Brands Hatch 1000km race 1970

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John Wyer Automotive-Porsche 917K
Matra MS650 , emergency car from Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jack Brabham
Ferrari 512S
Alfa Romeo T33 / 3

The 1970 Brands Hatch 1000 km race , also known as the BOAC 1000 Kilometers World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch , took place on April 12 at Brands Hatch and was the third round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

The endurance race on the Brands Hatch circuit had been part of the World Sports Car Championship since 1967 . From 1967 to 1969 the event was advertised as a 6-hour race. In 1970 the British Racing & Sports Car Club changed the distance to 1000 kilometers.

The 1970 race at Brands Hatch was the third race. The season began with the 24 Hours of Daytona , which with the overall victory by Pedro Rodriguez , Leo Kinnunen and Brian Redman in by John Wyer reported Porsche 917 ended. The Sebring 12-hour race saw Scuderia Ferrari's first victory in a sports car world championship race since the success of Chris Amon and Lorenzo Bandini in the Ferrari 330P4 at the Monza 1000 km race in 1967 . Ignazio Giunti , Nino Vaccarella and Mario Andretti won in the Ferrari 512S just ahead of a Porsche 908/02 driven by Peter Revson and American actor Steve McQueen .

The race

Wyer race director David Yorke registered two Porsche 917K for Pedro Rodríguez / Leo Kinnunen and Jo Siffert / Brian Redman. The two 917K from Porsche Salzburg were driven by Vic Elford / Denis Hulme and Richard Attwood / Hans Herrmann . Surprisingly the start of Denny Hulme, who had Formula 1 World Champion in 1967 , the team of Louise Piëch the thwarted Kurt Ahrens replaced. David Piper reported a fifth 917K for himself and David Hobbs . After winning the world title in 1969 , the reduced Porsche - factory team 's commitment crucial. For the first time in the season, two vehicles were registered for the Brands Hatch race, but both were owned by Hans-Dieter Dechent . The number 56 908/02 was driven by Gerhard Koch and Gérard Larrousse . One driver of the car with the number 55 was the British Tony Dean . Dean had an accident with the car during training (racing partner was Hans-Dieter Dechent) and could not take part in the race.

At Scuderia Ferrari, too, there were changes in the drivers of the two 512S Spyder that were reported. Chris Amon, who had left Scuderia at the end of the 1969 season and started the formula for March Engineering , returned to the Scuderia sports car team at Brands Hatch. His partner in the race was Arturo Merzario . With Jackie Oliver , who drove for Ferrari for the first time, Jacky Ickx received his standard partner from his time with John Wyer in 1969 at Brands Hatch. Scuderia Filipinetti reported a third 512S for Herbert Müller and Mike Parkes , and a fourth for Georg Loos from Germany (team-mate Jonathan Williams ). In addition to the Matra-Simca MS650 for Jack Brabham / Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Henri Pescarolo / Johnny Servoz-Gavin , the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 with a 3-liter V8 engine was finally used. Autodelta reported a Tipo 33 for Piers Courage and Andrea de Adamich .

The fastest lap time in practice was achieved by Chris Amon in a Ferrari 512S Spyder with 1: 28.600 minutes, which corresponded to an average of 173.286 km / h. For comparison: At the British Grand Prix , which was driven at Brands Hatch in July 1970, the pole position time was 1: 24.800 minutes, driven by Jochen Rindt in a Lotus 72C .

The race took place under bad weather conditions. Despite the pouring rain, however, 20,000 spectators hit the track on race day. Georg Loos decided not to start because he had no rain tires. Vic Elford had the best start in the rain in the Porsche 917, which led Jacky Ickx (Ferrari), Jack Brabham (Matra) and Jo Siffert (Porsche) as well as the rest of the field into the first lap. Pedro Rodríguez had overtaken several yellow flag cars and for a few laps ignored the race management's warning flag to allow himself to be overtaken again. In order to avoid a disqualification in the room, the Wyer team management brought the Mexican into the pits and let the Porsche stop until all cars had passed the 917 again. Jo Siffert's Porsche suffered a puncture early on and Piers Courage had an accident in the rain in the Alfa Romeo on the home straight.

Jacky Ickx soon lost the lead to Vic Elford. Ickx, and later his teammate Jackie Oliver, had major problems with the windshield wipers . Both drivers had to go to the pits several times without planning in order to have the wiper blades changed. The rain decreased with the duration of the race and the lap times got better. As the race progressed, Rodríguez and Kinnunen clearly separated themselves from the rest of the field. After an accident by Brian Redman, which led to the failure of the second Wyer-917, the duo was safe. At the finish they had a lead of five laps on the Porsche-Salzburg-917 from Elford and Hulme. Chris Amon lost third place due to problems with the fuel supply. Twice in the last phase of the race he came to the pits to refuel and in the end fell back to fifth place. As a result, Attwood and Herrmann finished third overall in the second Porsche-Salzburg-917.

Results

Final ranking

Item class No. team driver vehicle Round
1 S 5.0 10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JW Automotive Engineering MexicoMexico Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen
FinlandFinland
Porsche 917K 235
2 S 5.0 11 AustriaAustria Porsche Salzburg United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vic Elford Denny Hulme
New ZealandNew Zealand
Porsche 917K 230
3 S 5.0 12 AustriaAustria Porsche Salzburg United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Attwood Hans Herrmann
GermanyGermany
Porsche 917K 227
4th P 3.0 57 FinlandFinland Racing Team AAW NetherlandsNetherlands Gijs van Lennep Hans Laine
FinlandFinland
Porsche 908/02 227
5 S 5.0 2 ItalyItaly Spa Ferrari SEFAC New ZealandNew Zealand Chris Amon Arturo Merzario
ItalyItaly
Ferrari 512S Spyder 225
6th P 3.0 56 GermanyGermany Martini International Racing Team FranceFrance Gérard Larrousse Gerhard Koch
GermanyGermany
Porsche 908/02 217
7th S 5.0 5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ecurie Bonnier SwedenSweden Jo Bonnier Reine Wisell
SwedenSweden
Lola T70 Mk.3B GT 217
8th S 5.0 1 ItalyItaly Spa Ferrari SEFAC BelgiumBelgium Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 512S Spyder 213
9 S 2.0 28 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John L'Amie United KingdomUnited KingdomJohn L'Amie Tommy Reid
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 910 211
10 S 2.0 25th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Central Garage Mirfield Ltd. United KingdomUnited KingdomJohn Lepp George Silverwood
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B8 211
11 S 2.0 27 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nick Gold United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Beuttler Nick Gold
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 910 201
12 P 3.0 51 FranceFrance Equipe Matra Simca AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham Jean-Pierre Beltoise
FranceFrance
Matra-Simca MS650 201
13 S 5.0 3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Scuderia Filipinetti SwitzerlandSwitzerland Herbert Müller Mike Parkes
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 512S 197
14th S 2.0 23 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Intertech Steering Wheels United KingdomUnited KingdomMike Franey Angus Clydesdale
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B8 197
15th P 2.0 81 United KingdomUnited Kingdom AM Graphic Racing Organization United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gerry Birrell Andrew Mylius
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Gropa CMC 195
16 P 2.0 79 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roger Nathan Racing United KingdomUnited KingdomRoger Nathan Mike Beckwith
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Astra RNR2 193
17th P 2.0 74 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chevron Racing Team United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Bridges Peter Lawson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B16 189
Failed
18th P 2.0 72 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mark Konig United KingdomUnited KingdomTony Lanfranchi Mark Konig
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Nomad Mk.2 185
19th P 3.0 58 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ecurie Evergreen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alain de Cadenet Jorge Omar Del Rio
ArgentinaArgentina
Porsche 908/02 179
20th S 5.0 9 United KingdomUnited Kingdom JW Automotive Engineering SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jo Siffert Brian Redman
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 917K 176
21st P 3.0 52 FranceFrance Equipe Matra Simca FranceFrance Henri Pescarolo Johnny Servoz-Gavin
FranceFrance
Matra-Simca MS650 161
22nd S 2.0 21st United KingdomUnited Kingdom Worcestershire Racing Association United KingdomUnited KingdomJohn Bamford Peter Creasey James Tangye
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B8 112
23 S 2.0 77 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Worcestershire Racing Association United KingdomUnited KingdomMike Walker John Burton
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B16 101
24 S 2.0 24 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lec refridgeration United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Purley Chris Skeaping
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B8 88
25th S 2.0 22nd United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paul Watson Race Organization United KingdomUnited KingdomTrevor Twaites Peter Smith
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B8 73
26th S 2.0 26th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Road & Racing Accessories Holborn Ltd. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paul Vestey Roy Pike
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 910 73
27 P 2.0 76 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Digby Martland United KingdomUnited KingdomCharles Lucas Digby Martland
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B16 69
28 P 2.0 71 GermanyGermany Hans-Dieter Blatzheim GermanyGermany Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Ernst Kraus
GermanyGermany
Porsche 907 56
29 P 3.0 60 ItalyItaly Autodelta SpA United KingdomUnited Kingdom Piers Courage Andrea de Adamich
ItalyItaly
Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 54
30th S 5.0 7th Bahamas 1953Bahamas Grand Bahama Racing Team United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike De Udy Frank Gardner
AustraliaAustralia
Lola T70 Mk.3B GT 26th
31 P 3.0 59 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ecurie Evergreen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Craft Trevor Taylor
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
McLaren M8C 25th
32 P 2.0 82 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Daren Cars Ltd. United KingdomUnited KingdomJeremy Richardson Peter Brown
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Daren Mk.2 12
33 P 2.0 75 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chevron Racing Team United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Hine Ian Skailes
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B16 9
34 S 5.0 6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sid Taylor Racing United KingdomUnited KingdomBarrie Smith Howden Ganley
New ZealandNew Zealand
Lola T70 Mk.3B GT 1
Not started
35 S 5.0 4th GermanyGermany Gelo Racing Team GermanyGermany Georg Loos Jonathan Williams
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 512S 1
36 S 5.0 14th United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Piper United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Piper David Hobbs
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 917K 2
37 P 3.0 53 United KingdomUnited Kingdom ARJ Max Wilson United KingdomUnited KingdomMax Wilson Mac Daghorn
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lola T70P 3
38 P 3.0 55 GermanyGermany Martini International Racing Team United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Dean Hans-Dieter Dechent
GermanyGermany
Porsche 908/02 4th
39 S 5.0 T United KingdomUnited Kingdom JW Automotive Engineering FinlandFinlandLeo Kinnunen David Hobbs
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 917K 5
40 S 2.0 T United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Goodwin United KingdomUnited KingdomTony Goodwin Peter Taggart
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B6 6th
41 S 2.0 22T United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paul Watson Race Organization United KingdomUnited KingdomTrevor Twaites Peter Smith
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B8 7th
Not qualified
42 P 2.0 78 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brian Robinson United KingdomUnited KingdomBrian Robinson Barrie Maskell
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B16 8th

1 no rain tires 2 drive shaft damage during training 3 withdrawn 4 engine damage during training 5 training car 6 training car 7 training car 9 not qualified

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
43 S 5.0 8th United KingdomUnited Kingdom A&J Motors Chadwell Heath Ltd. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Derek Bell Terry Croker
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lola T70 Mk.3B GT
44 P 3.0 54 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paul Watson Race Organization United KingdomUnited KingdomAlistair Cowin John Wilson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B12
45 P 2.0 73 BelgiumBelgium Levi's International Racing BelgiumBelgiumYves Deprez Julien Vernaeve
BelgiumBelgium
Chevron B16
46 P 2.0 80 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Guy Edwards United KingdomUnited Kingdom Guy Edwards Mike Franey Roger Enever
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Astra RNR2
47 P 2.0 83 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Taydec Cars TR Clapham United KingdomUnited KingdomMalcolm Payne Geoff Breakell
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Taydec Mk.II

Class winner

class driver driver vehicle Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0 NetherlandsNetherlands Gijs van Lennep FinlandFinland Hans Laine Porsche 908/02 Rank 4
P 2.0 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gerry Birrell United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andrew Mylius Gropa CMC Rank 15
S 5.0 MexicoMexico Pedro Rodriguez FinlandFinland Leo Kinnunen Porsche 917K Overall victory
S 2.0 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John L'Amie United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tommy Reid Porsche 910 Rank 9

Racing data

  • Registered: 42
  • Started: 34
  • Rated: 21
  • Race classes: 4
  • Spectators: 20,000
  • Race day weather: rain
  • Route length: 4.265 km
  • Driving time of the winning team: 6:45: 29,600 hours
  • Total laps of the winning team: 235
  • Total distance of the winning team: 1002.219 km
  • Winner's average: 148.296 km / h
  • Pole position: Chris Amon - Ferrari 512S Spyder (# 2) - 1: 28.600 = 173.286 km / h
  • Fastest race lap: unknown
  • Racing series: 3rd round of the 1970 sports car world championship
  • Racing series: 3rd round of the British Sports Car Championship 1970

literature

  • 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

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