Season 1969 · Round 1

South African Grand Prix

1969 Season R2 →
1969-03-01 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 80Lap · 328.320km
3 Jackie Stewart
Matra-Ford 1:50:39.100
Team win 10pt P1 · P6
1 Graham Hill
Lotus-Ford +18.800
5 Denny Hulme
McLaren-Ford +31.800
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
10
Peter de Klerk L67 Jochen Rindt L44 John Surtees L40 Pedro Rodríguez L38 Chris Amon L34 Jack Brabham L32 Mario Andretti L31 John Love L31 Jacky Ickx L20 Basil van Rooyen L12
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
80Lap 328.320km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Jackie Stewart 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P6 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P6 Graham Hill 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Graham Hill 5 · GP #1
P2 Jackie Stewart 4 · → Graham Hill -1
P4 Denny Hulme 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P2 Mario Andretti 10 starts · → Niki Lauda -2
P6 John Love 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Stewart · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Stewart STE 1 Stewart STE Hill · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Hill HIL 2 Hill HIL Hulme · P3 → P3 3 Hulme HUL 3 Hulme HUL Siffert · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Siffert SIF 4 Siffert SIF McLaren · P8 → P5 · +3 8 McLaren MCL 5 McLaren MCL Beltoise · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Beltoise BEL 6 Beltoise BEL Oliver · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Oliver OLI 7 Oliver OLI Tingle · P17 → P8 · +9 17 Tingle TIN 8 Tingle TIN de Klerk · P16 → retired L67 de Klerk · retired L67 16 de Klerk DE R de Klerk DE Rindt · P2 → retired L44 Rindt · retired L44 2 Rindt RIN R Rindt RIN Surtees · P18 → retired L40 Surtees · retired L40 18 Surtees SUR R Surtees SUR Rodríguez · P15 → retired L38 Rodríguez · retired L38 15 Rodríguez ROD R Rodríguez ROD Amon · P5 → retired L34 Amon · retired L34 5 Amon AMO R Amon AMO Brabham · P1 → retired L32 Brabham · retired L32 1 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Andretti · P6 → retired L31 Andretti · retired L31 6 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Love · P10 → retired L31 Love · retired L31 10 Love LOV R Love LOV Ickx · P13 → retired L20 Ickx · retired L20 13 Ickx ICK R Ickx ICK van Rooyen · P9 → retired L12 van Rooyen · retired L12 9 van Rooyen VAN R van Rooyen VAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 3 Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 4 80 1:50:39.100 9
2 1 Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 7 80 +18.800 6
3 5 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 3 80 +31.800 4
4 10 Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 12 80 +49.200 3
5 6 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 8 79 +1 Lap 2
6 4 Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 11 78 +2 Laps 1
7 15 Jackie Oliver BRM 14 77 +3 Laps
8 17 Sam Tingle Brabham-Repco 17 73 +7 Laps
R 19 Peter de Klerk Brabham-Repco 16 67 Not classified
R 2 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 2 44 Fuel pump
R 14 John Surtees BRM 18 40 Engine
R 12 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 15 38 Water leak
R 11 Chris Amon Ferrari 5 34 Engine
R 8 Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 1 32 Handling
R 9 Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford 6 31 Gearbox
R 16 John Love Lotus-Ford 10 31 Ignition
R 7 Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 13 20 Ignition
R 18 Basil van Rooyen McLaren-Ford 9 12 Brakes
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Jack Brabham
2
2 Jochen Rindt
3
5 Denny Hulme
4
3 Jackie Stewart
5
11 Chris Amon
6
9 Mario Andretti
7
1 Graham Hill
8
6 Bruce McLaren
9
18 Basil van Rooyen
10
16 John Love
11
4 Jean-Pierre Beltoise
12
10 Jo Siffert
13
7 Jacky Ickx
14
15 Jackie Oliver
15
12 Pedro Rodríguez
16
19 Peter de Klerk
17
17 Sam Tingle
18
14 John Surtees
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15