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25px United Kingdom  1969 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 11 in the 1969 Formula One season
The Silverstone Circuit (1952-1974)
The Silverstone Circuit (1952-1974)
Date 20 July 1969
Official name XXII RAC British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course Permanent racing facility
4.711 km (2.927 mi)
Distance 84 laps, 395.724 km (245.891 mi)
Weather Overcast, dry
Pole position
Driver 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford
Time 1:20.8
Fastest lap
Driver 25px United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford
Time 1:21.3 on lap 57
Podium
First 25px United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford
Second 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford
Third 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford

The 1969 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit on July 19, 1969. It was the sixth round of the 1969 Formula One season. Jackie Stewart was victorious, as he took his fifth win in six races.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 2 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1:20.8
2 3 25px UK Jackie Stewart 1 Matra-Ford 1:21.2 +0.4
3 5 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 1:21.5 +0.7
4 7 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 1:21.6 +0.8
5 11 25px New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 1:21.9 +1.1
6 14 25px UK John Surtees BRM 1:22.1 +1.3
7 6 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 1:22.6 +1.8
8 12 25px Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 1:22.6 +1.8
9 10 25px Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 1:22.7 +1.9
10 16 25px UK Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 1:22.9 +2.1
11 19 25px UK Vic Elford McLaren-Ford 1:23.3 +2.5
12 1 25px UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 1:23.6 +2.8
13 15 25px UK Jackie Oliver BRM 1:23.7 +2.9
14 9 25px UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 1:25.1 +4.3
15 20 25px UK Derek Bell McLaren-Ford 1:26.1 +5.3
16 18 25px Sweden Jo Bonnier Lotus-Ford 1:28.2 + 7.4
17 4 25px France Jean-Pierre Beltoise 1 Matra-Ford 1:31.2 +10.4

Note:

  1. - Stewart actually set the fastest time of 1:20.6, but crashed his car in practice, and had to switch to Beltoise's car. Beltoise was forced to use the 4WD Matra MS84.

Race[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 25px UK Jackie Stewart Matra-Ford 84 1:55:55.6 2 9
2 7 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford 83 + 1 Lap 4 6
3 6 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford 83 + 1 Lap 7 4
4 2 25px Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 83 + 1 Lap 1 3
5 16 25px UK Piers Courage Brabham-Ford 83 + 1 Lap 10 2
6 19 25px UK Vic Elford McLaren-Ford 82 + 2 Laps 11 1
7 1 25px UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 82 + 2 Laps 12  
8 10 25px Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Ford 81 + 3 Laps 9  
9 4 25px France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra-Ford 78 + 6 Laps 17  
10 9 25px UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 75 + 9 Laps 14  
Ret 12 25px Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari 61 Engine 8  
Ret 11 25px New Zealand Chris Amon Ferrari 45 Gearbox 5  
Ret 5 25px New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 27 Ignition 3  
Ret 15 25px UK Jackie Oliver BRM 19 Transmission 13  
Ret 18 25px Sweden Jo Bonnier Lotus-Ford 6 Engine 16  
Ret 20 25px UK Derek Bell McLaren-Ford 5 Suspension 15  
Ret 14 25px UK John Surtees BRM 1 Suspension 6  

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 25px United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 45
1uparrow green.svg 2 2 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren 17
1downarrow red.svg 1 3 25px United Kingdom Graham Hill 16
1downarrow red.svg 1 4 25px Switzerland Jo Siffert 13
1uparrow green.svg 2 5 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx 13
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 25px France Matra-Ford 45
1rightarrow blue.svg 2 25px UK Lotus-Ford 25
1rightarrow blue.svg 3 25px UK McLaren-Ford 20 (22)
1rightarrow blue.svg 4 25px UK Brabham-Ford 19
1rightarrow blue.svg 5 25px Italy Ferrari 4
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results from the first 6 rounds and the best 4 results from the last 5 rounds counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References[]

  • Lang, Mike (1982). Grand Prix! Vol 2. Haynes Publishing Group. pp. 98–99. 



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