The 21st BRDC International Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held at Silverstone on 30 March 1969. The race was run over 52 laps of the circuit and was won by Jack Brabham in a Brabham BT26A.
Race report Jackie Stewart qualified the Matra MS80 on pole, but opted to drive the previous season's MS10 and so started from the back of the grid. Jack Brabham led from start to finish, but suffered from fuel starvation in the closing stages and finished only seconds ahead of Jochen Rindt, who had suffered from water in the ignition system at the start and dropped back to tenth place, subsequently setting fastest lap in his Lotus 49B as he worked his way through the field. Jackie Stewart finished third, narrowly ahead of Jacky Ickx.
Classification Qualifying Pos No. Driver Team Car Time Gap 17 Jackie Stewart Matra International Matra MS80-Cosworth 1:20.9 - 2 8 Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT26A-Cosworth 1:21.0+0.1 320 Chris Amon Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312 1:21.1+0.2 49 Jacky Ickx Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT26A-Cosworth 1:22.5+1.6 516 Piers Courage Frank Williams Racing Cars Brabham BT26A-Cosworth 1:22.9+2.0 612 Jo Siffert Rob Walker/Jack Durlacher Racing Lotus 49B-Cosworth 1:22.9+2.0 74 Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7C-Cosworth 1:23.2+2.3 82 Jochen Rindt Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49B-Cosworth 1:23.9+3.0 910 Derek Bell Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312 1:24.1+3.2 101 Graham Hill Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49B-Cosworth 1:26.2+5.3 1111 Pedro Rodríguez Reg Parnell Racing BRM P126 1:26.8+5.9 1217 Pete Lovely Pete Lovely Volkswagen Lotus 49B-Cosworth 1:30.0+9.1 1314 Vic Elford Antique Automobiles Racing Team Cooper T86B-Maserati 1:30.0+9.1 143 Denny Hulme Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7A-Cosworth 1:31.2+10.2
Race
Pos Driver Car Laps Time/Ret. 1 Jack Brabham Brabham-Cosworth 52 1:25:20.8 2 Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth 52 +2.2 s 3 Jackie Stewart Matra-Cosworth 52 +1m 10.9s 4 Jacky Ickx Brabham-Cosworth 52 +1m 13.5s 5 Piers Courage Brabham-Cosworth 51 + 1 Lap 6 Bruce McLaren McLaren-Cosworth 51 + 1 Lap 7 Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth 50 + 2 Laps 8 Pedro Rodríguez BRM 50 + 2 Laps 9 Derek Bell Ferrari 49 + 3 Laps 10 Chris Amon Ferrari 47 + 5 Laps 11 Jo Siffert Lotus-Cosworth 47 + 5 laps 12 Vic Elford Cooper-Maserati 47 + 5 Laps Ret Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth 17 Engine Ret Pete Lovely Lotus-Cosworth 2 Accident
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