1969 Italian Grand Prix

May 2025 F1 Italy Italian 7 September 1969 Monza 1957.jpg XL Gran Premio d'Italia Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy Permanent racing facility 3.573 5.750 68 242.956 391.000 Sunny, Dry Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1:25.48 Austria Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 1:25.2 64 France Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford UK Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford Austria Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford France ITA The 1969 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on 7 September 1969. It was race 8 of 11 in both the 1969 World Championship of Drivers and the 1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was notable in that less than a fifth of a second separated the winner from the fourth-placed driver, and is one of the closest 1–2–3–4 finishes in Formula One history. Jackie Stewart and Matra-Ford claimed the Drivers' and Manufacturers' titles respectively, with three races still remaining. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 4 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1:25.48—2 16 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:25.69 +0.213 20 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 1:25.82 +0.344 32 UK Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 1:26.48 +1.005 18 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:26.48 +1.006 22 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 1:26.72 +1.247 28 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 1:26.90 +1.428 30 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 1:27.04 +1.569 2 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:27.31 +1.8310 14 UK John Surtees BRM 1:27.40 +1.9211 12 UK Jackie Oliver BRM 1:28.40 +2.9212 10 MEX Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 1:28.47 +2.9913 36 SUI Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 1:28.51 +3.0314 6 UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 1:30.56 +5.0815 10 ITA Ernesto Brambilla Ferrari 1:30.86 +5.3816 26 BEL Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 1:37.96 +12.48 Source:https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1969&gp=Italian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1969 Italian GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 9 September 2020https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1969-italian-grand-prix 1969 Italian Grand Prix Motor Sport Magazine 9 September 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 68 1:39:11.26 3 9 2 4 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 68 + 0.08 1 6 3 22 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 68 + 0.17 6 4 4 18 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 68 + 0.19 5 3 5 32 UK Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 68 + 33.44 4 2 6 10 MEX Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 66 + 2 laps 12 1 7 16 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 66 + 2 laps 2   8 30 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 64 Engine 8   9 2 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 63 Halfshaft 9   10 26 BEL Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 61 Out of fuel 15   NC Not classified 14 UK John Surtees BRM 60 + 8 laps 10   Ret Retired 12 UK Jackie Oliver BRM 48 Oil pressure 11   Ret Retired 36 SUI Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 9 Fuel leak 13   Ret Retired 28 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 6 Oil leak 7   Ret Retired 6 UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 3 Engine 14   DNS Did not start 10 ITA Ernesto Brambilla Ferrari Car raced by Rodríguez Sources:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/544/ 1969 Italian Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150109173216/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/544/ 9 January 2015http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr181.html Grand Prix Results: Italian GP, 1969 GrandPrix.com 7 February 2016 Notes This was the 25th race for a Matra. This was the 49th pole position for Lotus, breaking the record set by Ferrari at the 1968 German Grand Prix. Championship standings after the race Bold text indicates the World Champions. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 60 10px 1 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren 24 10px 1 3 Belgium Jacky Ickx 22 10px 4 United Kingdom Graham Hill 19 10px 1 5 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise 16Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1969/italie/championnat.aspx Italy 1969 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 1 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 France Matra-Ford 60 10px 1 2 UK Lotus-Ford 34 10px 1 3 UK Brabham-Ford 30 10px 4 UK McLaren-Ford 27 (29) 10px 5 ITA Ferrari 5Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results from the first 6 rounds and the best 4 results from the last 5 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. References 30em Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 2 Haynes Publishing Group 1982 102–103 0-85429-321-3 External links hUozyw4Fwdg The last 30 seconds of the race Italian Grand Prix 1969 1969 German Grand Prix 1969 Canadian Grand Prix 1968 Italian Grand Prix 1970 Italian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix Category:Italian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix