1969 Canadian Grand Prix

1969 Canadian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 20 September 1969 (1969-09-20)
Official name IX Player's Grand Prix of Canada
Location Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.957 km (2.458 miles)
Distance 90 laps, 356.13 km (221.22 miles)
Weather Mild with temperatures approaching 21.1 °C (70.0 °F); wind speeds up to 10.1 kilometres per hour (6.3 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver Brabham-Ford
Time 1:17.4
Fastest lap
Drivers Belgium Jacky Ickx (lap 30) Brabham-Ford
Fastest lap Australia Jack Brabham (lap 62) Brabham-Ford
Time 1:18.1
Podium
First Brabham-Ford
Second Brabham-Ford
Third Lotus-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1969 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Mosport Park on September 20, 1969. It was race 9 of 11 in both the 1969 World Championship of Drivers and the 1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 90-lap race was won from pole position by Belgian driver Jacky Ickx in a works Brabham-Ford, with teammate Jack Brabham second and Jochen Rindt third in a works Lotus-Ford.

The race was the last World Championship Grand Prix in which Climax-powered cars were entered. One of the entrants, Al Pease, in an Eagle-Climax, became the only driver in F1 history to be disqualified for driving too slowly.[2] The other entrant, John Cordts in a Brabham-Climax, retired after only ten laps.

By finishing sixth, Johnny Servoz-Gavin became the first (and, as of 2023, only) driver in Formula One history to score points in a four-wheel drive car.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 11 Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 1:17.4
2 18 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 1:17.9 +0.5
3 2 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1:17.9 +0.5
4 17 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 1:17.9 +0.5
5 5 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:18.0 +0.6
6 12 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 1:18.0 +0.6
7 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:18.3 +0.9
8 9 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 1:18.5 +1.1
9 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:18.5 +1.1
10 21 United Kingdom Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 1:19.5 +2.1
11 3 United Kingdom John Miles Lotus-Ford 1:20.0 +2.6
12 15 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 1:20.2 +2.8
13 6 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 1:20.5 +3.1
14 14 United Kingdom John Surtees BRM 1:20.6 +3.2
15 19 France Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 1:21.4 +4.0
16 25 United States Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 1:22.9 +5.5
17 69 Canada Al Pease Eagle-Climax 1:28.5 +11.1
18 16 Canada Bill Brack BRM 1:28.7 +11.3
19 26 Canada John Cordts Brabham-Climax 1:29.7 +12.3
20 20 Switzerland Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 1:41.4 +24.0
Source:[3]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 90 1:59:25.7 1 9
2 12 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 90 + 46.2 6 6
3 2 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 90 + 52.0 3 4
4 18 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 89 + 1 Lap 2 3
5 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 87 + 3 Laps 9 2
6 19 France Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 84 + 6 Laps 15 1
7 25 United States Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 81 + 9 Laps 16  
NC 16 Canada Bill Brack BRM 80 + 10 Laps 18  
Ret 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 42 Engine 7  
Ret 9 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 40 Halfshaft 8  
Ret 3 United Kingdom John Miles Lotus-Ford 40 Gearbox 11  
Ret 6 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 37 Oil Pressure 13  
Ret 17 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 32 Collision 4  
DSQ 69 Canada Al Pease Eagle-Climax 22 Driving Too Slowly 17  
Ret 14 United Kingdom John Surtees BRM 15 Engine 14  
Ret 21 United Kingdom Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 13 Fuel Leak 10  
Ret 26 Canada John Cordts Brabham-Climax 10 Oil Leak 19  
Ret 5 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 9 Distributor 5  
Ret 15 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 2 Engine 12  
Ret 20 Switzerland Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 0 Accident 20  
Source:[4]

Notes

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  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Canadian driver John Cordts.
  • This was the 50th, 51st and 52nd podium finish for a Ford-powered car. It was also the 5th Grand Slam for a Ford-powered car.

Championship standings after the race

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Weather information for the "1969 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. ^ Edmondson, Laurence (5 February 2010). "Drivers who failed to make the grade". ESPN. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  3. ^ "1969 Canadian GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ "1969 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Canada 1969 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.


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