Graham Hill's fifth Monaco win set a record that stood for 24 years, and marked the final F1 appearances of Cooper and Maserati.
Key Facts
- Race winner
- Graham Hill (Lotus-Ford)
- Number of laps
- 80 laps
- Hill's Monaco wins
- 5 (a record lasting 24 years)
- Hill's career F1 victories
- 14th and final
- Championship race number
- Race 3 of 11
- Historic first
- First F1 win by driver in full-face helmet
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 1969 Formula One season brought the Monaco Grand Prix to the Circuit de Monaco on 18 May as the third round of eleven. Graham Hill, a four-time Monaco winner, started from fourth on the grid in a works Lotus-Ford, positioning himself among the frontrunners in a competitive field that included Frank Williams-entered Piers Courage and Rob Walker's Jo Siffert.
Hill won the 80-lap race from fourth on the grid, claiming his fifth Monaco victory and his 14th and final World Championship win. Piers Courage finished second for Frank Williams's Brabham-Ford entry, with Jo Siffert third. The race also marked the last Formula One appearance of constructor Cooper and engine supplier Maserati, with Vic Elford finishing seventh and last in Colin Crabbe's entry.
Hill's fifth Monaco triumph set a record that would endure for 24 years. The race closed the chapter on Cooper as a Formula One constructor and Maserati as an F1 engine supplier, ending eras that had helped define the sport's early decades. It also entered the record books as the first World Championship victory achieved by a driver wearing a full-face helmet.