1969 Italian Grand Prix

 1969 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 11 races of the 1969 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	7th September 1969
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Length:	391 km in 68 laps of 5.75 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jochen Rindt	lotus
Time:	1: 25.48 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra
Time:	1: 25.2 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Matra
Second:	Jochen Rindt	lotus
Third:	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra

The 1969 Italian Grand Prix took place in Monza on September 7th and was the eighth race of the 1969 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

During the five-week break since the German Grand Prix , only one Formula 1 race that was not part of the world championship had taken place at Oulton Park , which was won by Brabham driver Jacky Ickx .

Significant changes in the field of drivers were the return of Jack Brabham after several weeks of injury and the return of John Miles to the third factory Lotus to further develop the Type 63 . The private driver Joakim Bonnier decided against a further start this season. Ferrari reported only one car with which two drivers, Pedro Rodríguez and Ernesto Brambilla , tried to qualify. Although it was a previous year's model, both drivers managed to do so. As no second vehicle was available, Brambilla had to forego the start.

For Jackie Stewart and Jackie Oliver two cars were registered to test them in practice, but both drivers only achieved lap times with their respective vehicles.

training

The top four of the training session sat in four different vehicles. Jochen Rindt qualified in the Lotus 49 ahead of McLaren driver Denis Hulme and Jackie Stewart on Matra and Piers Courage in the customer Brabham used by Frank Williams .

Jochen Rindt was one of the drivers who did without the usual front and rear wings on the Monza high-speed track. Denis Hulme, standing next to him on the starting grid, decided against this measure, as did around half of the drivers.

run

Although Ferrari only competed with a sparse line-up in the home race, the spectator stands were well filled. Exciting slipstream duels developed at the top, in which eight drivers were involved. In addition to Rindt, Hulme, Stewart and Courage, between whom the leadership changed constantly, these were Graham Hill , Bruce McLaren , Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jo Siffert . After Hulme, Siffert and Courage had gradually dropped out due to technical defects, a pentathlon remained at the top. Hill's failure with five laps to go reduced the leading group to four drivers.

Stewart briefly lost his lead to Rindt on the last lap, but regained it a few corners later. In the last corner, Beltoise even took the lead briefly with excess speed, but had to go a bit further than his opponents. The first four of the race finally crossed the finish line within 0.19 seconds. This set a record for the tightest finish line, which, however, was also undercut in Monza in 1971 , when the first four were only separated by 0.18 seconds.

Although there were still three races to complete, Jackie Stewart secured his first world title ahead of time with his sixth victory after the previous eight races.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	2	Graham Hill	Lotus 49B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	4th	Jochen Rindt
	6th	John Miles	Lotus 63
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	10	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 312 (1968) 1	Ferrari 255C 3.0 V12	F.
		Ernesto Brambilla
Owen Racing Organization	15th	Jackie Oliver	BRM P138 2	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	12		BRM P139
	14th	John Surtees
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	16	Denis Hulme	McLaren M7A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	18th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren M7C
Matra International (Tyrrell)	24	Jackie Stewart	Matra MS84 3		D.
	20th		Matra MS80
	22nd	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Motor Racing Developments	26th	Jacky Ickx	Brabham BT26A		G
	28	Jack Brabham
Rob Walker Racing Team	30th	Jo Siffert	Lotus 49B		F.
Frank Williams Racing Cars	32	Piers Courage	Brabham BT26A		D.
Silvio Moser Racing Team	36	Silvio Moser	Brabham BT24		G

¹ Ernesto Brambilla drove the Ferrari with starting number 10 in the first practice session. From then on, the car was driven by Pedro Rodríguez.
² Jackie Oliver completed his timed laps exclusively in the BRM P139 with starting number 12. The P138 with starting number 15, which was also registered for him, was not used.
³ Jackie Stewart completed his timed laps exclusively in a Matra MS80 with starting number 20. The MS84 with starting number 24, which was also registered for him, was not used.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 25.48	242.162 km / h	01
02	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 25.69	241.568 km / h	02
03	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	1: 25.82	241.203 km / h	03
04th	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	1: 26.48	239.362 km / h	04th
05	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	1: 26.48	239.362 km / h	05
06th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	1: 26.72	238.699 km / h	06th
07th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1: 26.90	238.205 km / h	07th
08th	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	1: 27.04	237.822 km / h	08th
09	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 27.31	237.086 km / h	09
10	John Surtees	BRM	1: 27.40	236.842 km / h	10
11	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 28.40	234.163 km / h	11
12	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	1: 28.47	233.978 km / h	12
13	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	1: 28.51	233.872 km / h	13
14th	John Miles	Lotus Ford	1: 30.56	228.578 km / h	14th
15th	Ernesto Brambilla	Ferrari	1: 30.86	227.823 km / h	DNS
16	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	1: 37.96	211.311 km / h	15th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	68	0	1: 39: 11.26	03
02	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	68	0	+ 0.08	01
03	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	68	0	+ 0.17	06th	1: 25.2
04th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	68	0	+ 0.19	05
05	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	68	0	+ 33.44	04th
06th	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	66	0	+ 2 rounds	12
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	66	0	+ 2 rounds	02
08th	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	64	0	DNF	08th		Engine failure
09	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	63	0	DNF	09		broken drive shaft
10	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	61	0	DNF	15th		Oil pressure loss
-	John Surtees	BRM	60	0	NC	10		Unrated
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	48	0	DNF	11		Oil pressure loss
-	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	09	0	DNF	13		Fuel leak
-	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	06th	0	DNF	07th		leaking oil line
-	John Miles	Lotus Ford	03	0	DNF	14th		Engine failure

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 60 02  Bruce McLaren McLaren 24 03  Jacky Ickx Brabham 22nd 04th  Graham Hill lotus 19th 05  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 16 06th  Jo Siffert lotus 15th 07th  Denis Hulme McLaren 11 08th  Piers Courage Brabham 10

Item driver constructor Points 09  Jochen Rindt lotus 9 10  Chris Amon Ferrari 4th 11  Vic Elford McLaren 3 12  Richard Attwood lotus 3 13  John Surtees BRM 2 14th  Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 1 15th  Jack Brabham Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Matra 60 02  lotus 34 03  Brabham 30th

Item constructor Points 04th  McLaren 27 05  Ferrari 5 06th  BRM 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from March 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 18, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report 1" (accessed on June 18, 2011)
3. ↑ "Report 2" (accessed on June 18, 2011)
4. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 18, 2011)