Rondedzera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kwemwaka wa1969, Rindt akasaina ne1968 World Constructors' Champion Lotus, kwaakabatana neDefending Drivers' Champion Graham Hill. Rindt akanzwa kusagadzikana nekufamba, nekuda kwekusavimbika kwakakurumbira kwemotokari yeLotus; mumwedzi makumi maviri pakati pe1967 na1969, timu iyi yakabatanidzwa mutsaona makumi matatu nenomwe. Hill oga akanga ane tsaona pfumbamwe pakati pa 1968 na 1970, izvo zvakamusunda kuseka, kuti: "Nguva iri yose yandiri kupfuurwa negumbo rangu ndimene, ndinoziva kuti ndiri muLotus". Apo Rindt akabatana neLotus, shamwari yake uye "de facto" maneja Bernie Ecclestone, uyo akanga ataurirana chibvumirano, akataura kuti vaiziva kuti Brabham angave ari nani sarudzo yechikwata asi kukurumidza kweLotus kwakapa Rindt mukana wekukunda mukwikwidzi. Rindt akatsinhira, kuti: "PaLotus, ndinogona kuva shasha yenyika kana kuti kufa". Nemhaka yokusava nechokwadi kwake pamusoro pouchenjeri hwokujoina chikwata, Rindt haana kusaina chibvumirano cheLotus kutozosvikira nguva pfupi pamberi pe1969 Spanish Grand Prix
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