1969 BRITISH GP
Another duel of two greats
ackie Stewart and Jochen Rindt were the top drivers of 1969. For pace, there wasn’t a lot to choose between Stewart’s Tyrrell-run Matra MS80 and Rindt’s Lotus 49B, but the Austrian hadn’t finished a championship race before Silverstone. Rindt led runaway points leader Stewart from pole to begin a mesmerising duel that only ended when one of the Lotus’s rear-wing endplates came loose and Rindt had to pit. He charged back, only to run out of fuel and fall to fourth, leaving a clutchless Stewart to win