1970 Dutch Grand Prix

F1 Netherlands Dutch June 21 1970 Circuit Park Zandvoort-1948.svg Zandvoort original layout XVIII Grote Prijs van Nederland Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands Permanent racing facility 2.605 4.193 90 234.487 377.370 Cloudy Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 1:18.5 Austria Jacky Ickx Ferrari 1:19.23 22 Belgium Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford Austria Jackie Stewart March-Ford United Kingdom Jacky Ickx Ferrari Belgium NED 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. Race report left|thumb|Jochen Rindt ahead of Jacky Ickx at the race start 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 raceD. S. Jenkinson. 'The Dutch GP . A Tech Advance' in Motorsport August 1970. Retrieved 31/3/2019. 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 MilesDutch GP. Motorsport August 1970. Retrieved 31/3/2019 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.The Dutch Grand Prix Motor Sport August 2015 44 http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1970/44/dutch-grand-prix-technical-step-forward 2015-07-31 thumb|right|Courage's fatal accident Qualifying classification Pos.DriverConstructorTimeGrid1AUT Jochen RindtLotus-Ford1:18.5012GBR Jackie StewartMarch-Ford1:18.7323BEL Jacky IckxFerrari1:18.9334NZL Chris AmonMarch-Ford1:19.2545GBR Jackie OliverBRM1:19.3056SUI Clay RegazzoniFerrari1:19.4867MEX Pedro RodríguezBRM1:20.0778GBR John MilesLotus-Ford1:20.2489GBR Piers CourageDe Tomaso-Ford1:20.32910FRA Jean-Pierre BeltoiseMatra1:20.381011GBR Peter GethinMcLaren-Ford1:20.411112AUS Jack BrabhamBrabham-Ford1:20.761213FRA Henri PescaroloMatra1:20.891314GBR John SurteesMcLaren-Ford1:21.181415FRA François CevertMarch-Ford1:21.181516SWE Ronnie PetersonMarch-Ford1:21.241617SUI Jo SiffertMarch-Ford1:21.271718CAN George EatonBRM1:21.351819USA Dan GurneyMcLaren-Ford1:21.3619DNQ Did not qualifyITA Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa Romeo1:21.36—21GBR Graham HillLotus-Ford1:21.7520DNQ Did not qualifyGER Rolf StommelenBrabham-Ford1:22.34—DNQ Did not qualifyUSA Pete LovelyLotus-Ford1:23.37—DNQ Did not qualifySUI Silvio MoserBellasi-Ford1:24.29—Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/pays-bas/qualification.aspx Netherlands 1970 - Qualification • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2021https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1970/races/282/netherlands/qualifying-0.html 1970 Dutch Grand Prix - QUALIFYING formula1.com 12 March 2021 Race classification thumb|Jochen Rindt took the maiden victory for the revolutionary Lotus 72. Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 AUT Jochen Rindt Lotus-Ford 80 1:50:43.41 1 9 2 5 UK Jackie Stewart March-Ford 80 + 30.00 2 6 3 25 BEL Jacky Ickx Ferrari 79 + 1 lap 3 4 4 26 SUI Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 79 + 1 lap 6 3 5 23 FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 79 + 1 lap 10 2 6 16 UK John Surtees McLaren-Ford 79 + 1 lap 14 1 7 12 UK John Miles Lotus-Ford 78 + 2 laps 8   8 24 FRA Henri Pescarolo Matra 78 + 2 laps 13   9 22 SWE Ronnie Peterson March-Ford 78 + 2 laps 16   10 1 MEX Pedro Rodríguez BRM 77 + 3 laps 7   11 18 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham-Ford 76 + 4 laps 12   NC Not classified 15 UK Graham Hill Lotus-Ford 71 + 9 laps 20   Ret Retired 6 FRA François Cevert March-Ford 31 Engine 15   Ret Retired 3 CAN George Eaton BRM 26 Oil leak 18   Ret Retired 2 UK Jackie Oliver BRM 23 Engine 5   Ret Retired 4 UK Piers Courage De Tomaso-Ford 22 Fatal accident 9   Ret Retired 9 SUI Jo Siffert March-Ford 22 Engine 17   Ret Retired 20 UK Peter Gethin McLaren-Ford 18 Accident 11   Ret Retired 32 USA Dan Gurney McLaren-Ford 2 Engine 19   Ret Retired 8 NZL Chris Amon March-Ford 1 Clutch 4   DNQ Did not qualify 21 ITA Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo     DNQ Did not qualify 19 GER Rolf Stommelen Brabham-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 31 USA Pete Lovely Lotus-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 29 SUI Silvio Moser Bellasi-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/529/ 1970 Dutch Grand Prix formula1.com 22 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140824193219/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1970/529/ 24 August 2014 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 Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 19 10px 2 2 AUT Jochen Rindt 18 10px 2 3 AUS Jack Brabham 15 10px 1 4 MEX Pedro Rodríguez 10 10px 5 New Zealand Denny Hulme 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1970/pays-bas/championnat.aspx Netherlands 1970 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK March-Ford 25 10px 2 2 UK Lotus-Ford 23 10px 1 3 UK Brabham-Ford 17 10px 1 4 UK McLaren-Ford 16 10px 5 France Matra 13Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em Dutch Grand Prix 1970 1970 Belgian Grand Prix 1970 French Grand Prix 1969 Dutch Grand Prix 1971 Dutch Grand Prix Dutch Grand Prix Category:Dutch Grand Prix Category:1970 in Dutch motorsport Category:June 1970 sports events in Europe