1970 Spanish Grand Prix

 1970 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 13 races of the 1970 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XVI Gran Premio de España
Date:	April 19, 1970
Place:	San Sebastian de los Reyes
Course:	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Length:	306.36 km in 90 laps of 3.404 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver:	Jack Brabham	Brabham
Time:	1: 23.9 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jack Brabham	Brabham
Time:	1: 24.3 min
Podium
First:	Jackie Stewart	March
Second:	Bruce McLaren	McLaren
Third:	Mario Andretti	March

The 1970 Spanish Grand Prix took place on April 19 at the Circuito del Jarama in San Sebastián de los Reyes , a suburb of Madrid , and was the second race of the 1970 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

After a six-week break since the race in South Africa , 22 racing cars were entered for the second World Championship round of the season. However, only 16 vehicles were to be approved for the race, so a high number of non-qualifiers was the expected consequence.

training

Jack Brabham drove the fastest practice time and, together with Denis Hulme and Jackie Stewart, formed the front row, which at that time still consisted of three vehicles. The second row, consisting of two vehicles, was formed by Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Pedro Rodríguez . Chris Amon , Jacky Ickx and Jochen Rindt qualified for the third row. Vehicles from seven different designers were thus on the first eight starting positions.

run

On the starting lap, Jackie Oliver collided with Jacky Ickx after he had lost control of his car due to a broken suspension. Both cars immediately went up in flames. Oliver was able to save himself with one jump and was unharmed. Ickx initially had problems opening his belts and suffered minor burns as a result of this delay. Despite the relatively long extinguishing work carried out by the marshals and the fire brigade , the race continued almost unaffected. After Oliver walked back to his pit and informed his team about the reason for the accident, Rodríguez, who was in sixth position in an identical vehicle, was asked to make a pit stop in order to be able to check his suspension parts. It was then decided to take him out of the race to be on the safe side.

Jackie Stewart took the lead right from the start and never gave it up until the finish. As a driver of the Tyrrell customer team, he achieved the first Grand Prix victory for the manufacturer March , which was only taking part in its second GP. While one of the March factory drivers, Jo Siffert, was unable to qualify and Chris Amon retired due to engine failure, another driver from a privately run March made it onto the podium with Mario Andretti , thus ensuring that the new manufacturer made an overall successful appearance. Second place went to Bruce McLaren , but like Andretti he benefited from the numerous retirements during the race, in which only five drivers crossed the finish line.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Tyrrell Racing Organization	1	Jackie Stewart	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
	16	Johnny Servoz-Gavin
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	2	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	F.
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	3	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 72	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	19th	John Miles
Garvey Team Lotus	23	Àlex Soler-Roig	Lotus 49C
Equipe Matra Elf	4th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	G
	22nd	Henri Pescarolo
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	5	Denis Hulme	McLaren M14A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	11	Bruce McLaren
	20th	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren M7D	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8
Rob Walker Racing Team	6th	Graham Hill	Lotus 49C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT33		G
Auto Motor and Sport	24	Rolf Stommelen
Team Surtees	8th	John Surtees	McLaren M7C		F.
March engineering	9	Chris Amon	March 701		F.
	14th	Jo Siffert
Yardley Team BRM	10	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM P153	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	15th	Jackie Oliver
Owen Racing Organization	21st	George Eaton
Frank Williams Racing Cars	12	Piers Courage	De Tomaso 505	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
STP Corporation	18th	Mario Andretti	March 701		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1: 23.9	146.060 km / h	01
02	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 24.1	145.712 km / h	02
03	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	1: 24.2	145.539 km / h	03
04th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 24.46	145.091 km / h	04th
05	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1: 24.5	145.022 km / h	05
06th	Chris Amon	March-Ford	1: 24.65	144.766 km / h	06th
07th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 24.7	144.680 km / h	07th
08th	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 24.8	144.509 km / h	08th
09	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	1: 24.9	144.339 km / h	09
10	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 25.0	144.169 km / h	10
11	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	1: 25.0	144.169 km / h	11
DNQ	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	1: 25.1	144,000 km / h	16 1
DNQ	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	1: 25.15	143.915 km / h	-
14th	John Surtees	McLaren-Ford	1: 25.2	143.831 km / h	12
DNQ	John Miles	Lotus Ford	1: 25.3	143.662 km / h	-
DNQ	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	1: 25.38	143.528 km / h	-
17th	Piers Courage	De Tomaso-Ford	1: 25.44	143.427 km / h	DNS
18th	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	March-Ford	1: 25.46	143.393 km / h	13
19th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 25.54	143.259 km / h	14th
20th	Mario Andretti	March-Ford	1: 25.7	142.992 km / h	15th
DNQ	Àlex Soler-Roig	Lotus Ford	1: 25.8	142.825 km / h	-
DNQ	George Eaton	BRM	1: 26.4	141.833 km / h	-

¹ Rolf Stommelen wasn't actually qualified. However, since Piers Courage did not start, he got the last starting place.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	90	0	2: 10: 58.2	03	1: 24.4
02	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	89	0	+ 1 lap	11	1: 25.7
03	Mario Andretti	March-Ford	89	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 25.7
04th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	89	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 26.2
05	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	March-Ford	88	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 25.9
-	John Surtees	McLaren-Ford	76	0	DNF	12	1: 25.9	Gearbox damage
-	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	61	0	DNF	01	1: 24.3	Engine failure
-	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	43	1	DNF	17th	1: 27.5	Engine failure
-	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	33	0	DNF	09	1: 27.1	Engine failure
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	31	0	DNF	04th	1: 27.0	Engine failure
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	10	0	DNF	02	1: 28.1	Misfire
-	Chris Amon	March-Ford	10	0	DNF	06th	1: 35.0	Engine failure
-	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	09	0	DNF	08th	1: 29.8	Misfire
-	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	04th	0	WD	05	1: 31.8	task
-	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	07th	-	accident
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	00	0	DNF	10	-	accident
-	Piers Courage	De Tomaso-Ford	-	0	DNS	13	-	not started

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jackie Stewart March 13 02  Jack Brabham Brabham 9 03  Bruce McLaren McLaren 6th 04th  Denis Hulme McLaren 6th 05  Graham Hill lotus 4th

Item driver constructor Points 06th  Mario Andretti March 4th 07th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 3 08th  Johnny Servoz-Gavin March 2 09  John Miles lotus 2

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  March 13 02  McLaren 12 03  Brabham 9 04th  lotus 5 05  Matra 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 13, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed June 13, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 13, 2011)