1969 Madrid Grand Prix

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1969 Madrid Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1969 Formula One season
Circuito Permanente del Jarama 1980.svg
Circuito Permanente del Jarama's layout
Race details
Date 13 April 1969 (1969-04-13)
Official name III Gran Premio de Madrid
Location Circuito Permanente del Jarama, Madrid
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.404 km (2.115 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 136.6 km (84.6 miles)
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Chevrolet
Time 1:31.9
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin McLaren-Chevrolet
Time 1:30.9
Podium
First Lola-Chevrolet
Second BRM
Third
  • Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jock Russell
Lotus-Ford

The 1969 Madrid Grand Prix was a Formula One non-championship race held at Jarama, Madrid on 13 April 1969, run over 40 laps of the circuit. The field only included two Formula One cars, however, the remainder being Formula 5000 and Formula Two cars.

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The entrants included Max Mosley, later to become president of the FIA, who drove a Formula Two Lotus.

The fastest combination in the event was clearly Peter Gethin in his F5000 McLaren-Chevrolet, but after an engine failure on the last lap, it was left to Keith Holland to take the victory, with the rest of the field at least a lap down. Contemporary reports listed Tony Dean (BRM P261) as finishing second having completed 39 out of 40 laps. However, Gethin broke down on lap 40 and some later reports classify him as second. [1]

Qualifying

Note: a blue background indicates a Formula 5000 entrant and a pink background indicates a Formula Two entrant.

PosNo.DriverConstructorLapGap
153 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin McLaren-Chevrolet 1:31.9
252 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Holland Lola-Chevrolet 1:35.2+3.3
312 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Dean BRM 1:35.8+3.9
416 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Mosley Lotus-Ford 1:38.3+6.4
554 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lamplough Lotus-Ford 1:39.0+7.1
614 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil Corner Cooper-Maserati 1:41.1+9.2
755 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jock Russell Lotus-Ford 1:42.4+10.5
811 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bill Stone Brabham-Lotus No time
DNA15 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graham McRae Brabham-Ford
DNA51 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet

Classification

PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorLapsTime/Retired
152 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Holland Alan Fraser Racing Team Lola-Chevrolet 401.03:29.8
212 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Dean A. G. Dean BRM 39+ 1 lap
355 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jock RussellJock Russell Lotus-Ford 38+ 2 laps
414 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil CornerAntiques Automobiles Racing Cooper-Maserati 38+ 2 laps
Ret53 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin Church Farm Racing Team McLaren-Chevrolet 39Engine ‡
Ret11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bill StoneJack Smith Brabham-Lotus 36Retired
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Mosley Len Street (Engineering) Lotus-Ford 14Injector trumpet
Ret54 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lamplough Robert Lamplough Lotus-Ford 0Engine

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References

Footnotes
  1. 1 2 Jenkinson, Denis (May 1969). "Madrid G.P". Motor Sport magazine archive. p. 23. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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