1969 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 1969 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 4 January 1969. The race had 20 starters.

1969 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 1 of 7 in 1969 Tasman Series
Race details
Date	4 January 1969
Location	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.82 km (1.76 miles)
Distance	58 laps, 164 km (102 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Chris Amon	Ferrari
Time	58.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Cosworth
Time	58.9
Podium
First	Chris Amon	Ferrari
Second	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Cosworth
Third	Piers Courage	Brabham-Cosworth

It was the 16th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the opening round of the 1969 Tasman Series. Chris Amon won his second NZGP, leading home Austrian star Jochen Rindt.

Classification

Results as follows:^[1][2]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time	Points
1	1	Chris Amon	SEFAC Ferrari	Dino 246 Tasmania / Ferrari V6 2.4	58	57m 55.4s	9
2	4	Jochen Rindt	Team Lotus	Lotus 49B / Cosworth DFW V8 2.5	58	58m 15.5s	6
3	8	Piers Courage	Frank Williams Racing	Brabham BT24 / Cosworth DFW V8 2.5	58	58m 46.2s	4
4	2	Derek Bell	SEFAC Ferrari	Dino 246 Tasmania / Ferrari V6 2.4	57		3
5	9	Leo Geoghegan	Geoghegan Racing	Lotus 39 / Repco V8 2.5	56		2
6	14	Graeme Lawrence		McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVA 1.6	54		1
7	12	Roly Levis	Team Lexington	Brabham BT23C / Cosworth FVA 1.6	53
8	5	Red Dawson		Brabham BT7a / Climax FPF 2.5	52
9	18	David Oxton	Team Lexington	Brabham BT16 / Ford 1.5	52
10	26	Frank Radisich	Henderson Central Motors	Lotus 22 / Cosworth FVA 1.6	51
11	20	Laurence Brownlie	Team Lexington	Brabham BT23C / Cosworth FVA 1.6	51
12	43	Bert Hawthorne	Team Lexington	Brabham BT21 / Ford 1.5	50
??	17	Vince Anderson		Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 2.5
??	10	Allan McCully		Brabham BT18 / Ford 1.5
Ret	36	Graham McRae		McRae 69 / Ford 1.5	34
Ret	19	John Nicholson		Brabham BT18 / Ford 1.5	26
Ret	6	Frank Gardner	Alec Mildren Racing	Mildren Mono / Alfa Romeo V8 2.5	23
Ret	3	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus 49B / Cosworth DFW V8 2.5	13
Ret	15	Dennis Marwood	Rorstan Motor Racing	Brabham BT22 / Climax FPF 2.5	3
DNS	7	Peter Moloney		Cooper T66 / Climax FPF 2.5
DNS	11	Ken Smith		Lotus 41 / Ford 1.5
DNS	16	Peter Hughes		Lotus 25/33 / Daimler SP250 V8
DNS	57	Bryan Faloon	Bryan Faloon Racing	Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.5
DNS	27	Jos Mahon		Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNS	29	Jack Oakley		Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5
DNS	41	Jim Palmer		Rorstan Mk.1 / Climax FPF 2.5
DNS	61	Brian Pellow		Brabham BT6 / Fiat 1.5
DNS	79	Roy Lyme		Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5
DNS	93	Jim Kennedy		Brabham BT22 / Climax FPF 2.5

References

1. Sergent, Bruce. "1969 Round 1 Pukekohe". Kia Ora. Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
2. "New Zealand Grand Prix, Pukekohe, 4 Jan 1969". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

Preceded by 1968 South Pacific Trophy	Tasman Series 1969	Succeeded by 1969 Levin International
Preceded by 1968 New Zealand Grand Prix	New Zealand Grand Prix 1969	Succeeded by 1970 New Zealand Grand Prix