1969 German Grand Prix

F1 West Germany German 3 August 1969 Circuit_N%C3%BCrburgring-1967-Nordschleife.svg 7 11 XXXI Großer Preis von Deutschland NürburgringNürburg, West Germany Permanent racing facility 14.189 22.835 14 198.646 319.690 Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 7:42.1 BEL Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 7:43.8 7 BEL Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford BEL Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford UK Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford NZ GER thumb|right|Bruce McLaren finished third driving the McLaren M7C. thumb|right|Mario Andretti drove a 4WD Lotus 63 in the race, but the heavy car crashed on the first lap. The 1969 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring on 3 August 1969. It was race 7 of 11 in both the 1969 World Championship of Drivers and the 1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Due to the long track and few laps, Formula Two cars were again allowed to enter the race, though they were not eligible to score WC points. The 14-lap race was won by Belgian driver Jacky Ickx, driving a works Brabham BT26-Ford. Ickx took pole position, led the final eight laps and set the fastest lap of the race. Scotland's Jackie Stewart finished second in a Matra MS80-Ford, expanding his lead in the championship, with New Zealand's Bruce McLaren third in a McLaren M7A-Ford. Report Ferrari withdrew to focus on the upcoming Italian GP. Practising in a BMW 269 F2, Gerhard Mitter was killed at Schwedenkreuz. As a suspension or steering failure was suspected, the BMW team with Hubert Hahne and Dieter Quester withdrew from the race, as did Mitter's teammate as Porsche factory sportscar driver, Hans Herrmann, who had entered on one of the Lotus 59 of Roy Winkelmann Racing. Udo Schütz, who often shared cars with Mitter for Porsche, retired from racing. Mario Andretti drove the 4WD Lotus 63 for very few laps in practice. The heavy fuel load for the race made the car ground out in lap 1 after a jump at Wippermann, causing a crash that also took out Vic Elford, whose car flipped upside down and landed in the trees. Elford broke his arm in 3 places, thus Porsche had lost four factory drivers for the upcoming 1000km Zeltweg. On the other hand, Jo Siffert, Kurt Ahrens and Richard Attwood participated in the Grand Prix and drove privately entered Porsche 917 at Zeltweg, with Siffert/Ahrens winning. In the race, Jacky Ickx had a very poor start which dropped him down to 9th, but he eventually passed the entire field over 3 laps, and he and Jackie Stewart battled for 4 laps until Ickx passed Stewart under braking for the first corner, the Südkehre. Stewart held on but then gearbox problems began to slow him and he dropped away, leaving Ickx in a dominant position. Piers Courage had an accident at Breidscheid when he slipped on some oil and crashed into a ditch next to the Adenauer bridge. Luckily, he was unhurt. Only four F1 cars finished, ahead of several F2. Two F1 received points despite being out. This was the last Formula One race at the original bumpy Green Hell Nürburgring lined with hedges. In 1970, Bruce McLaren and Piers Courage died in June. GP drivers, who in 1969 had boycotted Spa but raced there in 1970 after armco were installed, demanded similar upgrades at the Nürburgring, which as combined Nordschleife and Südschleife was more than twice as long as the old Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. German organizers were either not able or not willing to match the demands, thus drivers boycotted and the 1970 German Grand Prix moved for the first time to the Hockenheimring, where a modern stadium section had been built in 1965. Later in 1970 and in early 1971, the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring was rebuilt and fitted with Armco barriers. Some of the bumps were ironed out, like the one at Brünnchen. F1 signed a three year contract starting with the 1971 race, and later another three year contract that expired after 1976. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid 1 6 BEL Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 7:42.1 — 1 2 7 GBR Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 7:42.4 +0.3 2 3 2 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 7:48.0 +5.9 3 4 11 CHE Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 7:50.3 +8.2 4 5 9 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 7:52.8 +10.7 5 6 12 GBR Vic Elford McLaren-Ford 7:54.8 +12.7 6 7 17 GBR Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 7:56.1 +14.0 7 8 10 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 7:56.5 +14.4 8 9 1 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 7:57.0 +14.9 9 10 8 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 8:00.3 +18.2 10 11 27 FRA Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 8:11.1 +29.0 14 12 14 GBR John Surtees BRM 8:12.1 +30.0 DNS Did not start 13 28 FRA François Cevert Tecno-Ford 8:13.9 +31.8 15 14 26 FRA Henri Pescarolo Matra-Ford 8:14.8 +32.7 16 15 3 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 8:12.1 +30.0 11 16 15 GBR Jackie Oliver BRM 8:16.2 +34.1 12 17 23 FRG Hubert Hahne BMW 8:19.5 +37.4 WD Withdrawn 18 31 GBR Peter Westbury Brabham-Ford 8:20.0 +37.9 17 19 20 FRG Kurt Ahrens Brabham-Ford 8:23.2 +41.1 18 20 29 GBR Richard Attwood Brabham-Ford 8:24.6 +42.5 19 21 25 AUT Dieter Quester BMW 8:26.8 +44.7 WD Withdrawn 22 22 FRG Rolf Stommelen Lotus-Ford 8:28.1 +46.0 20 23 16 SWE Jo Bonnier Lotus-Ford 8:35.0 +52.9 13 24 30 CHE Xavier Perrot Brabham-Ford 8:35.4 +53.3 21 25 24 FRG Gerhard Mitter BMW 8:36.5 +54.4 DNS Did not start 26 21 FRG Hans Herrmann Lotus-Ford 8:50.3 +1:08.2 WD Withdrawn Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 BEL Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 14 1:49:55.4 1 9 2 7 GBR Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 14 +57.7 2 6 3 10 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 14 +3:21.6 8 4 4 1 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 14 +3:58.8 9 3 5 26 FRA Henri Pescarolo Matra-Ford 14 +7:11.0 16 6 29 GBR Richard Attwood Brabham-Ford 13 +1 lap 19 7 20 FRG Kurt Ahrens Brabham-Ford 13 +1 lap 18 8 22 FRG Rolf Stommelen Lotus-Ford 13 +1 lap 20 9 31 GBR Peter Westbury Brabham-Ford 13 +1 lap 17 10 30 CHE Xavier Perrot Brabham-Ford 13 +1 lap 21 11 11 CHE Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 12 Suspension/accident 4 2 12 8 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 12 Suspension 10 1 Ret Retired 9 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 11 Transmission 5   Ret Retired 15 GBR Jackie Oliver BRM 11 Oil leak 12   Ret Retired 2 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 10 Ignition 3   Ret Retired 28 FRA François Cevert Tecno-Ford 9 Crown wheel 15 Ret Retired 27 FRA Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 6 Engine 14 Ret Retired 16 SWE Jo Bonnier Lotus-Ford 4 Fuel leak 13   Ret Retired 17 GBR Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 1 Accident 7   Ret Retired 12 GBR Vic Elford McLaren-Ford 0 Accident 6   Ret Retired 3 USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 0 Accident 11   DNS Did not start 14 GBR John Surtees BRM Non-starter   DNS Did not start 24 FRG Gerhard Mitter BMW Fatal accident in practice   WD Withdrawn 23 FRG Hubert Hahne BMW Withdrew   WD Withdrawn 25 AUT Dieter Quester BMW Withdrew   WD Withdrawn 21 FRG Hans Herrmann Lotus-Ford Withdrew  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/543/ 1969 German Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150109175548/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/543/ 9 January 2015 Formula Two entrants are denoted by a pink background. They were not eligible for World Championship points. Notes Having suffered many DNF already, Ferrari decided to skip the German GP, to prepare for the home race at Monza This was the Formula One World Championship debut for German driver Rolf Stommelen, Austrian driver Dieter Quester, French driver and future Grand Prix winner François Cevert, Swiss driver Xavier Perrot and British driver Peter Westbury. This race saw the first fastest lap and Grand Slam set by a Belgian driver. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Italian constructor Tecno. This race saw the 10th fastest lap being set by a Brabham. This was the 10th podium finish by a McLaren. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 GBR Jackie Stewart 51 10px 3 2 BEL Jacky Ickx 22 10px 1 3 NZL Bruce McLaren 21 10px 1 4 GBR Graham Hill 19 10px 1 5 CHE Jo Siffert 15Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1969/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1969 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 FRA Matra-Ford 51 10px 2 2 GBR Brabham-Ford 28 10px 1 3 GBR Lotus-Ford 28 10px 1 4 GBR McLaren-Ford 24 (26) 10px 5 ITA Ferrari 4Source: 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 Further reading Lang Mike Grand Prix! Vol 2 Haynes Publishing Group 1982 100–101 0-85429-321-3 External links Formula One World http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1969/germany.html 17 January 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070109041223/http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/history/1969/germany.html 9 January 2007 German Grand Prix 1969 1969 British Grand Prix 1969 Italian Grand Prix 1968 German Grand Prix 1970 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix German Grand Prix German Grand Prix