1969 United States Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 11 in the 1969 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | October 5, 1969 | ||
| Official name | XII United States Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York |
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| Course | Permanent road course | ||
| Course length | 3.78 km (2.35 mi) | ||
| Distance | 108 laps, 408.2 km (253.8 mi) | ||
| Weather | Dry with temperatures reaching up to 64 °F (18 °C); wind speeds up to 10.1 miles per hour (16.3 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:03.62 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jochen Rindt |
Lotus-Ford | |
| Time | 1:04.34 on lap 69 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
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Lotus-Ford | |
| Second | Brabham-Ford | ||
| Third | BRM | ||
The 1969 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 5, 1969, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. It was the tenth and penultimate race of the 1969 Formula One season. The 108-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jochen Rindt after he started from pole position. Piers Courage finished second for the Brabham team and BRM driver John Surtees came in third.
Jochen Rindt survived an early duel with newly crowned Champion and close friend Jackie Stewart and claimed his first Grand Prix victory, the first ever by an Austrian. Piers Courage finished second, driving a Frank Williams-prepared Brabham and out-racing Sir Jack himself and Jacky Ickx in the works Brabhams. John Surtees took third place at The Glen for the second straight year, this time in a BRM.
After five wins in his first four seasons, Jackie Stewart won five of the first six races in 1969, and his first Driver's Championship was already in his pocket when the teams came to North America for the final three races.
Jochen Rindt, on the other hand, had flirted with his first victory throughout the season, his first with Lotus, but without success. He had started on the pole four times, led in five of the nine races, and taken back-to-back podiums in the two preceding races in Italy and Canada.
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