1969 German Grand Prix
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The 1969 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Nürburgring on 3 August 1969 with Formula Two cars competing by invitation. It was the seventh round of the 1969 World Championship for Drivers. The F2 entrants were not eligible for points in the World Championship.
Gerhard Mitter was killed during a practice session for this race at the Schwedenkreuz curve. 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.
[edit] Classification
Note: The race was run with both Formula One and Formula Two cars running together. Formula Two entrants are denoted by a pink background.
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Jacky Ickx |
Brabham-Ford | 14 | 1:49:55.4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 |  Jackie Stewart |
Matra-Ford | 14 | + 57.7 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 |  Bruce McLaren |
McLaren-Ford | 14 | + 3:21.6 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Graham Hill |
Lotus-Ford | 14 | + 3:58.8 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 |  Henri Pescarolo |
Matra-Ford | 14 | +7:11.0 | 13 | |
| 6 | 29 | Richard Attwood |
Brabham-Ford | 13 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 7 | 20 |  Kurt Ahrens |
Brabham-Ford | 13 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 8 | 22 | Rolf Stommelen |
Lotus-Ford | 13 | +1 Lap | 22 | |
| 9 | 31 | Peter Westbury |
Brabham-Ford | 13 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 10 | 30 |  Xavier Perrot |
Brabham-Ford | 13 | +1 Lap | 24 | |
| 11 | 11 | Jo Siffert |
Lotus-Ford | 12 | Suspension | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | 8 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise |
Matra-Ford | 12 | Suspension | 10 | 1 |
| Ret | 9 | Denny Hulme |
McLaren-Ford | 11 | Transmission | 5 | |
| Ret | 15 | Jackie Oliver |
BRM-Ford | 11 | Oil leak | 16 | |
| Ret | 2 |  Jochen Rindt |
Lotus-Ford | 10 | Ignition | 3 | |
| Ret | 28 | François Cevert |
Tecno-Ford | 9 | Crown Wheel | 14 | |
| Ret | 27 | Johnny Servoz-Gavin |
Matra-Ford | 6 | Engine | 12 | |
| Ret | 16 |  Jo Bonnier |
Lotus-Ford | 4 | Fuel leak | 23 | |
| Ret | 17 | Piers Courage |
Brabham-Ford | 1 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 12 | Vic Elford |
McLaren-Ford | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 3 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 0 | Accident | 15 | |
| DNS | 14 | John Surtees |
BRM | - | Non Starter | 11 | |
| DNS | 24 | Gerhard Mitter |
BMW | - | Fatal Accident in practice | 25 | |
| DNS | 23 | Hubert Hahne |
BMW | - | Non Starter | 17 | |
| DNS | 25 | Dieter Quester |
BMW | - | Non Starter | 21 | |
| DNS | 21 | Hans Herrmann |
Lotus-Ford | - | Non Starter | - |
[edit] Notes
- Pole position: Jacky Ickx - 7:42.1
- Fastest lap: Jacky Ickx - 7:43.8 on lap 7
- 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.
[edit] References
- Lang, Mike (1982). Grand Prix! Vol 2. Haynes Publishing Group, pp100-101. ISBN 0-85429-321-3.
- The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
- Formula One World. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
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