1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1970

Race winner Vic Elford in the Porsche 908/03 with the starting number 22. The picture shows how high and largely unprotected the very tall Vic Elford sat in the Porsche 908 in 1970

The second-placed Hans Herrmann in the Porsche 908/03 with starting number 15

Third placed Nino Vaccarella in a Ferrari 512S Spyder (start number 55). In contrast to the conventional 512S, the Spyder had no roof

Fourth placed Mike Parkes (start number 58) in a Ferrari 512S with roof

The fifth-placed Gérard Larrousse in the Porsche 908/02 with starting number 1

Jo Siffert in the Wyer-Porsche 908/03 with starting number 20. The car broke down after driving 22 laps without oil pressure

The only Porsche 917 at the start was the short-tail version from Helmut Kelleners (at the wheel) and Jürgen Neuhaus . Failure after 9 laps due to a damaged wheel bearing

The Porsche 911L from Franz Pesch and Georg Loos , who won the GT class with a displacement of up to 2 liters

Entrance to the south bend; in front the Alfa Romeo GTA by Peter Otto and Jörg Klasen, behind the Porsche 914/6 by Robert Huhn and Günther Schwarz

Alexander Nolte and Werner Christmann's Porsche 914/6 at the entrance to the south bend

The 16th 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also ADAC 1000 km race Nürburgring, Nürburgring Nordschleife , took place on May 31, 1970 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

The World Sportscar Championship in 1970 was dominated by the German sports car - manufacturer Porsche . In 1969 , the Porsche racing department from Zuffenhausen won the brand world championship for the first time and went to great lengths to do so. In 1970 the sporting activities were severely restricted and the works outings were carried out primarily by John Wyer's racing team and the Porsche Holding from Salzburg . As in 1969, the Scuderia Ferrari cars were the toughest competition in the respective races.

The season began with a Porsche victory at the Daytona 24-hour race , driven by Pedro Rodríguez , Leo Kinnunen and Brian Redman in a Porsche 917K . Scuderia Ferrari's long lack of victory in the World Sports Car Championship ended with overall victory in the Sebring 12-hour race . The last success of the Italian racing team was more than 2 ½ years ago and dated from the sports car world championship in 1967 . At 1000 km race at Monza celebrated Lorenzo Bandini / Chris Amon and Mike Parkes / Ludovico Scarfiotti on Ferrari 330P4s a double victory. Bandini (at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1967 ) and Scarfiotti (the hill climb on the Roßfeldhöhenringstraße 1968) had an accident within a year fatal. Chris Amon left Scuderia at the end of 1969 and switched to March in Formula 1 . Mike Parkes, who had not raced for three years after his serious accident at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1967 , worked in 1969 as the Scuderia operations manager at the endurance race at the Nürburgring . In 1970 he made a comeback and returned to the ring as a driver for the Scuderia Filipinetti . The victory at the Sebring International Raceway went to Ignazio Giunti , Nino Vaccarella and Mario Andretti in the 512S .

After the 1000 km race at Brands Hatch , there were only wins for the Wyer-Porsche. Pedro Rodríguez and Leo Kinnunen won the Brands Hatch mountain and valley track in a Porsche 917K, who also won the Monza 1000 km race with this racing car model . The Targa Florio ended with the overall victory of Jo Siffert and Brian Redman in the Porsche 908/03 entered for the first time . Siffert and Redman also won the last race before the race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps .

The race

Teams, vehicles and drivers

At the beginning of the 1970 season, John Wyer’s racing team took over the works operations of the Porsche racing department. What was interpreted as an exclusive contract by the team around David Yorke , Ermanno Cuoghi , Peter Davies and John Horsman soon turned out to be a fallacy. The team of Porsche Salzburg received during the year equivalent technical support as the Wyer team, which made there for resistant displeasure. The collaboration between Zuffenhausen and Salzburg was the logical consequence of the family connection. The Porsche Salzburg owner Louise Piëch was the mother of the Porsche development manager Ferdinand Piëch and the sister of the managing director Ferry Porsche . In 1970 only a small department around Peter Falk and Rico Steinemann was active in Zuffenhausen, although it maintained solid racing operations. Competing in sports car races was not propagated as a works assignment and should not disrupt the work of Wyer and Porsche Salzburg, which meant that the 5-liter Porsche 917 could not be operated. The 3-liter long-tail versions of the Porsche 908 Spyder, owned by Hans-Dieter Dechent, were driven. Porsche took on the maintenance and use of the cars in the races with its own staff. At the Nürburgring two 908/02 were registered for the drivers Gérard Larrousse , Helmut Marko , Rudi Lins and Willi Kauhsen .

As in the previous year, Porsche rented the Nürburgring for a day of testing in 1970 before the race. In contrast to 1969, when you drove on the Südschleife , this time the test drives took place on the Nordschleife. During the trips, it should be clarified which vehicle model was faster on the 22.835 kilometer long racetrack. The Porsche technicians had developed a new racing car for the winding Piccolo circuito delle Madonie , on which the Targa Florio was driven. The Porsche 908/03 emerged from the Porsche 909 Bergspyder and was driven to victory in Sicily . Since the Nürburgring had a similar route profile as the Piccolo circuito, the question of whether the Spyder would also be faster on the ring than the 917 short tail had to be clarified. The decision was made in favor of the Spyder. The Porsche 917K were the faster cars, but in order to be fast they had to be driven consistently at the limit, which meant great physical effort for the driver. The 908/03 were much easier to drive and their 3-liter eight-cylinder engines had a much lower fuel consumption than the 5-liter Agreggate in the 917. This made it possible to save a refueling stop over the 1000 km distance. After the Targa Florio, the Spyder were brought back to Zuffenhausen and reassigned to the Porsche teams before the race. Jo Siffert and Brian Redman drove at the Targa with the 008 chassis, which Vic Elford and Kurt Ahrens received from Porsche Salzburg at the Ring . Siffert and Redman got 010, a newly built chassis. The second Wyer team - Pedro Rodríguez and Leo Kinnunen - drove with chassis 011, which was driven by Richard Attwood and Björn Waldegård in the Targa . Attwood drove at the Ring together with Hans Herrmann in the car with the chassis number 003, which had not yet been used.

Also Autodelta came for testing on the Nürburgring. Four Alfa Romeo T33 / 3s had been entered, but only Rolf Stommelen's and Piers Courage's car took part in the race. Scuderia Ferrari came to the track with three 512S, all of which were called Spyder because they had no fixed roof. The cars were driven by the teams John Surtees / Nino Vaccarella, Ignazio Giunti / Arturo Merzario and Jacky Ickx / Peter Schetty . Mike Parkes' teammate in the Filipinetti-512S was Herbert Müller .

Fatal accident during training

Hans Laine , born in Helsinki in 1945, was the second Finn in 1970, alongside his close friend and compatriot Leo Kinnunen , to quickly celebrate success in the World Sports Car Championship. Laine drove sports car races for Racing Team AAW , the racing team of Finnish businessman Antti Aarnio-Wihuri . With his regular partner Gijs van Lennep , Laine usually started with a Porsche 908/02. The best place in the world championship was fourth place at the 1970 Targa Florio. The team also registered a Porsche 908/02 for Laine and van Lennep for the event at the Nürburgring. Laine had a fatal accident during Saturday training. On the long straight of Döttinger Höhe at Antoniusbuche level, the Porsche took off at high speed and overturned several times over the longitudinal axis. The car was completely destroyed in the impact, caught fire and burned out completely. Hans Laine perished in the flames. After the fatal accident, the team withdrew from Pauli Toivonen and Sten Axelsson's Porsche 917K . The third Racing Team AAW car, a Porsche 911S , started the race. The vehicle was owned by the German racing driver Dieter Fröhlich , who was looked after by the Finnish team's pit crew. Fröhlich contested the race together with Toivonen and won the class of GT cars over 2 liters with his team-mate in 14th place overall .

Peter Schetty also had a serious accident during training in the factory Ferrari 512S Spyder. Between the sections of the mine and carousel route, he lost control of the car on Friday, which overturned, deviated from the track and remained between trees on the roof. Schetty was very lucky and was not injured in the accident. However, the car was so badly damaged that a race start was not possible. Before Schetty, Jacky Ickx had driven a few laps with the Ferrari and then had to cancel the race. Ickx had fallen down a flight of stairs a few days earlier and had a bandaged hand that hindered him too much in the cockpit.

Fast lap times in training

Jo Siffert set the fastest lap time in practice in a Porsche 908/03 with 7: 43.300 minutes and was only 1.2 seconds slower than Jacky Ickx on his pole position lap in the Brabham BT26A at the German Grand Prix in 1969 . There are no comparable times for the 1970 German Grand Prix , as this Formula 1 World Championship race was held at the Hockenheimring .

The course of the race

54 cars started the race on Sunday with Indianapolis start . Herbert Linge followed the field as 55th car on the first lap in a Porsche 914 provided by the organizer as a security vehicle . Pedro Rodríguez and Jo Siffert in the two Wyer-908/03 led the field in the beginning, followed by Ignazio Giunti in the best Ferrari and Vic Elford in the Porsche. The race for the factory Ferrari 512S with starting number 57 ended on the third lap when Giunti rolled out on the track due to a defective injection pump. Behind Rodríguez and Siffert, Elford was now in third place. John Surtees was fourth in the Ferrari ahead of Rolf Stommeln in the only 3-liter Alfa Romeo and Hans Herrmann in the second Porsche-Salzburg-908. At the 13th place was the Berta LR, one from a Cosworth - V8 engine driven Argentine mid-engine sports car from Oreste Berta ; at the wheel Luis Di Palma . On the fifth lap the car broke down with radiator damage.

In the lead, the two Wyer-Porsches drove up and away, and Elford in the Porsche-Salzburg 908/03 was also unable to set the duo's fast lap times. On the seventh lap, John Surtees unexpectedly drove to the Ferrari pit to have the steering wheel replaced, and lost valuable time in the process. On the ninth lap, Siffert took the lead and on the eleventh came to the pits to refuel and change drivers. Rodríguez and Elford also stopped on this lap. While Kinnunen and Ahrens left the pits without any problems, Redman was initially unable to start the Porsche that Siffert had taken over and was only back on track in third place. At kilometer 13, Kinnunen had an accident that tore the Wyer-Porsche out of the race. The car had lifted off on a hill and swerved on impact. After only one lap, Redman brought the Wyer-Porsche back into the lead and comfortably expanded it up to 22 laps. The only Porsche 917 in the field had retired on the ninth lap with a damaged wheel bearing, the Alfa Romeo on the eleventh lap with a defective shock absorber. At halftime, Redman came into the pits as the superior leader to refuel and to hand the Porsche back to Siffert. When Siffert wanted to drive off, the starter struck again. It wasn't until the mechanics connected two additional batteries that the engine started. But a whole lap was lost. A few kilometers later the car rolled out on the track without oil pressure. With the failure of both Wyer-Porsches, the Porsche-Salzburg-Wagen celebrated an undisputed double victory, with Elford / Ahrens ahead of Herrmann / Attwood. One lap behind, Surtees and Vaccarella finished third in their factory Ferrari 512S.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 3.0	22nd	Porsche constructions Salzburg	Vic Elford Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 908/03	44
2	P 3.0	15th	Porsche constructions Salzburg	Hans Herrmann Richard Attwood	Porsche 908/03	44
3	S 5.0	55	Ferrari spa	John Surtees Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari 512S Spyder	43
4th	S 5.0	58	Scuderia Filipinetti	Mike Parkes Herbert Mueller	Ferrari 512S	42
5	P 3.0	1	Int. Martini Racing Team	Gérard Larrousse Helmut Marko	Porsche 908/02	42
6th	P 3.0	2	Int. Martini Racing Team	Rudi Lin's Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 908/02	42
7th	P 3.0	11	German BG Racing Team	Karl von Wendt Gerhard Koch	Porsche 908/02	41
8th	P 3.0	4th	Asahi Pentax Racing Team	Sepp Greger Helmut Leuze	Porsche 908/02	40
9	P 2.0	29	André Wicky Racing Team	André Wicky Mario Cabral	Porsche 907	39
10	P 2.0	24	Levi's Int. Racing team	Yves Deprez Julien Vernaeve	Chevron B16	39
11	P 3.0	17th	Gesipa Racing Team	Dieter Basche Helmut Kellener's Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 908/02	38
12	P 3.0	10	Scuderia Auto-Neuser	Anton Fischhaber Dieter Schmid	Porsche 906 Spyder	38
13	P 2.0	31	Mark Konig	Mark Konig Tony Lanfranchi	Nomad Mk.2	37
14th	GT + 2.0	79	Racing Team AAW	Dieter Fröhlich Pauli Toivonen	Porsche 911S	37
15th	GT + 2.0	84	Auto Kremer	Erwin Kremer Günther Huber	Porsche 911S	37
16	GT + 2.0	85	Oldenkott Pipe and Tobacco Racing	Clemens Schickentanz Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911S	37
17th	S 2.0	67	Roger Heavens	Roger Heavens Mike Garton	Chevron B8	37
18th	GT 2.0	92	Porsche constructions Salzburg	Georg Loos Franz Pesch	Porsche 911L	36
19th	GT 2.0	88	Scuderia Lufthansa	Robert Huhn Günther Schwarz	Porsche 914/6	36
20th	GT 2.0	93	Hahn motor vehicles	Peter Kaiser Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 914/6	36
21st	GT 2.0	101	VW-Porsche Sports Car Center Hülpert & Co.	Alexander Nolte Werner Christmann	Porsche 914/6	36
22nd	S 5.0	60	Piers Forester	Piers Forester Alain de Cadenet	Ford GT40	35
23	GT 2.0	96	Max Moritz car dealership	Gerd Quist Dietrich Krumm	Porsche 914/6	35
24	GT 2.0	96	Jean-Marie Jacquemin	Jean-Marie Jacquemin William Scheeren Bernard Palayer	Alpine A110	35
25th	GT + 2.0	83	Claude Haldi	Claude Haldi Eric Chapuis	Porsche 911S	34
26th	GT 2.0	91	Bernd Becker	Bernd Becker Elmar Clever	Porsche 911S	34
27	P 1.6	42	Dieter Weizinger	Dieter Weizinger Wilhelm Bisterfeld	Alfa Romeo GTA Junior	34
28	GT 2.0	94	Jörg Klasen	Peter Otto Jörg Klasen	Alfa Romeo GTA	34
29	GT 2.0	97	Ecurie Evergreen	David Weir Mike Ogier	Porsche 911T	32
30th	S 2.0	69	Worcestershire Racing Org.	James Tangye Paul Vestey	Chevron B8	32
31	S 2.0	73	Edward Negus	Edward Negus Brian Joscelyne	Chevron B8	30th
32	P 1.6	43	Stanley Robinson	Stanley Robinson John Blanckley	Unipower GT	29
33	P 2.0	28	AM Graphics Racing Org.	Andrew Mylius Gerry Birrell	Gropa CMC	28
34	P 2.0	26th	Red Rose Motors	John Bridges Peter Lawson	Chevron B16	28
Failed
35	S 2.0	66	Nikolaus Killenberg	Nikolaus Killenberg Georg Bialas	Chevron B8	24
36	P 3.0	20th	JW Automotive Engineering Ltd.	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche 908/03	22nd
37	P 1.6	38	Daren Cars Ltd.	Jeremy Richardson Alistair Cowin	Daren Mk.2	22nd
38	S 2.0	70	André Wicky Racing Team	Willy Meier Mario Ilotte	Porsche 910	21st
39	S 2.0	68	Worcestershire Racing Org.	John Bamford Peter Creasey	Chevron B8	20th
40	P 2.0	23	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Ernst Kraus	Porsche 907 Spyder	19th
41	S 2.0	64	Tony Goodwin	Tony Goodwin Peter Taggart	Chevron B6 / 8	15th
42	GT + 2.0	81	Hediri Racing Team	Peter Peter Dieter Eymann	Shelby GT350	13
43	P 3.0	12	Victor Business Machines	Peter Gaydon Keith Grant	Brabham BT8	12
44	P 3.0	16	Turbo May	Hannelore Werner Mike Kranefuss	Ford Capri RS Turbo	12
45	P 3.0	32	Guy Edwards	Guy Edwards Roger Enever	Astra RNR2	12
46	P 3.0	6th	Autodelta	Rolf Stommelen Piers Courage	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	11
47	P 3.0	21st	JW Automotive Engineering Ltd.	Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 908/03	11
48	S 5.0	54	Gesipa Racing Team	Helmut Kellener's Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 917K	9
49	S 2.0	72	Martin Blackie	Martin Blackie Peter Humble	Chevron B8	7th
50	GT 2.0	100	Martini BMW	Heinz Becker Friedhelm Theissen	Porsche 911S	7th
51	P 3.0	19th	Oreste Berta	Luis Di Palma Carlos Marincovich	Berta LR	5
52	P 3.0	14th	Max Wilson	Max Wilson Mac Daghorn	Lola T70P	4th
53	S 2.0	75	John L'Amie	John L'Amie Tommy Reid	Porsche 910	4th
54	S 5.0	57	Ferrari spa	Ignazio Giunti Arturo Merzario	Ferrari 512 S Spyder	2
Not started
55	P 3.0	9	Racing Team AAW	Gijs van Lennep Hans Laine	Porsche 908/02	1
56	S 5.0	46	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette Gustave Gosselin	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	2
57	S 5.0	49	Racing Team AAW	Pauli Toivonen Sten Axelsson	Porsche 917K	3
58	S 5.0	56	Ferrari spa	John Surtees Peter Schetty Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 512 S Spyder	4th

¹ fatal accident by Laine during training ² differential damage during training ³ withdrawn ⁴ accident by Schetty during training

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
59	P 3.0	3	Int. Martini Racing Team	Rudi Lin's Jean-Claude Killy	Porsche 908/02
60	P 3.0	5	Autodelta	Piers Courage Andrea de Adamich	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3
61	P 3.0	7th	Autodelta	Masts Gregory Toine Hezemans	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3
62	P 3.0	8th	Autodelta	Teodoro Zeccoli Carlo Facetti	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3
63	P 3.0	15th	Chris Lawrence	Chris Lawrence John Wingfield	Deep Sanderson 302
64	P 3.0	18th	Daren Cars Ltd.	John Green Hugh Dibley	Daren Mk.2
65	P 2.0	25th	Willie Tuckett	Willie Tuckett Peter Sadler	Gropa CMC
66	P 2.0	27	Ecurie Evergreen	Chris Craft Trevor Taylor	Lola T210
67	P 2.0	30th	Sperry & Hutchinson	John Markey Norman Lefton	pink
68	P 2.0	33	Ecurie Bonnier German BG Racing Team	Jo Bonnier Willy Kauhsen	Lola T210
69	P 2.0	34	Toshiba Electronic Racing Team Europe	Reinhardt Stenzel Hans-Dieter Weigel	Porsche 907
70	P 2.0	35	Lucas Racing Team	Digby Martland	Chevron B16
71	P 1.6	39	Jack Wheeler	Jack Wheeler Martin Davidson	Jeorba SP
72	P 1.6	40	Ark Racing	John Banks Chris Smith	Ark Sprite
73	P 1.6	41	Chris Barber	John Hine Clive Baker	Piper P2
74	S 5.0	47	David Piper	David Piper	Porsche 917K
75	S 5.0	48	Scuderia Picchio Rosso	Corrado Manfredini Giampiero Moretti	Ferrari 512S
76	S 5.0	50	JW Automotive Engineering Ltd.	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche 917K
77	S 5.0	51	JW Automotive Engineering Ltd.	Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 917K
78	S 5.0	52	Porsche constructions Salzburg	Kurt Ahrens Vic Elford	Porsche 917K
79	S 5.0	53	Porsche constructions Salzburg	Hans Herrmann Richard Attwood	Porsche 917K
80	S 2.0	65	Alfa Romeo Germany		Alfa Romeo T33 / 2
81	S 2.0	71	Intertech Steering Wheels	Angus Clydesdale	Chevron B8
82	S 2.0	74	Central Garage Mirfield	John Lepp George Silverwood	Chevron B8
83	GT + 2.0	80	Chris Tuerlinx	Chris Tuerlinx	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray
84	GT + 2.0	82	Hediri Racing Team	Manfred Pade Günther Obid	Ferrari 275 GTB / 2
85	GT 2.0	89	Neuss Motorsport Club	Walter Simonis Horst Hoier	Porsche 914/6
86	GT 2.0	90	Rally community Ulm	Eberhard Sindel Klaus Rank	Porsche 911S
87	GT 2.0	92	Porsche constructions Salzburg	Peter Peter Harald Ertl	Porsche 914/6
88	GT 2.0	98	Formula racing club	Joe Kretschi Sergio Moscatelli	Alfa Romeo GTA
89	GT 2.0	99	Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb Pierre Agostini	Alpine A110

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0	Vic Elford	Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 908/03	Overall victory
P 2.0	André Wicky	Mario Cabral	Porsche 907	Rank 9
P 1.6	Dieter Weizinger	Wilhelm Bisterfeld	Alfa Romeo GTA Junior	Rank 27
S 5.0	John Surtees	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari 512S Spyder	Rank 3
S 2.0	Roger Heavens	Mike Garton	Chevron B8	Rank 17
GT + 2.0	Dieter Fröhlich	Pauli Toivonen	Porsche 911S	Rank 14
GT 2.0	Georg Loos	Franz Pesch	Porsche 911L	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 89
• Started: 54
• Rated: 34
• Race classes: 7
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold, light rain
• Route length: 22.835 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:05:21, 200 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.740 km
• Winner's average: 165.003 km / h
• Pole position: Jo Siffert - Porsche 908/03 (# 20) - 7: 43.300 = 177.436 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Pedro Rodríguez - Porsche 908/03 (# 21) - 7: 50.400 = 174.758 km / h
• Racing series: Round 7 of the 1970 Sports Car World Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1970  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race report at Motorsport Magazine
• Race results at WSPR Racing

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Louise Piëch
2. ↑ About Ferdinand Piëch
3. ^ John Horsman: Racing in the Rain . Bull Publishing Ltd., Phönix 2006, ISBN 1-893618-71-4 , p. 226 ff.
4. ↑ On the death of Hans Laine
5. ↑ Pictures of the burned out wreck
6. ^ Report on the race with a picture and the description of the accident by Peter Schetty

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