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| - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:5 color:black shift:(20,-5) text:Jochen Rindt (Laps 1-5) from:5 till:32 color:purple shift:(20,-5) text:Jackie Stewart (Laps 6-32) from:32 till:end color:white shift:(20,-5) text:Jacky Ickx (Laps 33-90)
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| - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:5 color:black shift:(20,-5) text:Jochen Rindt (Laps 1-5) from:5 till:32 color:purple shift:(20,-5) text:Jackie Stewart (Laps 6-32) from:32 till:end color:white shift:(20,-5) text:Jacky Ickx (Laps 33-90) The 1969 Canadian Grand Prix, also known as the IX Canadian Grand Prix, was the ninth round of the 1969 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at Mosport Park on the 20th of September 1969. The race would be remembered for a collision between the two main protagonists, Jacky Ickx and Jackie Stewart, an incident which ultimately proved decisive in the battle for victory. Stewart came to Canada having already been declared as World Champion, so it came as a slight surprise to see the Scot only qualify on the second row, down in fourth. In contrast, Ickx rediscovered his form from the German Grand Prix to slither his Brabham-Ford Cosworth to pole, sharing the front row with Jochen Rindt and Jean-Pierre Beltoise. The start of the race saw Rindt sprint off the line and into the lead, with Ickx and Beltoise slipping in behind. Stewart made a decent start to hold onto fourth, before completing an excellent series of moves to snatch the lead on lap six. Rindt would be passed by Ickx a few laps after Stewart went past, with the Belgian immediately pushing on to hunt the Scot down. Beltoise, meanwhile, slipped away from the lead battle to lead a brawl for fourth, only to hit a very slow Al Pease who was running with an old Eagle-Climax. The duel for the lead was intense, with Ickx trying to force Stewart into a mistake, but to no avail. On lap 33 an opportunity finally arose for the Belgian as the pair came to lap Pease for a fourth time, with Ickx sending his Brabham up the inside of the Matra, just as the Scot began to turn into the corner. The pair were tipped into a spin and ended up on the grass, although Ickx was quickly back in motion having managed to avoid stalling his car. The following moments saw Stewart desperately try to restart his car, before finally having to concede defeat and push his non-firing Matra away from the edge of the circuit. Ickx was therefore left with a healthy lead, made all the more secure when teammate Jack Brabham moved past Rindt in the closing stages to make it a Brabham one-two when the chequered flag fell. Rindt came home in fourth ahead of Beltoise, whose recovery had been aided by a large number of retirements, with Bruce McLaren and Johnny Servoz-Gavin completing the scorers. The Canadian Grand Prix of 1969 would also be significant for various other feats, including the first point scored by a 4WD car, earned by Servoz-Gavin in the Matra MS84. Pease also made his own little piece of history by becoming the first driver to be disqualified from a Grand Prix for being too slow, while the race was also notable for being the final start for either an Eagle chassis or a Climax engine.
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