1969 Guards Formula 5000 Championship

1969 Guards Formula 5000 Championship none 1970 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.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, page 7 The championship was organized in the United Kingdom but also included European rounds.European Formula 5000 races 1969-1977, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 10 August 2014 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.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, Table of Contents The championship was won by Peter Gethin, driving a McLaren M10A.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, page 9 Calendar thumb|Championship winner Peter Gethin, pictured in 1971 The championship was contested over twelve rounds. Round Name Circuit Country F5000 championship races in Europe, jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr https://web.archive.org/web/20141020022915/http://jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr/gp/gb5mod.htm 2014-10-20 Retrieved on 11 August 2014 Date Winning driver Car Team 1Oulton Park Great Britain4 April Peter Gethin McLaren M10A Chevrolet Church Farm Racing Team 2Brands Hatch Great Britain7 April Peter Gethin McLaren M10A Chevrolet Church Farm Racing Team 3 Kent Messenger 5000 Programme, Brands Hatch, Sunday, 11 May 1969Brands Hatch Great Britain11 May Peter Gethin McLaren M10A Chevrolet Church Farm Racing Team 4Mallory Park Great Britain26 May Peter Gethin McLaren M10A Chevrolet Church Farm Racing Team 5 Vanwall Trophy Silverstone Great Britain15 June Mike Walker Lola T142 Chevrolet McKechnie Racing Team 6 Dublin Grand Prix Mondello Park Ireland13 July David Hobbs Surtees TS5 Chevrolet Team Surtees 7Trofee der Noordzee Koksijde Belgium3 August Trevor Taylor Surtees TS5 Chevrolet Team Surtees 8 Duinen Trophee Zandvoort Netherlands10 Aug Trevor Taylor Surtees TS5 Chevrolet Team Surtees 9Snetterton Great Britain1 September Trevor Taylor Surtees TS5 Chevrolet Team Elite 10 Nations Grand Prix Hockenheim Germany14 September Trevor Taylor Surtees TS5 Chevrolet Team Elite 11Oulton Park Great Britain20 September Mike Walker Lola T142 Chevrolet McKechnie Racing Team 12Brands Hatch Great Britain28 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. The final championship placings were determined from the best eight results from the twelve rounds. Championship standings The following table lists the top twenty positions in the championship. Position Driver Car Entrant Points 1 GBR Peter Gethin McLaren M10A Chevrolet 5.0 Church Farm Racing Team 2365 2 GBR Trevor Taylor Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 Team Surtees Team Elite 2170 3 GBR Mike Hailwood Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 Paul Hawkins & Epstein - Cuthbert 2045 4 GBR Keith Holland Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 Alan Fraser 2000 5 GBR Alan Rollinson Brabham BT30 Ford FVA 1.6 Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 Irish Racing Cars Doug Hardwick 1920 6 GBR Mike Walker Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 Allan McKechnie Racing 1845 7 SWE Ulf Norinder Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 Sports Cars Switzerland 1450 8 GBR David Hobbs Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 Team Surtees 1275 9 GBR Willie Forbes Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0   1080 10 GBR Robert Lamplough Lotus 43 Ford 4.7 Lotus 41 Ford 1.6   795 11 GBR Derrick Williams Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 Race Development Engineering DJ Bond Racing 675 12 ITA Andrea de Adamich Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 Team Surtees 620 13 GBR Doug Hardwick Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0   575 14 GBR Terry Sanger BRM P83 Ford 4.7   540 15 GBR Steve Thompson Lola T60 Ford 1.6   420 16 GBR Kaye Griffiths BRP Mk2 Ford 4.7   415 17 AUS Frank Gardner Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 Sid Taylor 350 = GBR Peter Westbury Brabham BT30 Ford FVA 1.6 Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0   350 19 GBR Ian Ashley Kitchiner K3 Ford 4.7   330 20 IRE Brian Cullen Lola T60 Ford 1.6 & Brabham BT23C Ford FVA 1.6   310 References Category:European Formula 5000 Championship seasons Guards