Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mo te tau 1969, i hainatia e Rindt mo te 1968 World Constructors 'Champion Lotus, i reira ia i uru atu ai ki te Kaihauturu Kaihauturu Kaihauturu Graham Hill. I raru a Rindt i te nekehanga, na te koretake o te motuka Lotus; i roto i te rua tekau marama i waenga i te 1967 me te 1969, i uru te roopu ki nga aitua 31. E iwa ngā tukinga a Hill anake i waenganui i te 1968 me te 1970, nāna i whakateka: "I nga wa katoa e takahia ana ahau e taku ake wira, e mohio ana ahau kei roto ahau i te Lotus". I te wa i uru atu ai a Rindt ki a Lotus, ko tana hoa me te kaiwhakahaere "de facto" a Bernie Ecclestone, nana nei i whiriwhiria te kirimana, i kii ko ratou e mohio ana he pai ake te whiriwhiri a Brabham engari ko te tere o te Lotus i hoatu ki a Rindt te whai waahi ki te wikitoria i te toa. I kōrero a Rindt: "I Lotus, ka taea e au te toa o te ao, te mate rānei". Nā tōna pōhēhē mō te whakaaro nui o te whakauru atu ki te kapa, kāore a Rindt i haina i te kirimana Lotus tae noa ki te wā poto i mua i te
Ko te 1969 Spanish Grand Prix.