1969 BRDC International Trophy
# 1969 BRDC International Trophy

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | 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 |
| 3 | 20 | Chris Amon | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 312 | 1:21.1 | +0.2 |
| 4 | 9 | Jacky Ickx | Brabham Racing Organisation | Brabham BT26A-Cosworth | 1:22.5 | +1.6 |
| 5 | 16 | Piers Courage | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Brabham BT26A-Cosworth | 1:22.9 | +2.0 |
| 6 | 12 | Jo Siffert | Rob Walker/Jack Durlacher Racing | Lotus 49B-Cosworth | 1:22.9 | +2.0 |
| 7 | 4 | Bruce McLaren | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | McLaren M7C-Cosworth | 1:23.2 | +2.3 |
| 8 | 2 | Jochen Rindt | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 49B-Cosworth | 1:23.9 | +3.0 |
| 9 | 10 | Derek Bell | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 312 | 1:24.1 | +3.2 |
| 10 | 1 | Graham Hill | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 49B-Cosworth | 1:26.2 | +5.3 |
| 11 | 11 | Pedro Rodríguez | Reg Parnell Racing | BRM P126 | 1:26.8 | +5.9 |
| 12 | 17 | Pete Lovely | Pete Lovely Volkswagen | Lotus 49B-Cosworth | 1:30.0 | +9.1 |
| 13 | 14 | Vic Elford | Antique Automobiles Racing Team | Cooper T86B-Maserati | 1:30.0 | +9.1 |
| 14 | 3 | 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 |
