The Garagiste.

The Television Age  ·  Round 10

United States Grand Prix

1969  ·  Watkins Glen  ·  5 October 1969  ·  108 laps

  1. 1st Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford · 01:57:56.84
  2. 2nd Piers Courage Brabham-Ford · +46.99
  3. 3rd John Surtees BRM

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jochen Rindt

Lotus-Ford  —  Pole position

02 Lap 35

Jackie Stewart

Retirement Matra-Ford  —  Engine

03 Lap 52

Denny Hulme

Retirement McLaren-Ford  —  Gearbox

04 Lap 76

George Eaton

Retirement BRM  —  Engine

05 Lap 77

Jacky Ickx

Retirement Brabham-Ford  —  Engine

06 Lap 90

Graham Hill

Retirement Lotus-Ford  —  Accident

07 Lap 92

Johnny Servoz-Gavin

Retirement Matra-Ford  —  Not classified

08 On the Charge

Jack Brabham

Brabham-Ford  —  P18 → P4

09 Victory

Jochen Rindt

Lotus-Ford  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1 108 01:57:56.84 9
2 Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 9 108 +46.99 6
3 John Surtees BRM 11 106 +2 Laps 4
4 Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 18 106 +2 Laps 3
5 Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 12 101 +7 Laps 2
6 Silvio Moser Brabham-Ford 17 98 +10 Laps 1
7 Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra-Ford 15 92 Not classified
8 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 4 90 Accident
9 Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 8 77 Engine
10 George Eaton BRM 9 76 Engine
11 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 7 72 Engine
12 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 2 52 Gearbox
13 Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 3 35 Engine
14 Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford 16 25 Halfshaft
15 Jackie Oliver BRM 14 23 Engine
16 Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 13 3 Fuel system
17 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 5 3 Suspension
18 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 6 0 Engine

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