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1969 German Grand Prix

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1969 German Grand Prix
Race 7 of 11 in the 1969 Formula One season
Race details
Date 3 August 1969
Official name XXXI Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location Nürburgring
Nürburg, West Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 22.835 km (14.189 miles)
Distance 14 laps, 319.690 km (198.646 miles)
Pole position
Driver Brabham-Ford
Time 7:42.1
Fastest lap
Driver Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford
Time 7:43.8 on lap 7
Podium
First Brabham-Ford
Second Matra-Ford
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders
Bruce McLaren finished third driving the McLaren M7C.
Mario Andretti drove a Lotus 63 in the race, but retired 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. Twelve Formula Two cars were also entered into the race, though they were not eligible to score points.

The 14-lap race was won by Belgian driver Jacky Ickx, driving a works Brabham-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-Ford, with New Zealand's Bruce McLaren third in a McLaren-Ford.

Report

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Gerhard Mitter was killed during a practice session for this race at Schwedenkreuz. He was practicing for BMW's 269 F2 project. 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 at Porsche, Hans Herrmann.

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.

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 at 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.

This was the last Formula One race at the Nürburgring before it was rebuilt and fitted with Armco barriers for the 1971 race.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid
1 6 Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 7:42.1 1
2 7 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 7:42.4 +0.3 2
3 2 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 7:48.0 +5.9 3
4 11 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 7:50.3 +8.2 4
5 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 7:52.8 +10.7 5
6 12 United Kingdom Vic Elford McLaren-Ford 7:54.8 +12.7 6
7 17 United Kingdom Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 7:56.1 +14.0 7
8 10 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 7:56.5 +14.4 8
9 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 7:57.0 +14.9 9
10 8 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 8:00.3 +18.2 10
11 27 France Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 8:11.1 +29.0 14
12 14 United Kingdom John Surtees BRM 8:12.1 +30.0 DNS
13 28 France François Cevert Tecno-Ford 8:13.9 +31.8 15
14 26 France Henri Pescarolo Matra-Ford 8:14.8 +32.7 16
15 3 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 8:12.1 +30.0 11
16 15 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 8:16.2 +34.1 12
17 23 West Germany Hubert Hahne BMW 8:19.5 +37.4 WD
18 31 United Kingdom Peter Westbury Brabham-Ford 8:20.0 +37.9 17
19 20 West Germany Kurt Ahrens Brabham-Ford 8:23.2 +41.1 18
20 29 United Kingdom Richard Attwood Brabham-Ford 8:24.6 +42.5 19
21 25 Austria Dieter Quester BMW 8:26.8 +44.7 WD
22 22 West Germany Rolf Stommelen Lotus-Ford 8:28.1 +46.0 20
23 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Lotus-Ford 8:35.0 +52.9 13
24 30 Switzerland Xavier Perrot Brabham-Ford 8:35.4 +53.3 21
25 24 West Germany Gerhard Mitter BMW 8:36.5 +54.4 DNS
26 21 West Germany Hans Herrmann Lotus-Ford 8:50.3 +1:08.2 WD

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 14 1:49:55.4 1 9
2 7 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 14 +57.7 2 6
3 10 New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 14 +3:21.6 8 4
4 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 14 +3:58.8 9 3
5 26 France Henri Pescarolo Matra-Ford 14 +7:11.0 16
6 29 United Kingdom Richard Attwood Brabham-Ford 13 +1 lap 19
7 20 West Germany Kurt Ahrens Brabham-Ford 13 +1 lap 18
8 22 West Germany Rolf Stommelen Lotus-Ford 13 +1 lap 20
9 31 United Kingdom Peter Westbury Brabham-Ford 13 +1 lap 17
10 30 Switzerland Xavier Perrot Brabham-Ford 13 +1 lap 21
11 11 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 12 Suspension/accident 4 2
12 8 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 12 Suspension 10 1
Ret 9 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 11 Transmission 5  
Ret 15 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 11 Oil leak 12  
Ret 2 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 10 Ignition 3  
Ret 28 France François Cevert Tecno-Ford 9 Crown wheel 15
Ret 27 France Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 6 Engine 14
Ret 16 Sweden Jo Bonnier Lotus-Ford 4 Fuel leak 13  
Ret 17 United Kingdom Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 1 Accident 7  
Ret 12 United Kingdom Vic Elford McLaren-Ford 0 Accident 6  
Ret 3 United States Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 0 Accident 11  
DNS 14 United Kingdom John Surtees BRM Non-starter  
DNS 24 West Germany Gerhard Mitter BMW Fatal accident in practice  
WD 23 West Germany Hubert Hahne BMW Withdrew  
WD 25 Austria Dieter Quester BMW Withdrew  
WD 21 West Germany Hans Herrmann Lotus-Ford Withdrew  
Source:[1]
  • Formula Two entrants are denoted by a pink background. They were not eligible for World Championship points.

Notes

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  • 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

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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. ^ "1969 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Germany 1969 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

Further reading

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  • Lang, Mike (1982). Grand Prix! Vol 2. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-85429-321-3.
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