This race marked the last World Championship Grand Prix entry of Climax-powered cars and the only F1 points scored in a four-wheel drive car.
Key Facts
- Race length
- 90 laps
- Race position in season
- 9 of 11
- Winner
- Jacky Ickx (Brabham-Ford, from pole)
- Last Climax-powered F1 entry
- Al Pease (Eagle-Climax) and John Cordts (Brabham-Climax)
- Historic disqualification
- Al Pease — only driver DQ'd for driving too slowly in F1
- 4WD points scorer
- Johnny Servoz-Gavin, 6th place — sole F1 points in 4WD car
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 1969 Canadian Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1969 Formula One World Championship, held amid a season that saw ageing Climax-engined private entries still competing alongside works Ford-powered teams, and experimental four-wheel drive cars attempting to qualify.
Held at Mosport Park on September 20, 1969, the 90-lap race was won by Belgian driver Jacky Ickx from pole position in a works Brabham-Ford, with Jack Brabham second and Jochen Rindt third. Al Pease became the only F1 driver ever disqualified for driving too slowly, while Johnny Servoz-Gavin finished sixth in a four-wheel drive car.
The race closed the chapter on Climax-powered World Championship entries, ending an era in Formula One engine supply. Servoz-Gavin's sixth-place finish remains the only championship points scored by a driver in a four-wheel drive Formula One car, a record that stood through at least 2026.