1969 British Grand Prix

 1969 British Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 11 races of the 1969 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	British Grand Prix
Date:	19th July 1969
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	395.724 km in 84 laps of 4.711 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jochen Rindt	lotus
Time:	1: 20.8 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jackie Stewart	Matra
Time:	1: 21.3 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	Matra
Second:	Jacky Ickx	Brabham
Third:	Bruce McLaren	McLaren

The 1969 Grand Prix of Great Britain took place at Silverstone on July 19 and was the sixth race of the 1969 Automobile World Championship .

Reports

background

Piers Courage in the Brabham BT26A

The development of all-wheel drive Formula 1 cars reached its peak. Four such vehicles were entered for the British Grand Prix, namely two Lotus 63s , a Matra MS84 and a McLaren M9A . However, the occupation of these vehicles changed several times over the weekend, as hardly any driver was satisfied with the driving behavior and the training results of the vehicles.

The BRM factory team Owen Racing Organization , which had skipped the French Grand Prix two weeks earlier due to disagreements within the company, returned after some restructuring with Tim Parnell as the new team manager. Among other things, the private team Reg Parnell Racing , which had contested the first three world championship rounds of this season with BRM vehicles, was dissolved. The freed driver Pedro Rodríguez now occupied a second Ferrari cockpit alongside Chris Amon . The now modified BRM P139 was reported for John Surtees , while his teammate Jackie Oliver continued to drive the P133 .

Jack Brabham was sidelined due to an injury. The planned representation by Dan Gurney failed at short notice, so that Jacky Ickx drove the only factory Brabham.

The private driver Joakim Bonnier competed for the first time this season.

training

Jackie Stewart , who led the world championship standings by a wide margin, went into the race weekend as the favorite. In Saturday's practice, however, he had a serious accident in which his car was badly damaged. He then took over his teammate Jean-Pierre Beltoise's car for the rest of the weekend , so that he had to be content with the immature MS84 all-wheel-drive vehicle.

Jochen Rindt drove the fastest training time ahead of Stewart and Denis Hulme . Jacky Ickx and Chris Amon qualified for the second row, so that five different vehicles were represented on the first five grid positions.

The reigning world champion Graham Hill only qualified for twelfth starting position and insisted on starting the race with a rear-wheel drive Lotus 49 . However, since the works team had only intended the Lotus 63 for him, Joakim Bonnier, who was competing in a private Lotus 49, was persuaded to swap his car for Hill's four-wheel drive vehicle.

run

Jackie Stewart took the lead, but could not repeat the dominance of the previous French GP at first, as Jochen Rindt was equal to him for large parts of the race this time. Rindt only lost connection towards the end due to an unscheduled pit stop, so that Stewart was ultimately undisputed again with one lap ahead of Jacky Ickx and Bruce McLaren and scored his fifth victory in the sixth run.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	1	Graham Hill	Lotus 49B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
			Lotus 63 1
	2	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 49B
	9	John Miles	Lotus 63
Matra International (Tyrrell)	30th	Jackie Stewart	Matra MS84 2		D.
	3		Matra MS80
	4th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra MS84 3
			Matra MS80
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	5	Denis Hulme	McLaren M7A		G
	6th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren M7C
	20th	Derek Bell	McLaren M9A
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Jacky Ickx	Brabham BT26A		G
Rob Walker Racing Team	10	Jo Siffert	Lotus 49B		F.
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	11	Chris Amon	Ferrari 312 (1969)	Ferrari 255C 3.0 V12	F.
	12	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari 312 (1968)
Owen Racing Organization	14th	John Surtees	BRM P139	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	15th	Jackie Oliver	BRM P133
Frank Williams Racing Cars	16	Piers Courage	Brabham BT26A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
Ecurie Bonnier	18th	Joakim Bonnier	Lotus 49B		F.
			Lotus 63 1
Antique Automobiles	19th	Vic Elford	McLaren M7A		G

¹ Graham Hill and Joakim Bonnier swapped their cars after practice, so that Hill contested the race with Bonnier's Lotus 49B and Bonnier drove the Lotus 63 that was actually registered for Hill.
² Jackie Stewart only drove the number 30 Matra MS84 in the first practice session. After an accident in the second training session in which the MS80, which was also reported for him, was damaged, he used the MS80 of his team-mate Jean-Pierre Beltoise from then on.
³ Jean-Pierre Beltoise only drove the Matra MS80 in practice, then passed it on to his team-mate Jackie Stewart and did the decisive qualifying lap and the race with the MS84.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 20.8	209.896 km / h	01
02	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	1: 21.2	208.862 km / h	02
03	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 21.5	208.093 km / h	03
04th	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	1: 21.6	207.838 km / h	04th
05	Chris Amon	Ferrari	1: 21.9	207.077 km / h	05
06th	John Surtees	BRM	1: 22.1	206.572 km / h	06th
07th	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	1: 22.6	205.322 km / h	07th
08th	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	1: 22.6	205.322 km / h	08th
09	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	1: 22.7	205.074 km / h	09
10	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	1: 22.9	204.579 km / h	10
11	Vic Elford	McLaren-Ford	1: 23.3	203.597 km / h	11
12	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 23.6	202.866 km / h	12
13	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 23.7	202.624 km / h	13
14th	John Miles	Lotus Ford	1: 25.1	199.290 km / h	14th
15th	Derek Bell	McLaren-Ford	1: 26.1	196.976 km / h	15th
16	Joakim Bonnier	Lotus Ford	1: 28.2	192.286 km / h	16
17th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	1: 31.2	185.961 km / h	17th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	Matra Ford	84	0	1: 55: 55.6	02	1: 21.3
02	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	83	0	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 23.0
03	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	83	0	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 23.0
04th	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	83	1	+ 1 lap	01	1: 21.4
05	Piers Courage	Brabham-Ford	83	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 23.6
06th	Vic Elford	McLaren-Ford	82	0	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 24.4
07th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	82	1	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 23.4
08th	Jo Siffert	Lotus Ford	81	1	+ 3 rounds	09	1: 23.7
09	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra Ford	78	0	+ 6 rounds	17th	1: 27.1
10	John Miles	Lotus Ford	75	0	+ 9 rounds	14th	1: 24.7
-	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari	61	0	DNF	08th	1: 23.5	Engine failure
-	Chris Amon	Ferrari	45	0	DNF	05	1: 23.8	Gearbox damage
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	27	0	DNF	03	1: 23.4	defective camshaft
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	19th	0	DNF	13	1: 26.1	defective power transmission
-	Joakim Bonnier	Lotus Ford	06th	0	DNF	16	1: 29.1	Engine failure
-	Derek Bell	McLaren-Ford	05	0	DNF	15th	1: 27.3	Suspension damage
-	John Surtees	BRM	01	0	DNF	06th	3: 14.7	Suspension damage

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jackie Stewart Matra 45 02  Bruce McLaren McLaren 17th 03  Graham Hill lotus 16 04th  Jo Siffert lotus 13 05  Jacky Ickx Brabham 13 06th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 11 07th  Denis Hulme McLaren 11

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Piers Courage Brabham 6th 09  Chris Amon Ferrari 4th 10  Jochen Rindt lotus 3 11  Vic Elford McLaren 3 12  Richard Attwood lotus 3 13  John Surtees BRM 2 14th  Jack Brabham Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Matra 45 02  lotus 25th 03  McLaren 20th

Item constructor Points 04th  Brabham 19th 05  Ferrari 4th 06th  BRM 2

Web links

Commons : 1969 Grand Prix of Great Britain  - album containing pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 18, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on June 18, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 18, 2011)