1969 Mexican Grand Prix

 1969 Mexican Grand Prix

Racing data
11th of 11 races of the 1969 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	Gran Premio de México
Date:	19th October 1969
Place:	Mexico city
Course:	Magdalena Mixhuca
Length:	325 km in 65 laps of 5 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 80,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jack Brabham	Brabham
Time:	1: 42.90 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Brabham
Time:	1: 43.05 min
Podium
First:	Denis Hulme	McLaren
Second:	Jacky Ickx	Brabham
Third:	Jack Brabham	Brabham

The 1969 Mexican Grand Prix took place in Mexico City on October 19 and was the eleventh and final race of the 1969 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

Apart from the fact that Graham Hill was absent due to injury and John Miles took over the Lotus 63 again , which had been driven by Mario Andretti in the previous race , the same teams and drivers competed as at the US Grand Prix two weeks earlier. Even the start numbers of the vehicles remained unchanged, which was a rarity at the time.

training

The two works Brabham set the standards in training, especially team founder Jack Brabham , who secured pole position seven tenths of a second ahead of his team mate Jacky Ickx . World Champion Jackie Stewart and Denis Hulme shared the second row in front of a pure Lotus row consisting of Jo Siffert and Jochen Rindt .

run

For the second time in a row, Bruce McLaren's racing car failed before the start, ultimately causing 16 vehicles to enter the race.

Stewart had the best start that put him in front of Ickx and Brabham. Behind them, Hulme was able to overtake Rindt on the second lap and thus take fourth place. Meanwhile, Ickx increased the pressure on the leading Stewart. He passed on lap six, while Hulme pushed Brabham out of third. The two leaders were overtaken by Hulme in the following laps, so that he was in the lead from lap ten and defended this position to the finish. Meanwhile, Stewart fell back to fourth behind Brabham.

BRM regular driver Jackie Oliver secured his first and only championship point of the year in the last race of the season.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	2	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 49B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	9	John Miles	Lotus 63
Matra International (Tyrrell)	3	Jackie Stewart	Matra MS80		D.
	4th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise
	16	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra MS84
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	5	Denis Hulme	McLaren M7A		G
	6th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren M7C
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Jacky Ickx	Brabham BT26A		G
	8th	Jack Brabham
Rob Walker Racing Team	10	Jo Siffert	Lotus 49B		F.
North American Racing Team	12	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 312 (1969)	Ferrari 255C 3.0 V12	F.
Owen Racing Organization	14th	John Surtees	BRM P139	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	15th	Jackie Oliver
	22nd	George Eaton	BRM P138
Frank Williams Racing Cars	18th	Piers Courage	Brabham BT26A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
Silvio Moser Racing Team	19th	Silvio Moser	Brabham BT24		G
Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	21st	Pete Lovely	Lotus 49B		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1: 42.90	174.927 km / h	01
02	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	1: 43.60	173.745 km / h	02
03	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	1: 43.67	173.628 km / h	03
04th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 43.70	173.578 km / h	04th
05	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	1: 43.81	173.394 km / h	05
06th	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 43.94	173.177 km / h	06th
07th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	1: 44.75	171.838 km / h	07th
08th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	1: 45.58	170.487 km / h	08th
09	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	1: 47.23	167.863 km / h	09
10	John Surtees	BRM	1: 47.29	167.770 km / h	10
11	John Miles	Lotus Ford	1: 47.76	167.038 km / h	11
12	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 48.01	166.651 km / h	12
13	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	1: 48.25	166.282 km / h	13
14th	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra Ford	1: 48.74	165.532 km / h	14th
15th	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	1: 49.46	164.444 km / h	15th
16	Pete Lovely	Lotus Ford	1: 50.34	163.132 km / h	16
17th	George Eaton	BRM	1: 52.30	160.285 km / h	17th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	65	0	1: 54: 08.80	04th	1: 43.98
02	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	65	0	+ 2.56	02	1: 43.05
03	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	65	0	+ 38.48	01	1: 43.95
04th	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	65	0	+ 47.04	03	1: 44.59
05	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	65	0	+1: 38.52	08th	1: 45.51
06th	Jackie Oliver	BRM	63	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 46.78
07th	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	63	0	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 47.77
08th	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra Ford	63	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 48.26
09	Pete Lovely	Lotus Ford	62	0	+ 3 rounds	16	1: 49.11
10	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	61	0	+ 4 rounds	09	1: 49.00
11	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	60	0	DNF	13	1: 48.22	Fuel leak
-	John Surtees	BRM	53	0	DNF	10	1: 48.97	Gearbox damage
-	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	21st	0	DNF	06th	1: 45.72	Suspension damage
-	George Eaton	BRM	06th	0	DNF	17th	1: 52.94	Gearbox damage
-	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	04th	0	DNF	05	1: 49.60	accident
-	John Miles	Lotus Ford	03	1	DNF	11	2: 05.30	defective fuel pump
-	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	-	0	DNS	07th	-	defective fuel supply

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 63 02  Jacky Ickx Brabham 37 03  Bruce McLaren McLaren 26th 04th  Jochen Rindt lotus 22nd 05  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 21st 06th  Denis Hulme McLaren 20th 07th  Graham Hill lotus 19th 08th  Piers Courage Brabham 16 09  Jo Siffert lotus 15th

Item driver constructor Points 10  Jack Brabham Brabham 14th 11  John Surtees BRM 6th 12  Chris Amon Ferrari 4th 13  Richard Attwood lotus 3 14th  Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 3 15th  Vic Elford McLaren 3 16  Silvio Moser Brabham 1 17th  Jackie Oliver BRM 1 18th  Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Matra 66 02  Brabham 49 (51) 03  lotus 47

Item constructor Points 04th  McLaren 38 (40) 05  BRM 7th 06th  Ferrari 7th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2015 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 Championship stands (Motorsportarchiv.de) ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )