1969 Dutch Grand Prix

 1969 Dutch Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 11 races of the 1969 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Grote Prijs van Nederland
Date:	June 21, 1969
Place:	Zandvoort
Course:	Circuit Park Zandvoort
Length:	374.22 km in 90 laps of 4.158 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Jochen Rindt	lotus
Time:	1: 20.85 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jackie Stewart	Matra
Time:	1: 22.94 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Matra
Second:	Jo Siffert	lotus
Third:	Chris Amon	Ferrari

The 1969 Dutch Grand Prix took place in Zandvoort on June 21 and was the fourth race of the 1969 World Cup .

Reports

background

Jackie Stewart with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands at the award ceremony

Jo Siffert on the way to second place overall

Jochen Rindt after his failure

Due to safety concerns on the part of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association opposite the circuit in Spa-Francorchamps , the Belgian Grand Prix , which was actually planned for the 1969 season, had been canceled. As a result, there was a five-week break between the Monaco GP and the following World Championship round.

Some designers used this time to develop new variants of aerodynamic aids after the high rear wing was banned. Some vehicles competed with wings that were mounted directly on the body. This was in line with the new rules and from then on became the common design for front and rear wings. In addition, the Matra and Lotus teams experimented with all-wheel drive vehicles. Jackie Stewart tested the Matra MS84 and Graham Hill the Lotus 63 during practice. However, both qualified for the race with their conventional rear-wheel drive cars.

Also BRM brought to the P139 , a new development with Zandvoort made by John Surtees was driven in practice and found to be not yet mature.

The private team Antique Automobiles used a more modern McLaren M7A instead of the Cooper T86 . The Cooper had proven to be no longer competitive and only came close to the points in Monaco because of the high failure rate of the competition.

On everyone's lips this weekend was the news that Ferrari had initiated a collaboration with Fiat SpA . It was therefore predicted that the racing team, which had been rather unspectacular up until now this season , should become more competitive again due to the improved financial situation.

training

Lotus regular driver Jochen Rindt , who had recovered from his injury at the Spanish GP , drove the fastest training time and was the only driver to stay under 1:21 minutes. Besides him, Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill qualified for the front row . Chris Amon and Jacky Ickx shared row two.

run

Hill initially took over the top position, which Rindt expanded into a double Lotus lead in second place. Stewart and Amon followed in front of the very good start Denis Hulme . On the third lap, Rindt overtook his team-mate Hill. A little later, Stewart also succeeded. He came into the top position on lap 17 without a fight, as Rindt retired due to a mechanical defect. Jo Siffert , who in the meantime had fought his way up to third, got to second due to Rindt's failure.

Because Hill suddenly headed for the pits due to handling problems, there was an exciting competition for third place in the final laps between Hulme, Amon, Ickx and Jack Brabham . This drew the attention of the audience, so that the safe victory of Jackie Stewart was registered almost only marginally.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	1T	Graham Hill	Lotus 63 1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	1		Lotus 49B
	2	Jochen Rindt
Matra International (Tyrrell)	4T	Jackie Stewart	Matra MS84 1		D.
	4th		Matra MS80
	5	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	6th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren M7C		G
	7th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M7A
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	8th	Chris Amon	Ferrari 312 (1969)	Ferrari 255C 3.0 V12	F.
Rob Walker Racing Team	10	Jo Siffert	Lotus 49B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Motor Racing Developments	11	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT26A		G
	12	Jacky Ickx
Owen Racing Organization	14T	John Surtees	BRM P139 1	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	14th		BRM P138
	15th	Jackie Oliver	BRM P133
Frank Williams Racing Cars	16	Piers Courage	Brabham BT26A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
Silvio Moser Racing Team	17th	Silvio Moser	Brabham BT24		G
Antique Automobiles	18th	Vic Elford	McLaren M7A		G

¹ The vehicles marked with a "T" behind the start number were only used by their respective drivers during training.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 20.85	185.143 km / h	01
02	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	1: 21.14	184.481 km / h	02
03	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 22.01	182.524 km / h	03
04th	Chris Amon	Ferrari	1: 22.69	181.023 km / h	04th
05	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	1: 22.85	180.674 km / h	05
06th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	1: 22.87	180.630 km / h	06th
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 23.07	180.195 km / h	07th
08th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1: 23.10	180.130 km / h	08th
09	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	1: 23.36	179.568 km / h	09
10	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	1: 23.94	178.327 km / h	10
11	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	1: 24.44	177.271 km / h	11
12	John Surtees	BRM	1: 25.07	175.959 km / h	12
13	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 25.11	175.876 km / h	13
14th	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	1: 26.50	173.050 km / h	14th
15th	Vic Elford	McLaren-Ford	1: 28.47	169.196 km / h	15th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	90	0	2: 06: 42.08	02	1: 22.94
02	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	90	0	+ 24.52	10	1: 23.33
03	Chris Amon	Ferrari	90	0	+ 30.51	04th	1: 22.97
04th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	90	0	+ 37.16	07th	1: 23.62
05	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	90	0	+ 37.67	05	1: 23.19
06th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	90	0	+1: 10.81	08th	1: 24.10
07th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	88	1	+ 2 rounds	03	1: 23.66
08th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	87	0	+ 3 rounds	11	1: 24.99
09	John Surtees	BRM	87	0	+ 3 rounds	12	1: 26.52
10	Vic Elford	McLaren-Ford	84	0	+ 6 rounds	15th	1: 28.65
-	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	54	0	DNF	14th	1: 26.23	defective steering
-	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	24	0	DNF	06th	1: 24.56	Suspension damage
-	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	16	0	DNF	01	1: 22.96	broken half-wave
-	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	12	0	DNF	09	1: 26.93	Clutch damage
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	09	0	DNF	13	1: 26.91	Gearbox damage

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 27 02  Graham Hill lotus 15th 03  Jo Siffert lotus 13 04th  Denis Hulme McLaren 11 05  Bruce McLaren McLaren 10 06th  Piers Courage Brabham 6th

Item driver constructor Points 07th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 5 08th  Chris Amon Ferrari 4th 09  Richard Attwood lotus 3 10  Jacky Ickx Brabham 3 11  John Surtees BRM 2 12  Jack Brabham Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Matra 27 02  lotus 21st 03  McLaren 15th

Item constructor Points 04th  Brabham 9 05  Ferrari 4th 06th  BRM 2

Web links

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

• YouTube: 1969 F1 Grand Prix of the Netherlands (Dutch GP) color documentary report of the WDR on the Grand Prix of the Netherlands from June 21, 1969, held in Zandvoort, NL, with interviews by Jochen Rindt and Colin Chapman, on the subject of security and wings.

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Background" (accessed June 18, 2011)
2. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 18, 2011)  
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on June 18, 2011)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 18, 2011)