Race details | |||
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Race 11 of 11 in the 1969 Formula One season | |||
Date | October 19, 1969 | ||
Official name | Mexican Grand Prix | ||
Location | Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.000 km (3.107 mi) | ||
Distance | 65 laps, 325.000 km (201.946 mi) | ||
Weather | Warm and dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Brabham-Ford | ||
Time | 1:42.90 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Jacky Ickx | Brabham-Ford | |
Time | 1:43.05 on lap 64 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Ford | ||
Second | Brabham-Ford | ||
Third | Brabham-Ford |
The 1969 Gran Premio de Mexico (Mexican Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Mexico City on October 19, 1969, two weeks after the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. This was the 11th and final round of the 1969 Formula One season. The 65-lap race was won by McLaren driver Denny Hulme after he started from fourth position. Jacky Ickx finished second for the Brabham team and his teammate Jack Brabham came in third.
A total of 17 F1 cars were entered for this event, the last of the season. Team Lotus had had mixed fortunes at Watkins Glen, although Jochen Rindt had won the race, his team mate Graham Hill had broken both legs in an accident. At this event, Lotus decided not to replace him. However they did run a second car, a Lotus 63 developmental car with four wheel drive for John Miles, as Mario Andretti was busy winning the Dan Gurney 200 at Pacific Raceways, USA.
The rest of the field was unchanged, with only one Ferrari 312 entered by NART for local hero, Pedro Rodríguez.