Championship of the world of Formula 1 1969

The championship of the world of Formula 1 1969 was gained by the British Jackie Stewart over a Matra - Ford. Matra gains the championship of the world of the manufacturers.

Sporting payment

the attribution of the points is carried out according to scale 9,6,4,3,2,1.
Seuls the 5 best results of the 6 first sleeves and the 4 best results of the 5 last sleeves are retained.

Technical payment

Driving atmospheric: 3.000 cm ³
Engine supercharged: 1.500 cm ³

Principal volunteers

World champion in title, the Lotus team remains faithful to the model Lotus 49 (declined in évolotion B). To shoulder Graham Hill, Colin Chapman called Austrian upon the rapid Jochen Rindt instead of Jackie Oliver.
Principale competitor of Lotus in 1968 for its beginnings Formulates 1 of them, the Matra firm decided to change its strategy for 1969. The Matra-Matra team was deactivation because of the difficulties of settling of the V12 engine, and all the efforts were concentrated on the British branch " Matra International" (managed by Ken Tyrrell and which uses V8 Cosworth) and passed so near to the exploit the previous year. Jackie Stewart will be accompanied by Jean-Pierre Beltoise.
After Lotus, McLaren and Matra, a fourth team turned to the Cosworth engine, in fact Brabham, which decided to release the Repco engine after the calamitous season 1968. To compensate for the departure of Jochen Rindt, Jack Brabham turned to the Belgian Jacky Ickx, often with its advantage the previous year at Ferrari.

Summary of the championship of the world 1969

Jackie Stewart begins the championship by two consecutive victories, in South Africa and Spain. But as much its victory with Kyalami had been the result of a relentless domination, its success in Catalonia had much with the misfortune of its adversaries, and in particular of the Lotus pilots, victims each one their turn at the same place of the circuit of an exit ramp at high-speed following the rupture of their ailerons. Touched hard was Rindt, wounded with the face after being itself embedded on the wreck of its fellow-member. Following this accident, one will see the full-face helmets spreading gradually on the starting grids,

In Monaco, in its " jardin" , and in one weekend marked by the decision of the CSI to prohibit without notices the high ailerons directly fixed on the suspensions (they will quickly return from the forms more modest), Graham Hill takes down her fifth victory, which combined with the abandonment of Stewart enables him to approach the Scottish pilot to the championship.

Of return to the competition, Rindt dominates the GP of Holland in front of its Hill fellow-member, but the two Lotus pilots must give up and concede a new victory in Jackie Stewart. In France on the other hand, the fourth victory of the season of the Scottish pilot will owe anything with nobody, if it is not with qualities of its Matra as proves it besides Beltoise, shining second. Then, in Silverstone, at the conclusion of a duel at the top with Rindt (Rindt and Stewart are then regarded as the two most brilliant pilots of the plate), Stewart gains a fifth victory. At the semi-season, it thus counts a comfortable advance of 28 points on its dolphin Bruce McLaren, more regular than shining since the beginning of the season.

In Nurburgring, Stewart saves one second invaluable place within the framework of the championship, but, handicapped by preoccupations with a transmission, can nothing make to stop the domination of Jacky Ickx. Then, in Italy, at the end of a traditional stroke suction, Stewart imposes themselves of a breath in front of Rindt, and takes down its first world title, whereas there remain still three handles to be disputed.

Victorious easily in Canada, Ickx takes at the same time a serious option on the semi-official title of vice-champion of the world. Then, in Watkins Glen, Jochen Rindt gains its first victory Formulates 1 of them. Victoire awaited a long time for the brilliance controls Austrian, and victory in the form of transfer of power at Lotus, since this same day, the world champion titrates Graham Hill of it is victim of a serious accident which puts a premature term at its season. The " finale" season as for it is gained by Denny Hulme.

Grand Prix of the season 1969

Classification of the pilots

Classification of the manufacturers

(to be made)

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