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]
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