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.

  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.