1970 International Gold Cup

NC UK International Gold Cup XVII International Gold Cup Oulton Park, Cheshire 22 August 1970 Oulton Park.svg Permanent racing facility 2.761 4.4434 40 177.749 John Surtees UK Surtees-Cosworth 1:36.2 Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth 1:26.6 UK John Surtees UK Surtees-Cosworth Jochen Rindt Austria Lotus-Cosworth Jackie Oliver UK BRM The 1970 International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race held at Oulton Park on 22 August 1970. The race was open to Formula One and Formula 5000 cars. It was run in two heats of 20 laps, with the winner decided on aggregate times. The starting grid for Heat 1 was decided by a qualifying session, in which John Surtees won pole position. The grid for Heat 2 was decided by the finishing order of Heat 1. John Surtees won Heat 1 and overall, narrowly beating Heat 2 winner Jochen Rindt, with Howden Ganley posting the best aggregate result of the Formula 5000 entrants. Jackie Stewart, debuting the brand-new Tyrrell 001, set fastest lap. Qualifying Blue background denotes F5000 entrants. Pos. No. Driver Constructor Car Time Gap 1 4 UK John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth Surtees TS7 1:36.2 2 5 UK Jackie Oliver BRM BRM P153 1:39.2 +3.0 3 30 AUS Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:42.0 +2.8 4 21 UK David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:42.0 +0.0 5 1 UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth Tyrrell 001 1:43.81 +1.8 6 77 UK Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:44.0 +0.2 7 42 NZ Graham McRae McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:45.2 +1.2 8 41 SWE Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:45.4 +0.2 9 12 NZ Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:46.8 +1.4 10 2 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 72 1:46.8 +0.0 11 43 UK Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:50.0 +3.2 12 3 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 72 1:52.8 +2.8 13 47 UK Tony Lanfranchi Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:53.4 +0.6 14 66 UK Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover Crosslé 15F 1:54.2 +0.8 15 23 UK John Myerscough Brabham-Oldsmobile Brabham BT11 1:56.6 +2.4 16 88 UK Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 1:58.6 +2.0 17 70 UK Alan Rollinson Surtees-Chevrolet Surtees TS5A 1:59.0 +0.4 18 31 Ireland Lingard Goulding Beattie-Chevrolet Beattie P1100 1:59.8 +0.8 19 98 UK Bob Miller Dulon-Ford Dulon LD8 2:02.8 +3.0 20 10 UK Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 2:04.4 +1.6 21 63 UK Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 2:06.4 +2.0 22 16 UK Ippocastano Cooper-Chevrolet Cooper T86B 2:23.8 +17.4 DNA 6 ITA Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo McLaren M14D DNA 7 AUS Tim Schenken De Tomaso-Cosworth De Tomaso 505-38 DNA 9 UK Willie Forbes Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 DNA 11 USA Roy Pike Leda-Chevrolet Leda LT20 DNA 44 UK Mike Walker McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B DNA 45 UK Jock Russell Lotus-Chevrolet Lotus 70 DNA 48 UK Robin Darlington McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10A DNA 49 UK David Berry Brabham-Oldsmobile Brabham BT16 DNA 78 UK David Powell Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 Sources:1970 International Gold Cup – Heat 1 Classification https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1970&gp=International%20Gold%20Cup&r=1&type=h1q ChicaneF1 28 February 2024XVII International Gold Cup https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970-hc/grand-prix-266.aspx StatsF1 28 February 2024 1Stewart started from the back of the grid Classification Blue background denotes F5000 entrants. Heat 1 Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Grid 1 4 UK John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 29:58.2 1 2 5 UK Jackie Oliver BRM +6.6 2 3 2 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth +12.8 10 4 43 UK Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet +33.8 11 5 12 NZ Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet +1:24.8 9 6 77 UK Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet 19 laps 6 7 1 UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth 19 laps 5 8 21 UK David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 19 laps 4 9 66 UK Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 18 laps 14 10 10 UK Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 18 laps 20 NC 98 UK Bob Miller Dulon-Ford 17 laps 19 NC 88 UK Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet 17 laps 16 NC 31 Ireland Lingard Goulding Beattie-Chevrolet 17 laps 18 Ret 41 SWE Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet 16 laps, gearbox 8 Ret 30 AUS Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 13 laps, suspension 3 Ret 3 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth 3 laps, oil pressure 12 Ret 70 UK Alan Rollinson Surtees-Chevrolet 3 laps, head gasket 17 Ret 23 UK John Myerscough Brabham-Oldsmobile 0 laps, engine 15 DNS 42 NZ Graham McRae McLaren-Chevrolet practice accident 7 DNS 47 UK Tony Lanfranchi Lola-Chevrolet practice accident 13 DNS 63 UK Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet radiator 21 DNS 16 UK Ippocastano Cooper-Chevrolet not competitive 22Sources:1970 International Gold Cup – Heat 1 Classification https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1970&gp=International%20Gold%20Cup&r=1&type=heat1 ChicaneF1 28 February 2024 Heat 2 Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Grid 1 2 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth 29:40.6 3 2 4 UK John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth +9.4 1 3 5 UK Jackie Oliver BRM +23.0 2 4 30 AUS Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet +39.2 13 5 12 NZ Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet +1:27.6 4 6 77 UK Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet 19 laps1 5 7 66 UK Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 18 laps 7 8 10 UK Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 18 laps 8 9 88 UK Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet 18 laps 10 NC 63 UK Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet 17 laps 14 NC 98 UK Bob Miller Dulon-Ford 17 laps 9 NC 31 Ireland Lingard Goulding Beattie-Chevrolet 17 laps 11 NC 21 UK David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 17 laps 6 Ret 41 SWE Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet 2 laps, gearbox 12 DNS 43 UK Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet oil filter DNS 1 UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth piston Sources:1970 International Gold Cup – Heat 2 Classification https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1970&gp=International%20Gold%20Cup&r=1&type=heat2 ChicaneF1 28 February 2024 1Taylor stopped 1 lap early in error Aggregate Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time 1 4 UK John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 59:48.2 2 2 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth +3.4 3 5 UK Jackie Oliver BRM 40 laps 4 12 NZ Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet 40 laps 5 77 UK Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet 38 laps 6 66 UK Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 36 laps 7 21 UK David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 36 laps 8 10 UK Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 36 laps NC 30 AUS Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 35 laps NC 88 UK Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet 35 laps NC 98 UK Bob Miller Dulon-Ford 34 laps NC 31 Ireland Lingard Goulding Beattie-Chevrolet 34 laps NC 43 UK Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet 20 laps NC 41 SWE Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet 19 laps NC 63 UK Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet 17 lapsSources:1970 International Gold Cup – Aggregate Timings https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1970&gp=International%20Gold%20Cup&r=1&type=agg ChicaneF1 28 February 2024 References Oulton Park International Gold Cup 1970 1970 BRDC International Trophy 1971 Argentine Grand Prix 1969 International Gold Cup 1971 International Gold Cup International Gold Cup Category:Oulton Park International Gold Cup International Gold Cup