestershire Racing	Paul Ridgway	Chevron B8
78	S 1.0	61	Scuderia Brescia Corse	"Agessar" Paolo Lado	Fiat-Abarth 1000 S.
79	S 1.0	62	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Piero Monticone Gianni Varese	Fiat-Abarth 1000 S.
80	GT + 1.6	64	Alain de Cadenet	Tony Beeson	Ferrari 275 GTB / 2
81	GT 1.6	78	Luigi Galazzo	Luigi Galazzo Pier-Paolo Mischiatti	Alfa Romeo Duetto
82	GT 1.3	80	Meda	Domenico Cedrati Francesco Morelli	Lancia Fulvia HF Zagato

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0	Jo Siffert	Brian Redman	Porsche 908LH	Overall victory
P 2.0	Antonio Zadra	Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	Rank 10
P 1.0	Ugo Locatelli	Maurizio Zanetti	Abarth 1000 SP	Rank 14
S 5.0	Helmut Kelleners	Reinhold Joest	Ford GT40	Rank 4
S 2.0	Enrico Pinto	Giovanni Alberti	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	Rank 7
S 1.0	Umberto Grano	Luciano Pasotto	Fiat-Abarth 1000 S.	Rank 17
GT + 1.6	Dieter Fröhlich	Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 911T	Rank 9
GT 1.6	no participant in the finish
GT 1.3	Luigi Cabella	Giovanni Marini	Lancia Fulvia HF Zagato	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 82
• Started: 49
• Rated: 20
• Race classes: 9
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 10.100 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 53: 41.200 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 100
• Total distance of the winning team: 1010,000 km
• Winner's average: 206.342 km / h
• Pole position: Chris Amon - Ferrari 312P (# 1) - 2: 48.200 = 216.171 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Pedro Rodríguez - Ferrari 312P (# 2) - 2: 48.100 = 216.300 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the 1969 World Sports Car Championship
• Racing series: 3rd round of the French Circuit Championship 1969

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race report at Motorsport Magazine
• Race results

Predecessor 6 Hours of Brands Hatch 1969

Sports car world championship

Succession race Targa Florio 1969