1969 Italian Grand Prix

1969 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Date September 7, 1969
Official name XL Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.750 km (3.573 miles)
Distance 68 laps, 391.000 km (242.956 miles)
Weather Sunny, Dry
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Ford
Time 1:25.48
Fastest lap
Driver France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford
Time 1:25.2 on lap 64
Podium
First Matra-Ford
Second Lotus-Ford
Third Matra-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1969 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on September 7, 1969. It was race 8 of 11 in both the 1969 World Championship of Drivers and the 1969 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was notable in that less than a fifth of a second separated the winner from the fourth-placed driver, and is one of the closest 1–2–3–4 finishes in Formula One history. Jackie Stewart and Matra-Ford claimed the Drivers' and Manufacturers' titles respectively, with three races still remaining.