1970 Austrian 1000 km

Sportscar race August 2012 thumb|250px|Layout of the Österreichring (1969-1976) The 1970 Austrian 1000km was an endurance race held at the Österreichring, near Zeltweg, Austria on October 11, 1970. It was the tenth and final round of the 1970 World Sportscar Championship season.http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/ms1970.html#10 Archived copy 2012-08-20 2004-03-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20040320084728/http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/ms1970.html#10 dead John Wyer's factory supported Gulf-Porsche team won again, they had won 7 of 10 races in the season (in addition to this race, Daytona, Brands Hatch, Monza, Targa Florio, Spa, and Watkins Glen) and on top of that, the Porsche Salzburg prototypes won 2 more races (Nürburgring and Le Mans). Jo Siffert and Brian Redman won their third race together with their Porsche 917K; they faced intense opposition from 2 factory teams with revised and improved cars- Jacky Ickx and Peter Schetty in a Ferrari 512M and later in the race, an Alfa Romeo T33/3-71 driven by Andrea De Adamich and Henri Pescarolo. But Porsche also had made revisions to their machines- they brought to the scenic Österreichring new 5-liter engines for 3 of their 917K's. The engine in the Rodriguez/Kinnunen 917K blew up on the 5th lap while Rodriguez was driving; the Ickx/Schetty 512M's electrics failed on the 54th lap, and although the engine in the Siffert/Redman car was running on 11 cylinders and the De Adamich/Pescarolo Alfa Romeo was catching them at 15 seconds a lap, the engine in the Alfa expired; but they finished 2nd on distance already covered and won the 3 liter prototype class. The 1970 WSC was utterly dominated by Porsche. They had won every race in the season except Sebring; and they would go on to dominate the next season as well. But new rules for 1972 banning engines in prototypes larger than 3 liters made the 917's and 512's (the 512's were only run by Ferrari for this year; they decided to build a 3 liter car, the 312PB for the new regulations) obsolete, and Porsche pulled out of endurance racing and did not return until 1976. Official results thumb|right|The Österreichring (1969-1976) Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Laps 1 S5.0 23 United Kingdom John Wyer Automotive Engineering Switzerland Jo SiffertUnited Kingdom Brian Redman Porsche 917K Porsche 5.0L Flat-12 170 2 P3.0 3 Italy Autodelta SpA Italy Andrea De AdamichFrance Henri Pescarolo Alfa Romeo T33/3-71 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8 168 3 P3.0 6 Germany Martini International Racing France Gérard LarrousseAustria Rudi Lins Porsche 908/02 Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 167 4 S5.0 21 Austria Porsche Salzburg United Kingdom Vic ElfordUnited Kingdom Richard Attwood Porsche 917K Porsche 5.0L Flat-12 162 5 P3.0 5 Germany Martini International Racing Germany Reinhold JöstAustria Gerold Pankl Porsche 908/02 Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 162 6 P3.0 12 Austria Bosch Racing Team Wien Austria Niki LaudaAustria Peter Peter Porsche 908/02 Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 162 7 S5.0 25 Germany Gelo Racing Germany Georg LoosGermany Franz Pesch Ferrari 512S Ferrari 5.0L V12 156 8 P2.0 7 United Kingdom Max Wilson United Kingdom Max WilsonUnited Kingdom Mac Daghorn Lola T210 Ford 1.6L I4 153 9 S2.0 14 Italy Scuderia Brescia Corse Italy Luigi MoreschiItaly "Pam" Abarth 2000 OT Abarth 1.6 I4 149 10 S2.0 14 Austria Bosch Racing Team Austria Lambert HoferAustria Werner Riedl Porsche 910 Porsche 1.9L Flat-6 146 11 S5.0 24 United Kingdom Team Snake Speed United States David WeirUnited Kingdom Alain de Cadenet Ford GT40 Mk.I Ford 4.9L V8 141 12 GT2.0 51 Germany Peter-Ernst Strähle / Schüler Germany Günter SteckkönigGermany Stephen Behr Porsche 914/6 GT Porsche 1.9L Flat-6 139 13 S2.0 32 Austria Bosch Racing Team Austria Kurt RiederAustria Otto StuppacherAustria Siegfried Pust Porsche 906 Porsche 1.9L Flat-6 139 14 GT2.0 49 Switzerland Squadra Tartaruga Switzerland Ernst SeilerSwitzerland Peter Ettmüller Porsche 914/6 GT Porsche 1.9L Flat-6 137 15 GT2.5 53 Italy Jolly Club Italy Mario IlotteItaly Mario Ruspa Porsche 911 Porsche 2.2L Flat-6 137 16 GT2.5 43 Germany Peter-Ernst Strähle / Schüler Germany Roland BauerGermany Dieter Schmid Porsche 911S Porsche 2.2L Flat-6 136 17 P2.0 9 Switzerland Charles Graemiger Switzerland Charles GraemigerSwitzerland Richard Vogel Chevron B8 BMW 1.8L I4 135 18 GT2.5 41 Switzerland Wicky Racing Team France Sylvain GarantFrance Jean-Marie Masoneri Porsche 911S Porsche 2.2L Flat-6 133 19 GT2.5 46 Germany Kremer Racing Germany Erwin KremerGermany Günther Huber Porsche 911S Porsche 2.2L Flat-6 124 Disqualified Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Laps P3.0 3 Italy Autodelta SpA Netherlands Toine HezemansUnited States Masten Gregory Alfa Romeo T33/3-71 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8 Did Not Finish Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Laps P3.0 1 Italy Autodelta SpA Netherlands Toine HezemansUnited States Masten Gregory Alfa Romeo T33/3-71 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8 60 S5.0 31 Italy SpA Ferrari SEFAC Belgium Jacky IckxSwitzerland Peter Schetty Ferrari 512M Ferrari 5.0L V12 53 S5.0 22 United Kingdom John Wyer Automotive Engineering Mexico Pedro RodríguezFinland Leo Kinnunen Porsche 917K Porsche 5.0L Flat-12 4 P3.0 4 Italy Autodelta SpA Italy Teodoro ZeccoliItaly Carlo Facetti Alfa Romeo T33/3-71 Alfa Romeo 3.0L V8 0 Statistics Pole position: #22 John Wyer Automotive Engineering Porsche 917K (Pedro Rodriguez/Leo Kinnunen) - 1:40.48 (131.656 mph/211.881 km/h) Fastest lap: #31 SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 512M (Jacky Ickx)- 1:40.0 (132.051 mph/212.514 km/h) Time taken for winning car to cover scheduled distance: 5 hours, 8 minutes and 4.67 seconds Average Speed: 195.592 km/h (121.535 mph) Weather conditions: Sunny References 1970 World Sportscar Championship Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1971 1000km of Buenos Aires Austrian 1000 Austria Category:1000 km Zeltweg