British Grand Prix

Silverstone, 19 Jul 1969

All cars are 3-litre F1 unless noted.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985

These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.

Individual sources for this event

Autosport 25 Jul 1969 pp22-31 (report by Patrick McNally and Autosport Editor Simon Taylor). Motor Sport August 1969 p844-845. Motoring News 24 Jul 1969 pp10-13 (report by ARM, Andrew Marriott). Sport Auto Septembre 1969 pp17-23 (report uncredited). Race Report 3 p87 (by Eddie Guba).

The very angular new four-wheel-drive Cosworth F1 car, designed by Robin Herd, was due to make its debut at this race but not enough testing had been completed and its stayed away. So the works entries consisted of two Lotus 49Bs for Hill and Rindt plus a 63 for Miles; two Matra MS80s for Stewart and Beltoise with the 4WD MS84 on hand as a spare; the usual two McLarens for Bruce and Denny, plus the 4WD M9A for Derek Bell; two Brabham BT26s for Ickx to choose between as Jack recuperated; the usual two 1969 Ferraris for Amon plus an updated 1968 chassis 0009 for Rodriguez; and the reorganised BRM team, with Surtees apparantly in charge, back with the usual P139 for Surtees and a P133 for Oliver. Privateers Walker/Durlacher, Williams and Crabbe's Antique Automobiles were joined by the Ecurie Bonnier Lotus 49B, but the latter was short lived. Lotus were taking BRM's place as the team in the biggest shambles, as Chapman had sold two 49Bs to force his drivers to focus on the Lotus 63s, only to have to quickly reclaim one of them from Bonnier. Rindt and Hill would race 49Bs, with Miles in one 63 and Bonnier in the other 63 as a consolation. Beltoise raced the Matra MS84 after Stewart damaged his intended MS80 in practice and took over the Frenchman's MS80 for the race. That meant 17 filled entries, with a total of 20 cars present.

The BBC televised the Grand Prix, paying the organisers for the privilege, and insisted on the removal of larger advertising logos. This particularly hurt some privateers, notably Williams whose Dunlop logos were especially important to the team's finances, and Walker whose Swiss sponsor flew home in disgust.