 the 1969 italian grand prix was a formula one race held at the autodromo nazionale monza on september 7, 1969. the race was notable in that less than a fifth of second separated the winner from the fourth-placed driver, and is generally reckoned to be the closest 1-2-3-4 in formula one history. jackie stewart and matra-ford claimed the drivers' and constructors' championships in this race, with 3 races left to go. == classification == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! pos ! no ! driver ! constructor ! laps ! time/retired ! grid ! points |- ! 1 | 20 |  jackie stewart | matra-ford | 68 | 1:39:11.26 | 3 | 9 |- ! 2 | 4 |  jochen rindt | lotus-ford | 68 | + 0.08 | 1 | 6 |- ! 3 | 22 |  jean-pierre beltoise | matra-ford | 68 | + 0.17 | 6 | 4 |- ! 4 | 18 |  bruce mclaren | mclaren-ford | 68 | + 0.19 | 5 | 3 |- ! 5 | 32 |  piers courage | brabham-ford | 68 | + 33.44 | 4 | 2 |- ! 6 | 10 |  pedro rodrÃ­guez | ferrari | 66 | + 2 laps | 12 | 1 |- ! 7 | 16 |  denny hulme | mclaren-ford | 66 | + 2 laps | 2 | &nbsp; |- ! 8 | 30 |  jo siffert | lotus-ford | 64 | engine | 8 | &nbsp; |- ! 9 | 2 |  graham hill | lotus-ford | 63 | halfshaft | 9 | &nbsp; |- ! 10 | 26 |  jacky ickx | brabham-[[ford 
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