1969 Guards Formula 5000 Championship
The 1969 Guards Formula 5000 Championship was a motor racing competition for
McLaren M10A.[4]
Calendar
The championship was contested over twelve rounds.[1]
| Round [2] | Name | Circuit [2] | Country [5] | Date [2] | Winning driver [5] | Car [5] | Team [5] |
| 1 | Oulton Park | Great Britain | 4 April | Peter Gethin | McLaren M10A Chevrolet
|
Church Farm Racing Team | |
| 2 | Brands Hatch | Great Britain | 7 April | Peter Gethin | McLaren M10A Chevrolet
|
Church Farm Racing Team | |
| 3 | Kent Messenger 5000 [6] | Brands Hatch | Great Britain | 11 May | Peter Gethin | McLaren M10A Chevrolet
|
Church Farm Racing Team |
| 4 | Mallory Park | Great Britain | 26 May | Peter Gethin | McLaren M10A Chevrolet
|
Church Farm Racing Team | |
| 5 | Vanwall Trophy [5] | Silverstone | Great Britain | 15 June | Mike Walker | Lola T142 Chevrolet
|
McKechnie Racing Team |
| 6 | Dublin Grand Prix [5] | Mondello Park | Ireland | 13 July | David Hobbs | Surtees TS5 Chevrolet | Team Surtees |
| 7 | Trofee der Noordzee [2] | Koksijde | Belgium | 3 August | Trevor Taylor | Surtees TS5 Chevrolet | Team Surtees |
| 8 | Duinen Trophee [5] | Zandvoort
|
Netherlands | 10 Aug | Trevor Taylor | Surtees TS5 Chevrolet | Team Surtees |
| 9 | Snetterton
|
Great Britain | 1 September | Trevor Taylor | Surtees TS5 Chevrolet | Team Elite | |
| 10 | Nations Grand Prix [5] | Hockenheim | Germany | 14 September | Trevor Taylor | Surtees TS5 Chevrolet | Team Elite |
| 11 | Oulton Park | Great Britain | 20 September | Mike Walker | Lola T142 Chevrolet
|
McKechnie Racing Team | |
| 12 | Brands Hatch | Great Britain | 28 September | Mike Hailwood | Lola T142 Chevrolet
|
Epstein Cuthbert Racing |
Points system
Championship points were awarded at each round on a 500-350-250-200-150-125-100-90-80-75-70-65-60-55 basis to the first 14 drivers, with 50 points awarded for each place from 15th to 20th.[1] The final championship placings were determined from the best eight results from the twelve rounds.[1]
Championship standings
The following table lists the top twenty positions in the championship.
| Position [4] | Driver [4] | Car [4] | Entrant [4] | Points [4] |
| 1 |  Peter Gethin
|
McLaren M10A Chevrolet 5.0
|
Church Farm Racing Team | 2365 |
| 2 | Trevor Taylor
|
Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 | Team Surtees Team Elite |
2170 |
| 3 | Mike Hailwood
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
Paul Hawkins & Epstein - Cuthbert | 2045 |
| 4 | Keith Holland
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
Alan Fraser | 2000 |
| 5 | Alan Rollinson
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
Irish Racing Cars Doug Hardwick |
1920 |
| 6 | Mike Walker
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
Allan McKechnie Racing | 1845 |
| 7 |  Ulf Norinder
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
Sports Cars Switzerland | 1450 |
| 8 | David Hobbs
|
Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 | Team Surtees | 1275 |
| 9 | Willie Forbes
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
1080 | |
| 10 | Robert Lamplough
|
Lotus 43 Ford 4.7 Lotus 41 Ford 1.6 |
795 | |
| 11 | Derrick Williams
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
Race Development Engineering DJ Bond Racing |
675 |
| 12 |  Andrea de Adamich
|
Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 | Team Surtees | 620 |
| 13 | Doug Hardwick
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
575 | |
| 14 | Terry Sanger
|
BRM P83 Ford 4.7 | 540 | |
| 15 | Steve Thompson
|
Lola T60 Ford 1.6 | 420 | |
| 16 | Kaye Griffiths
|
BRP Mk2 Ford 4.7
|
415 | |
| 17 |  Frank Gardner
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
Sid Taylor | 350 |
| = | Peter Westbury
|
Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0
|
350 | |
| 19 | Ian Ashley
|
Kitchiner K3 Ford 4.7 | 330 | |
| 20 |  Brian Cullen
|
Ford FVA 1.6
|
310 |
References
- ^ a b c d Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, page 7
- ^ a b c d e European Formula 5000 races 1969-1977, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 10 August 2014
- ^ Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, Table of Contents
- ^ a b c d e f Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, page 9
- ^ a b c d e f g h F5000 championship races in Europe, jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr Retrieved on 11 August 2014
- ^ Programme, Brands Hatch, Sunday, 11 May 1969