1969 Formula One season Facts for Kids

The 1969 Formula One season crowned as champion Jackie Stewart.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	South African Grand Prix	March 1	Kyalami	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	May 4	Montjuïc	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
3	Monaco Grand Prix	May 18	Monaco	Graham Hill	Lotus-Ford	Report
4	Dutch Grand Prix	June 21	Zandvoort	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
5	French Grand Prix	July 6	Charade	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
6	British Grand Prix	July 19	Silverstone	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
7	German Grand Prix	August 3	Nürburgring	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 7	Monza	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Report
9	Canadian Grand Prix	September 20	Mosport Park	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	Report
10	United States Grand Prix	October 5	Watkins Glen	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Report
11	Mexican Grand Prix	October 19	Hermanos Rodriguez	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	Report

Pos.	Driver	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Pts.
1	Jackie Stewart	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	2	1	Ret	Ret	4	63
2	Jacky Ickx	Ret	6	Ret	5	3	2	1	10	1	Ret	2	37
3	Bruce McLaren	5	2	5	Ret	4	3	3	4	5	Ret	DNS	26
4	Jochen Rindt	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	4	Ret	2	3	1	Ret	22
5	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	6	3	Ret	8	2	9	12\|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"\| 3	4	Ret	5	21
6	Denny Hulme	3	4	6	4	8	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	1	20
7	Graham Hill	2	Ret	1	7	6	7	4	9	Ret	Ret		19
8	Piers Courage		Ret	2	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	5	Ret	2	10	16
9	Jo Siffert	4	Ret	3	2	9	8	11\|bgcolor="#cfcfff"\| 8	Ret	Ret	Ret	15
10	Jack Brabham	Ret	Ret	Ret	6				Ret	2	4	3	14
11	John Surtees	Ret	5	Ret	9		Ret	DNS	NC	Ret	3	Ret	6
12	Chris Amon	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret						4
13	Richard Attwood			4									3
14	Vic Elford			7	10	5	6	Ret					3
15	Pedro Rodríguez	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret		6	Ret	5	7	3
16	Silvio Moser			Ret	Ret	7			Ret	Ret	6	11	1
17	Jackie Oliver	7	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	1
18	Johnny Servoz-Gavin									6	NC	8	1
19	Sam Tingle	8											0
20	Pete Lovely										Ret	9	0
21	John Miles					Ret	10		Ret	Ret		Ret	0
—	Bill Brack									NC			0
—	Mario Andretti	Ret						Ret			Ret		0
—	Jo Bonnier						Ret	Ret					0
—	George Eaton										Ret	Ret	0
—	Peter de Klerk	NC											0
—	Basil van Rooyen	Ret											0
—	John Love	Ret											0
—	Derek Bell						Ret						0
—	John Cordts									Ret			0
—	Al Pease									DSQ			0
Pos.	Driver	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Briton Jackie Stewart won the 1st of his three championships, driving a Matra-Ford for Ken Tyrrell
The McLaren M7C with early 1969 high-position wings attached. In the Donington Grand Prix Collection.
Stewart in 1969 at Nürburgring