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1969 Race of Champions
Non-championship race in the 1969 Formula One season
Race details
Date 16 March 1969
Official name IV Race of Champions
Location Brands Hatch
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.265 km (2.65 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 213.25 km (132.5 miles)
Weather Wet and foggy (practice), cold and windy (race)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:28.2
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth
Time 1:26.8
Podium
First Matra-Cosworth
Second Lotus-Cosworth
Third McLaren-Cosworth
Motor car race

The 4th Race of Champions was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 16 March 1969 at Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jackie Stewart in a Matra MS80.

Results

Qualifying

Pos No. Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 1 United Kingdom Graham Hill Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49B-Cosworth 1:28.2 -
2 7 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra International Matra MS80-Cosworth 1:28.3 +0.1
3 14 Switzerland Jo Siffert Rob Walker/Jack Durlacher Racing Lotus 49B-Cosworth 1:29.3 +1.1
4 2 Austria Jochen Rindt Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49B-Cosworth 1:29.4 +1.2
5 5 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT26A-Cosworth 1:29.5 +1.3
6 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7B-Cosworth 1:30.4 +2.2
7 3 New Zealand Denny Hulme Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7A-Cosworth 1:32.5 +4.3
8 11 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver Owen Racing Organisation BRM P133 1:33.8 +5.6
9 15 United States Pete Lovely Pete Lovely Volkswagen Lotus 49B-Cosworth 1:36.4 +8.2
10 6 Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT26A-Cosworth 1:39.1 +10.9
11 12 Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Reg Parnell Racing BRM P126 1:41.3 +13.1
12 16 United Kingdom Piers Courage Frank Williams Racing Cars Brabham BT26A-Cosworth no time -
13 18 United States Roy Pike Antique Automobiles Racing Team Brabham BT23B-Climax no time -
- 10 United Kingdom John Surtees Owen Racing Organisation BRM P138 no time - accident -
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Race

Pos Driver Car Laps Time/Ret.
1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Matra-Cosworth 50 1.13:10.4
2 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth 50 + 7.0s
3 New Zealand Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth 50 + 57.9s
4 Switzerland Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth 50 + 1m 16.3s
5 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 48 +2 laps
6 United States Pete Lovely Lotus-Cosworth 46 +4 laps
Ret Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth 38 Oil pressure
Ret Mexico Pedro Rodríguez BRM 32 Engine
Ret Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Cosworth 23 Metering unit
Ret Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Cosworth 19 Ignition
Ret United Kingdom Piers Courage Brabham-Cosworth 18 Split tank
Ret New Zealand Bruce McLaren McLaren-Cosworth 12 Ignition
DNS United States Roy Pike Brabham-Climax - Fuel pump
DNS United Kingdom John Surtees BRM - Practice accident
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References

  1. "1969 Race of Champions". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ "1969 Race of Champions". Motor Sport. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. "1969 Race of Champions – Qualification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. "1969 Race of Champions – Classification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  5. "1969 – IV Race of Champions". StatsF1. Retrieved 29 February 2024.


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