1969 Monaco Grand Prix
43°44′5″N 7°25′17″E / 43.73472°N 7.42139°E
| 1969 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 18 May 1969 | ||
| Official name | XXVII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||
| Course | Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.145 km (1.954 miles) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 251.600 km (156.337 miles) | ||
| Weather | Overcast, mild, dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Matra-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:24.6 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jackie Stewart | Matra-Ford | |
| Time | 1:25.1 on lap 16 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second | Brabham-Ford | ||
| Third | Lotus-Ford | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
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. 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 | Jackie Stewart
|
Matra-Ford | 1:24.6 | — |
| 2 | 11 |  Chris Amon
|
Ferrari | 1:25.0 | +0.4 |
| 3 | 8 |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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Matra-Ford | 1:25.4 | +0.8 |
| 4 | 1 | Graham Hill
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:25.8 | +1.2 |
| 5 | 9 |  Jo Siffert
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:26.0 | +1.4 |
| 6 | 14 | John Surtees
|
BRM | 1:26.0 | +1.4 |
| 7 | 6 |  Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham-Ford | 1:26.3 | +1.7 |
| 8 | 5 |  Jack Brabham
|
Brabham-Ford | 1:26.4 | +1.8 |
| 9 | 16 | Piers Courage
|
Brabham-Ford | 1:26.4 | +1.8 |
| 10 | 2 | Richard Attwood
|
Lotus-Ford | 1:26.5 | +1.9 |
| 11 | 4 | Bruce McLaren
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McLaren-Ford | 1:26.7 | +2.1 |
| 12 | 3 | Denny Hulme
|
McLaren-Ford | 1:26.8 | +2.2 |
| 13 | 15 | Jackie Oliver
|
BRM | 1:28.4 | +3.8 |
| 14 | 10 |  Pedro Rodríguez
|
BRM | 1:30.5 | +5.9 |
| 15 | 17 | Silvio Moser
|
Brabham-Ford | 1:30.5 | +5.9 |
| 16 | 12 | Vic Elford
|
Cooper-Maserati | 1:32.8 | +8.2 |
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Graham Hill
|
Lotus-Ford | 80 | 1:56:59.4 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 16 | Piers Courage
|
Brabham-Ford | 80 | + 17.3 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | Jo Siffert
|
Lotus-Ford | 80 | + 34.6 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Richard Attwood
|
Lotus-Ford | 80 | + 52.9 | 10 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren-Ford | 79 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Denny Hulme
|
McLaren-Ford | 78 | + 2 Laps | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | Vic Elford
|
Cooper-Maserati | 74 | + 6 Laps | 16 | |
| Ret | 6 | Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham-Ford | 48 | Suspension | 7 | |
| Ret | 7 | Jackie Stewart
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Matra-Ford | 22 | Halfshaft | 1 | |
| Ret | 8 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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Matra-Ford | 20 | Halfshaft | 3 | |
| Ret | 11 | Chris Amon
|
Ferrari | 16 | Differential | 2 | |
| Ret | 10 | Pedro Rodríguez
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BRM | 15 | Engine | 14 | |
| Ret | 17 | Silvio Moser
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Brabham-Ford | 15 | Halfshaft | 15 | |
| Ret | 14 | John Surtees
|
BRM | 9 | Gearbox | 6 | |
| Ret | 5 | Jack Brabham
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Brabham-Ford | 9 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 15 | Jackie Oliver
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BRM | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
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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
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1969 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Monaco 1969 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
Further reading
- Lang, Mike (1982). Grand Prix! Vol 2. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 92–93. ISBN 0-85429-321-3.