1969 Guards Formula 5000 Championship

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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

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Championship winner Peter Gethin, pictured in 1971

The championship was contested over twelve rounds.[1]

Round [2] | Name  | Circuit [2] | Country [5] | Date [2] | Winning driver [5] | Car [5] | Team [5]

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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

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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

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The following table lists the top twenty positions in the championship.

Position [4] | Driver [4] | Car [4] | Entrant [4] | Points [4]

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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

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1. ^ a b c d Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, page 7
2. ^ a b c d e European Formula 5000 races 1969-1977, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 10 August 2014
3. ^ Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, Table of Contents
4. ^ a b c d e f Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, page 9
5. ^ a b c d e f g h F5000 championship races in Europe, jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr Retrieved on 11 August 2014
6. ^ Programme, Brands Hatch, Sunday, 11 May 1969