1969 Canadian Grand Prix

 1969 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
9th of 11 races of the 1969 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Canadian Grand Prix
Date:	20th September 1969
Place:	Bowmanville
Course:	Mosport Park
Length:	356.04 km in 90 laps of 3.956 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Brabham
Time:	1: 17.4 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx Jack Brabham	Brabham
Time:	1: 18.1 min
Podium
First:	Jacky Ickx	Brabham
Second:	Jack Brabham	Brabham
Third:	Jochen Rindt	lotus

The 1969 Canadian Grand Prix took place on September 20 and was the ninth race of the 1969 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

The field of participants for the Canada GP was supplemented by several local guest starters, some of whom, however, competed with outdated, no longer competitive material. Al Pease , for example, carried out the last Grand Prix outing of an Eagle racing car by registering a private Eagle T1G with a Climax engine. His compatriot John Cordts used the same engine in a Brabham BT23B . Since several works teams also used a third car, the relatively high number of participants of 20 vehicles compared to the previous season races came about.

Ferrari did not compete as a works team in this and the two subsequent overseas races in the USA and Mexico . The missions with Pedro Rodríguez as driver were instead carried out by the North American Racing Team .

training

Although he had no more chances of winning the title, Jacky Ickx presented himself in good shape all weekend and secured pole position. Half a second behind, Jean-Pierre Beltoise , Jochen Rindt and Jackie Stewart, who is already world champion, finished two to four on the grid with identical lap times.

run

Rindt initially took the lead in front of Ickx and Beltoise. Stewart fought for third place on lap two, second on lap five and overtook Rindt on lap six to take the lead. Ickx was also able to overtake Rindt a little later and from then on dueled with Stewart for the top position. Fourth-placed Beltoise fell back a little after colliding with Al Pease during a lap maneuver. After the leading group had lapped Pease for the fourth time in lap 22, he was disqualified because of lack of competitiveness.

In the battle for the lead, Ickx and Stewart collided, causing both vehicles to spin. Ickx was then able to continue the race as the leader, while Stewart couldn't get his vehicle going and was eliminated. In the meantime, Jack Brabham had worked his way past Rindt to second place and thus completed a one-two for his own team.

With the third Matra factory driver Johnny Servoz-Gavin , who drove an MS84 and thus finished sixth, a driver with an all-wheel drive racing car received a world championship point for the first and only time in Formula 1 history.

Registration list

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	John Miles	Lotus 63
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	4th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren M7C		G
	5	Denis Hulme	McLaren M7A
North American Racing Team	6th	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 312 (1969)	Ferrari 255C 3.0 V12	F.
Rob Walker Racing Team	9	Jo Siffert	Lotus 49B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Motor Racing Developments	11	Jacky Ickx	Brabham BT26A		G
	12	Jack Brabham
Owen Racing Organization	14th	John Surtees	BRM P139	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	15th	Jackie Oliver
	16	Bill Brack	BRM P138
Matra International (Tyrrell)	17th	Jackie Stewart	Matra MS80	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
	18th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
	19th	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra MS84
Silvio Moser Racing Team	20th	Silvio Moser	Brabham BT24		G
Frank Williams Racing Cars	21st	Piers Courage	Brabham BT26A		D.
Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	25th	Pete Lovely	Lotus 49B		F.
Paul Seitz	26th	John Cordts	Brabham BT23B	Climax FPF 2.8 L4	D.
John Maryon	69	Al Pease	Eagle T1G		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	1: 17.4	184,000 km / h	01
02	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	1: 17.9	182.819 km / h	02
03	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 17.9	182.819 km / h	03
04th	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	1: 17.9	182.819 km / h	04th
05	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 18.0	182.585 km / h	05
06th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1: 18.0	182.585 km / h	06th
07th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 18.3	181.885 km / h	07th
08th	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	1: 18.5	181.422 km / h	08th
09	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	1: 18.5	181.422 km / h	09
10	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	1: 19.5	179.140 km / h	10
11	John Miles	Lotus Ford	1: 20.0	178.020 km / h	11
12	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 20.2	177.576 km / h	12
13	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	1: 20.5	176.914 km / h	13
14th	John Surtees	BRM	1: 20.6	176.695 km / h	14th
15th	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra Ford	1: 21.4	174.958 km / h	15th
16	Pete Lovely	Lotus Ford	1: 22.9	171.793 km / h	16
17th	Al Pease	Eagle-Climax	1: 28.5	160.922 km / h	17th
18th	Bill Brack	BRM	1: 28.7	160.559 km / h	18th
19th	John Cordts	Brabham-Climax	1: 29.7	158.769 km / h	19th
20th	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	1: 41.4	140.450 km / h	20th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	90	0	1: 59: 25.7	01	1: 18.1
02	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	90	0	+ 46.2	06th	1: 18.1
03	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	90	0	+ 52.0	03	1: 18.8
04th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	89	0	+ 1 lap	02	1: 19.8
05	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	87	0	+ 3 rounds	09	1: 20.3
06th	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra Ford	84	0	+ 6 rounds	15th	1: 24.1
07th	Pete Lovely	Lotus Ford	81	0	+ 9 rounds	16	1: 26.1
-	Bill Brack	BRM	80	0	NC	18th	1: 27.3	Unrated
-	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	42	0	DNF	07th	1: 19.2	Engine failure
-	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	40	0	DNF	08th	1: 19.4	broken drive shaft
-	John Miles	Lotus Ford	40	0	DNF	11	1: 21.8	Gearbox damage
-	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	37	0	DNF	13	1: 21.0	Oil pressure loss
-	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	32	0	DNF	04th	1: 18.8	accident
-	Al Pease	Eagle-Climax	22nd	0	DSQ	17th	1: 33.1	disqualified
-	John Surtees	BRM	15th	0	DNF	14th	1: 22.8	Engine failure
-	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	13	0	DNF	10	1: 21.2	Fuel leak
-	John Cordts	Brabham-Climax	10	0	DNF	19th	1: 31.2	Oil loss
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	09	0	DNF	05	1: 20.3	Distributor damage
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	02	0	DNF	12	1: 23.4	Engine failure
-	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	00	0	DNF	20th	-	accident

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  Jacky Ickx Brabham 31 03  Bruce McLaren McLaren 26th 04th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 19th 05  Graham Hill lotus 19th 06th  Jo Siffert lotus 15th 07th  Jochen Rindt lotus 13 08th  Denis Hulme McLaren 11

Item driver constructor Points 09  Piers Courage Brabham 10 10  Jack Brabham Brabham 7th 11  Chris Amon Ferrari 4th 12  Richard Attwood lotus 3 13  Vic Elford McLaren 3 14th  John Surtees BRM 2 15th  Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 1 16  Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Matra 63 02  Brabham 39 03  lotus 38

Item constructor Points 04th  McLaren 29 05  Ferrari 5 06th  BRM 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on June 18, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2007 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)