1969 Italian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 8 of 11 in the 1969 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | September 7, 1969 | ||
| Official name | XL Gran Premio d'Italia | ||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.750 km (3.573 mi) | ||
| Distance | 68 laps, 391.000 km (242.956 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:25.48 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
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Matra-Ford | |
| Time | 1:25.2 on lap 64 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Matra-Ford | ||
| Second | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Third | Matra-Ford | ||
The 1969 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 7, 1969. The race was notable in that less than a fifth of second separated the winner from the fourth-placed driver, and is generally reckoned to be the closest 1–2–3–4 in Formula One history. Jackie Stewart and Matra-Ford claimed the Drivers' and Constructors' championships in this race, with 3 races left to go.
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