 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Sezvo Lotus 72 yakanga isiri inoshanda seizvo timu yaitarisira, yakadzoserwa kufekitori kuti igadziriswezve uye Rindt akashandisa Lotus 49 yekare kumakwikwi anotevera muMonaco. Kudiwa kwokushandisa matai akagadzirirwa kugadzirwa kutsva kwakaita kuti motokari yekare isadzikama. Sezviri pachena asina kutapurwa naikoku, Rindt akagadzira icho injiniya wake womujaho Herbie Blash akadana kuti mujaho woupenyu hwake. Achibva panzvimbo yechisere, akafamba nomumunda panzira yaizivikanwa zvikuru nokuda kwokupa mikana mishomanene yokudarika. Mumatanho okupedzisira, akanga ari wechipiri, achinyatsopfupisa musiyano waiva pamutungamiri Jack Brabham. Panhambo yokupedzisira, pakona yokupedzisira, Brabham akavhara akazononoka, akabata gumbo romugwagwa ndokuenda akananga mberi mumabhero etsanga, achibvumira Rindt kupfuura kuti atore rukundo rwake rwokutanga rwomwaka. Rindt akashandisa Lotus 49 kokupedzisira mu, mujaho umo akashoropodza zvikuru varongi nokuda kwokuisa mapuranga okudzivirira aiva nemikana yemamita anoverengeka pakati pavo. Pakutanga akanga atanga kudzidzira mu72 yakagadziridzwa, asi motokari yakasvika pakumira pakutanga kwechikamu nekuputsika kwepasi kwepasi, kumanikidza Rindt kuchinja motokari zvakare. Pasinei nezvinetso zvemotokari panguva yakasara yekurovedza, akakwanisa kukwanisa pamutsara wokutanga, asi akazoregera nemumwe kukanganisa injini. 