1969 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 5 N 7 25 17 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title F1 Monaco Monaco 18 May 1969 Circuit de Monaco 1950.png XXVII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco Street Circuit 1.954 3.145 80 156.337 251.600 Overcast, mild, dry Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 1:24.6 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 1:25.1 16 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford United Kingdom Piers Courage Brabham-Ford United Kingdom Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford Switzerland MON The 1969 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 18 May 1969. It was race 3 of 11 in both the 1969 World Championship of Drivers and the 1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won by Graham Hill, driving a works Lotus-Ford, after he started from fourth position. It was Hill's 14th and final World Championship race victory, and his fifth Monaco win, a record that would stand for 24 years. It was also the first win for a driver wearing a full-face helmet in Formula One.https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/monaco-69-thank-frankel-its-friday/ The significance of Monaco 1969 goodwood.com 21 April 2026 Piers Courage finished second in a Brabham-Ford entered by Frank Williams, with Jo Siffert third in a Lotus-Ford entered by Rob Walker. This was also the final Formula One race for Cooper as a constructor and Maserati as an engine supplier, Vic Elford finishing seventh and last in a car entered by Colin Crabbe. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 7 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 1:24.6— 2 11 New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 1:25.0 +0.4 3 8 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 1:25.4 +0.8 4 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:25.8 +1.2 5 9 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 1:26.0 +1.4 6 14 UK John Surtees BRM 1:26.0 +1.4 7 6 Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 1:26.3 +1.7 8 5 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 1:26.4 +1.8 9 16 United Kingdom Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 1:26.4 +1.8 10 2 United Kingdom Richard Attwood Lotus-Ford 1:26.5 +1.9 11 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:26.7 +2.1 12 3 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:26.8 +2.2 13 15 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 1:28.4 +3.8 14 10 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 1:30.5 +5.9 15 17 Switzerland Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 1:30.5 +5.9 16 12 United Kingdom Vic Elford Cooper-Maserati 1:32.8 +8.2 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 80 1:56:59.4 4 9 2 16 UK Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 80 + 17.3 9 6 3 9 SUI Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 80 + 34.6 5 4 4 2 UK Richard Attwood Lotus-Ford 80 + 52.9 10 3 5 4 NZL Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 79 + 1 Lap 11 2 6 3 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 78 + 2 Laps 12 1 7 12 UK Vic Elford Cooper-Maserati 74 + 6 Laps 16   Ret Retired 6 BEL Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 48 Suspension 7   Ret Retired 7 UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 22 Halfshaft 1   Ret Retired 8 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 20 Halfshaft 3   Ret Retired 11 NZL Chris Amon Ferrari 16 Differential 2   Ret Retired 10 MEX Pedro Rodríguez BRM 15 Engine 14   Ret Retired 17 SUI Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 15 Halfshaft 15   Ret Retired 14 UK John Surtees BRM 9 Gearbox 6   Ret Retired 5 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 9 Accident 8   Ret Retired 15 UK Jackie Oliver BRM 0 Accident 13  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/539/ 1969 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150109173205/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1969/539/ 9 January 2015 Notes This race saw the first pole position set by Matra, and by a French constructor. This was the 36th and last podium finish for Graham Hill, setting a new record. He broke the old record set by Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1957 Italian Grand Prix. This record would then be broken by Jackie Stewart at the 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 18 10px 2 2 United Kingdom Graham Hill 15 10px 1 3 New Zealand Bruce McLaren 10 10px 1 4 New Zealand Denny Hulme 8 10px 1 5 Switzerland Jo Siffert 7Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1969/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1969 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 France Matra-Ford 18 10px 1 2 UK Lotus-Ford 15 10px 1 3 UK McLaren-Ford 12 10px 1 4 UK Brabham-Ford 7 10px 1 5 UK BRM 2Source: 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 92–93 0-85429-321-3 Monaco Grand Prix 1969 1969 Spanish Grand Prix 1969 Dutch Grand Prix 1968 Monaco Grand Prix 1970 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix