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1970 Dutch Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryNetherlands
Grand PrixDutch
DateJune 21
Year1970
ImageCircuit Park Zandvoort-1948.svg
CaptionZandvoort original layout
Official nameXVIII Grote Prijs van Nederland
LocationCircuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course_mi2.605
Course_km4.193
Distance_laps90
Distance_mi234.487
Distance_km377.370
WeatherCloudy
Pole_DriverJochen Rindt
Pole_TeamLotus-Ford
Pole_Time1:18.5
Pole_CountryAustria
Fast_DriverJacky Ickx
Fast_TeamFerrari
Fast_Time1:19.23
Fast_Lap22
Fast_CountryBelgium
First_DriverJochen Rindt
First_TeamLotus-Ford
First_CountryAustria
Second_DriverJackie Stewart
Second_TeamMarch-Ford
Second_CountryUnited Kingdom
Third_DriverJacky Ickx
Third_TeamFerrari
Third_CountryBelgium
Lapchart

The 1970 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on June 21, 1970. It was race 5 of 13 in both the 1970 World Championship of Drivers and the 1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. This race was held the same day as the 1970 FIFA World Cup Final in Mexico City, Mexico, but that event took place later in the day from this Grand Prix.

The race was won by Lotus-Ford driver Jochen Rindt in his new monocoque-chassis Type 72, a radical wedge shape first used on the 1968 Indianapolis Lotus, with inboard braking and torsion bar suspension, it represented a major technical advance, giving the driver superior ride and vision in a better ventilated seat. Rindt had only raced the car twice before (but in a different spec) and had preferred his old Lotus 49 in the preceding Monaco and Belgian rounds of the World Championship. Three years earlier the 72's predecessor; DFV-debutant Type 49 won in 1967 won first time out at exactly the same track with Jim Clark driving. Rindt, who opted to race the 72 without the complex anti-squat and anti-dive features, which he had never believed in, effortlessly dominated the practice and race putting little pressure on the car and not even having to use the maximum road width or line. The race also saw the debut of Clay Regazzoni with Ferrari, who finished fourth.

Report

Jacky Ickx led Jochen Rindt off the line. On lap 2, Rindt running on full tanks, with 50–55 gallons of petrol on board, put in his fastest lap of the race and outbraked Ickx into the Tarzan hairpin, on the inside in a classic passing manoeuvre, at the start of lap 3. Colin Chapman had persisted with anti-squat and dive on John Miles' Lotus 72 which was fifth on the first lap and proved difficult to pass. This assisted Team Lotus as it was much easier for Rindt to thread past the four car duel for fifth on lap 29–32 than for Ickx or Jackie Stewart who spent 7 laps getting past Jack Brabham, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, John Surtees and Miles Miles in the second 72 was finally being passed by Beltoise on lap 49, when a large wave over the coast dunes saw Miles lose adhesion and Surtees did finally claim the 6th place and the final point by passing John Miles' Lotus, which was brakeless by then, 4 laps from the flag. However the race was marred by the violent fatal accident of British driver Piers Courage driving the Frank Williams-entered De Tomaso-Ford on lap 22, at Tunnel Oost, when his car's suspension was damaged after hitting a curb, and the car went straight up a grass embankment. It then somersaulted and exploded, and Courage had died instantly after being hit on the head by one of the car's front wheels. The flames were so intense, that trees surrounding the accident site, were lit up as a result. A similar accident occurred at the 1973 race, which claimed the life of Roger Williamson.

Courage's fatal accident

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.DriverConstructorTimeGrid12345678910111213141516171819DNQ21DNQDNQDNQSource:
AUT Jochen RindtLotus-Ford**1:18.50**1
GBR Jackie StewartMarch-Ford1:18.732
BEL Jacky IckxFerrari1:18.933
NZL Chris AmonMarch-Ford1:19.254
GBR Jackie OliverBRM1:19.305
SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:19.486
MEX Pedro RodríguezBRM1:20.077
GBR John MilesLotus-Ford1:20.248
GBR Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford1:20.329
FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:20.3810
GBR Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford1:20.4111
AUS Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford1:20.7612
FRA Henri PescaroloMatra1:20.8913
GBR John SurteesMcLaren-Ford1:21.1814
FRA François CevertMarch-Ford1:21.1815
SWE Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:21.2416
SUI Jo SiffertMarch-Ford1:21.2717
CAN George EatonBRM1:21.3518
USA Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford1:21.3619
ITA Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo1:21.36—
GBR Graham HillLotus-Ford1:21.7520
GER Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:22.34—
USA Pete LovelyLotus-Ford1:23.37—
SUI Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford1:24.29—

Race

Classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints1234567891011NCRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNQDNQDNQDNQ
10AUT **Jochen Rindt****Lotus-Ford**801:50:43.411**9**
5UK **Jackie Stewart****March-Ford**80+ 30.002**6**
25BEL **Jacky Ickx****Ferrari**79+ 1 lap3**4**
26SUI **Clay Regazzoni****Ferrari**79+ 1 lap6**3**
23FRA **Jean-Pierre Beltoise****Matra**79+ 1 lap10**2**
16UK **John Surtees****McLaren-Ford**79+ 1 lap14**1**
12UK John MilesLotus-Ford78+ 2 laps8
24FRA Henri PescaroloMatra78+ 2 laps13
22SWE Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford78+ 2 laps16
1MEX Pedro RodríguezBRM77+ 3 laps7
18AUS Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford76+ 4 laps12
15UK Graham HillLotus-Ford71+ 9 laps20
6FRA François CevertMarch-Ford31Engine15
3CAN George EatonBRM26Oil leak18
2UK Jackie OliverBRM23Engine5
4UK Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford22Fatal accident9
9SUI Jo SiffertMarch-Ford22Engine17
20UK Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford18Accident11
32USA Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford2Engine19
8NZL Chris AmonMarch-Ford1Clutch4
21ITA Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo
19GER Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford
31USA Pete LovelyLotus-Ford
29SUI Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford

Notes

  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver and future Grand Prix winner Peter Gethin and for Swiss driver and future Grand Prix winner Clay Regazzoni.
  • This was the first win for the Lotus 72.
  • This race marked the 10th podium finish for an Austrian driver.
  • This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Swiss constructor Bellasi.
  • For the first time since the 1968 French Grand Prix, a Ford-powered car did not set the fastest lap during the race. This ended a record streak of 21 consecutive fastest laps set by a Ford-powered car.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 11United Kingdom Jackie Stewart19
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 22AUT Jochen Rindt18
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 23AUS Jack Brabham15
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 14MEX Pedro Rodríguez10
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]5New Zealand Denny Hulme9

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]1UK March-Ford25
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 22UK Lotus-Ford23
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 13UK Brabham-Ford17
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 14UK McLaren-Ford16
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]5France Matra13
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Name_of_race = Dutch Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1970 | Previous_race_in_season = 1970 Belgian Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 1970 French Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1969 Dutch Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1971 Dutch Grand Prix

References

  1. D. S. Jenkinson. 'The Dutch GP . A Tech Advance' in Motorsport August 1970. Retrieved 31/3/2019.
  2. Dutch GP. Motorsport August 1970. Retrieved 31/3/2019
  3. (August 2015). "The Dutch Grand Prix". Motor Sport.
  4. "Netherlands 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1".
  5. "1970 Dutch Grand Prix - QUALIFYING".
  6. "1970 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  7. "Netherlands 1970 - Championship • STATS F1".
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