1969 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′5″N 7°25′17″E

1969 Monaco Grand Prix
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	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford
Time	1:24.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford
Time	1:25.1 on lap 16
Podium
First	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford
Second	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford
Third	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford
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	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	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	Matra-Ford	22	Halfshaft	1
Ret	8	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra-Ford	20	Halfshaft	3
Ret	11	Chris Amon	Ferrari	16	Differential	2
Ret	10	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	15	Engine	14
Ret	17	Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	15	Halfshaft	15
Ret	14	John Surtees	BRM	9	Gearbox	6
Ret	5	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	9	Accident	8
Ret	15	Jackie Oliver	BRM	0	Accident	13
Source:[1]

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 1 Jackie Stewart 18 2 2 Graham Hill 15 1 3 Bruce McLaren 10 1 4 Denny Hulme 8 1 5 Jo Siffert 7 Source: [2]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Matra-Ford 18 1 2 Lotus-Ford 15 1 3 McLaren-Ford 12 1 4 Brabham-Ford 7 1 5 BRM 2 Source: [2]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "1969 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
2. "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.

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