1969 Guards Formula 5000 Championship
The 1969 Guards Formula 5000 Championship was a motor racing competition for Formula 5000 cars and cars with unrestricted racing engines of up to 2000cc capacity.[1] The championship was organized in the United Kingdom but also included European rounds.[2] It was the first and only series to carry the Guards Formula 5000 Championship name and the first in a sequence of seven annual European Formula 5000 Championships to be contested between 1969 and 1975.[3] The championship was won by Peter Gethin, driving a 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 | Brabham BT30 Ford FVA 1.6 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 | Brabham BT30 Ford FVA 1.6 Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 | 350 | |
19 | Ian Ashley | Kitchiner K3 Ford 4.7 | 330 | |
20 | Brian Cullen | Lola T60 Ford 1.6 & Brabham BT23C 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