| 1970 Dutch Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Zandvoort original layout | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | June 21, 1970 | ||
| Official name | XVIIIGrote Prijs van Nederland | ||
| Location | Circuit Zandvoort,Zandvoort,Netherlands | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.193 km (2.605 miles) | ||
| Distance | 90 laps, 377.370 km (234.487 miles) | ||
| Weather | Cloudy | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:18.5 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:19.23 on lap 22 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second | March-Ford | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1970 Dutch Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held atZandvoort on June 21, 1970. It was race 5 of 13 in both the1970 World Championship of Drivers and the1970 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. This race was held the same day as the1970 FIFA World Cup Final inMexico City,Mexico, but that event took place later in the day from this Grand Prix.
The race was won by Lotus-Ford driverJochen Rindt in his new monocoque-chassisType 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-debutantType 49 won in1967 won first time out at exactly the same track withJim 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 ofClay Regazzoni withFerrari, who finished fourth.
Jacky Ickx ledJochen 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[1] 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 onJohn Miles'Lotus 72 which was fifth on the first lap and proved difficult to pass. This assistedTeam Lotus as it was much easier for Rindt to thread past the four car duel for fifth on lap 29–32 than for Ickx orJackie Stewart who spent 7 laps getting pastJack Brabham,Jean-Pierre Beltoise,John Surtees and Miles[2] 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 driverPiers Courage driving theFrank Williams-enteredDe 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 the1973 race, which claimed the life ofRoger Williamson.[3]
| Pos. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Grid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Ford | 1:18.50 | 1 | |||
| 2 |  Jackie Stewart | March-Ford | 1:18.73 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 1:18.93 | 3 | |||
| 4 |  Chris Amon | March-Ford | 1:19.25 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Jackie Oliver | BRM | 1:19.30 | 5 | |||
| 6 |  Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 1:19.48 | 6 | |||
| 7 |  Pedro Rodríguez | BRM | 1:20.07 | 7 | |||
| 8 | John Miles | Lotus-Ford | 1:20.24 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Piers Courage | De Tomaso-Ford | 1:20.32 | 9 | |||
| 10 |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 1:20.38 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Peter Gethin | McLaren-Ford | 1:20.41 | 11 | |||
| 12 |  Jack Brabham | Brabham-Ford | 1:20.76 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Henri Pescarolo | Matra | 1:20.89 | 13 | |||
| 14 | John Surtees | McLaren-Ford | 1:21.18 | 14 | |||
| 15 | François Cevert | March-Ford | 1:21.18 | 15 | |||
| 16 |  Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 1:21.24 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Jo Siffert | March-Ford | 1:21.27 | 17 | |||
| 18 |  George Eaton | BRM | 1:21.35 | 18 | |||
| 19 |  Dan Gurney | McLaren-Ford | 1:21.36 | 19 | |||
| DNQ |  Andrea de Adamich | McLaren-Alfa Romeo | 1:21.36 | — | |||
| 21 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford | 1:21.75 | 20 | |||
| DNQ |  Rolf Stommelen | Brabham-Ford | 1:22.34 | — | |||
| DNQ | Pete Lovely | Lotus-Ford | 1:23.37 | — | |||
| DNQ | Silvio Moser | Bellasi-Ford | 1:24.29 | — | |||
| Source:[4][5] | |||||||
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Ford | 80 | 1:50:43.41 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Jackie Stewart | March-Ford | 80 | + 30.00 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 25 | Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | 79 | + 1 lap | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 26 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 79 | + 1 lap | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 23 | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Matra | 79 | + 1 lap | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | John Surtees | McLaren-Ford | 79 | + 1 lap | 14 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | John Miles | Lotus-Ford | 78 | + 2 laps | 8 | |
| 8 | 24 | Henri Pescarolo | Matra | 78 | + 2 laps | 13 | |
| 9 | 22 | Ronnie Peterson | March-Ford | 78 | + 2 laps | 16 | |
| 10 | 1 | Pedro Rodríguez | BRM | 77 | + 3 laps | 7 | |
| 11 | 18 | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Ford | 76 | + 4 laps | 12 | |
| NC | 15 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Ford | 71 | + 9 laps | 20 | |
| Ret | 6 | François Cevert | March-Ford | 31 | Engine | 15 | |
| Ret | 3 | George Eaton | BRM | 26 | Oil leak | 18 | |
| Ret | 2 | Jackie Oliver | BRM | 23 | Engine | 5 | |
| Ret | 4 | Piers Courage | De Tomaso-Ford | 22 | Fatal accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jo Siffert | March-Ford | 22 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | 20 | Peter Gethin | McLaren-Ford | 18 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 32 | Dan Gurney | McLaren-Ford | 2 | Engine | 19 | |
| Ret | 8 | Chris Amon | March-Ford | 1 | Clutch | 4 | |
| DNQ | 21 | Andrea de Adamich | McLaren-Alfa Romeo | ||||
| DNQ | 19 | Rolf Stommelen | Brabham-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 31 | Pete Lovely | Lotus-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 29 | Silvio Moser | Bellasi-Ford | ||||
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