The 1969 Daily Express International Trophy Race was a non-championship event held on March 30. Run in wet conditions, the race was won by Jack Brabham in his Brabham BT26A, ahead of Jochen Rindt in a Lotus 49B and Jackie Stewart in a Matra MS10. Stewart had qualified fastest, but set the time in the team's brand new Matra MS80, which had never been tested in the wet. So he opted to start at the back of the grid in the older MS10.
Background[]
Entry list[]
The full entry list for the 1969 BRDC International Trophy is outlined below:
- * Stewart would be driving Matra MS80 during some practice sessions.
Qualifying[]
Report[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |  Jackie Stewart
|
Matra-Ford Cosworth | 1:20.9 | — |
| 2 | 8 |  Jack Brabham
|
Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 1:21.0 | +0.1 |
| 3 | 20 |  Chris Amon
|
Ferrari | 1:21.1 | +0.2 |
| 4 | 9 |  Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 1:22.5 | +1.6 |
| 5 | 16 | Piers Courage
|
Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 1:22.9 | +2.0 |
| 6 | 12 |  Jo Siffert
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 1:22.9 | +2.0 |
| 7 | 4 | Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 1:23.2 | +2.3 |
| 8 | 2 |  Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 1:23.9 | +3.0 |
| 9 | 10 | Derek Bell
|
Ferrari | 1:24.1 | +3.2 |
| 10 | 1 | Graham Hill
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 1:26.2 | +5.3 |
| 11 | 11 |  Pedro Rodríguez
|
BRM | 1:26.8 | +5.9 |
| 12 | 17 |  Pete Lovely
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 1:30.0 | +9.1 |
| 13 | 14 | Vic Elford
|
Cooper-Maserati | 1:30.8 | +9.9 |
| 14 | 3 | Denny Hulme
|
McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 1:31.2 | +10.3 |
| WD | 5 | John Surtees
|
BRM | Withdrew | |
| WD | 6 | Jackie Oliver
|
BRM | Withdrew | |
| WD | 15 |  Jo Bonnier
|
McLaren-BRM | Withdrew | |
Grid[]
| Pos | Pos | Pos | Pos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | Driver | Driver | ||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 1 | ||||||
| ______________ | 2 | * | |||||
| ______________ | 3 | Jack Brabham | |||||
| 4 | Chris Amon | ||||||
| Jacky Ickx | |||||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 5 | ||||||
| ______________ | 6 | Piers Courage | |||||
| 7 | Jo Siffert | ||||||
| Bruce McLaren | |||||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 8 | ||||||
| ______________ | 9 | Jochen Rindt | |||||
| ______________ | 10 | Derek Bell | |||||
| 11 | Graham Hill | ||||||
| Pedro Rodríguez | |||||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 12 | ||||||
| ______________ | 13 | Pete Lovely | |||||
| 14 | Vic Elford | ||||||
| Denny Hulme | |||||||
| ______________ | |||||||
| ______________ | 15 | ||||||
| ______________ | 16 | Jackie Stewart | |||||
| ______________ | 17 | ||||||
| 18 | |||||||
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* - Stewart started at the back because opted to use the Matra MS10 for the race instead of the Matra MS80 that he practiced with, due to wet conditions for the race.
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Jack Brabham
|
Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 52 | 1:25:20.8 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Jochen Rindt
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 52 | +2.2s | 9 |
| 3 | 7 | Jackie Stewart
|
Matra-Ford Cosworth | 52 | +1:10.9s | 15 |
| 4 | 9 | Jacky Ickx
|
Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 52 | +1:13.5s | 4 |
| 5 | 16 | Piers Courage
|
Brabham-Ford Cosworth | 51 | +1 lap | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | Bruce McLaren
|
McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 51 | +1 lap | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | Graham Hill
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 50 | +2 laps | 10 |
| 8 | 11 | Pedro Rodríguez
|
BRM | 50 | +2 laps | 11 |
| 9 | 10 | Derek Bell
|
Ferrari | 49 | +3 laps | 9 |
| 10 | 20 | Chris Amon
|
Ferrari | 47 | +5 laps | 3 |
| 11 | 12 | Jo Siffert
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 47 | +5 laps | 6 |
| 12 | 14 | Vic Elford
|
Cooper-Maserati | 47 | +5 laps | 13 |
| Ret | 3 | Denny Hulme
|
McLaren-Ford Cosworth | 17 | Engine | 14 |
| Ret | 17 | Pete Lovely
|
Lotus-Ford Cosworth | 2 | Accident | 12 |
| WD | 5 | John Surtees
|
BRM | |||
| WD | 6 | Jackie Oliver
|
BRM | |||
| WD | 15 | Jo Bonnier
|
McLaren-BRM | |||