1969 French Grand Prix

F1 France French 6 July 1969 Circuit Charade 1958 1988.png The Charade Circuit (1958-1988) LV Grand Prix de France Charade Circuit, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France Permanent racing facility 5.005 8.055 38 190.196 306.090 Sunny, mild, dry Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 3:00.6 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 3:02.7 27 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford United Kingdom Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford France Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford Belgium FRA The 1969 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Charade Circuit on 6 July 1969. It was race 5 of 11 in both the 1969 World Championship of Drivers and the 1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. There were only thirteen entries for this Grand Prix. The 38-lap race was won by Matra driver Jackie Stewart after he started from pole position. His teammate Jean-Pierre Beltoise finished second and Brabham driver Jacky Ickx came in third. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 2 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 3:00.6—2 4 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 3:02.4 +1.83 15 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 3:02.5 +1.94 11 BEL Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 3:02.6 +2.05 7 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 3:02.9 +2.36 6 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 3:04.2 +3.67 5 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 3:05.5 +4.98 1 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 3:05.9 +5.39 3 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 3:06.3 +5.710 10 UK Vic Elford McLaren-Ford 3:08.0 +7.411 9 UK Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 3:09.9 +9.312 14 UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 3:12.8 +12.213 12 SUI Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 3:14.6 +14.0 Source:https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1969&gp=French%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1969 French GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 4 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20160805045802/http://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1969&gp=French%20GP&r=1&type=qual 5 August 2016 deadhttps://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1969-french-grand-prix 1969 French Grand Prix Motor Sport Magazine 4 September 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 38 1:56:47.4 1 9 2 7 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 38 + 57.1 5 6 3 11 BEL Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 38 + 57.3 4 4 4 5 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 37 + 1 Lap 7 3 5 10 UK Vic Elford McLaren-Ford 37 + 1 Lap 10 2 6 1 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 37 + 1 Lap 8 1 7 12 SUI Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 36 + 2 Laps 13   8 4 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 35 + 3 Laps 2   9 3 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 34 + 4 Laps 9   Ret Retired 6 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 30 Engine 6   Ret Retired 15 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 22 Physical 3   Ret Retired 9 UK Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 21 Chassis 11   Ret Retired 14 UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 1 Fuel Pump 12  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/541/ 1969 French Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150109175544/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/541/ 9 January 2015 Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver John Miles. This race marked the 100th participation of a New Zealand driver. In those 100 races, New Zealanders had won 8 Grands Prix, achieved 46 podium finishes, 3 pole positions, 6 fastest laps and had won 1 World Championship. This race saw the 10th podium finish for a Belgian driver. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 36 10px 2 United Kingdom Graham Hill 16 10px 3 Switzerland Jo Siffert 13 10px 1 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren 13 10px 2 5 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise 11Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1969/france/championnat.aspx France 1969 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 France Matra-Ford 36 10px 2 UK Lotus-Ford 22 10px 3 UK McLaren-Ford 18 10px 4 UK Brabham-Ford 13 10px 5 ITA Ferrari 4Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 2 Haynes Publishing Group 1982 96–97 0-85429-321-3 French Grand Prix 1969 1969 Dutch Grand Prix 1969 British Grand Prix 1968 French Grand Prix 1970 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Category:1969 in French motorsport