Brands Hatch 1000km race 1970

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	JW Automotive Engineering	Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 917K	235
2	S 5.0	11	Porsche Salzburg	Vic Elford Denny Hulme	Porsche 917K	230
3	S 5.0	12	Porsche Salzburg	Richard Attwood Hans Herrmann	Porsche 917K	227
4th	P 3.0	57	Racing Team AAW	Gijs van Lennep Hans Laine	Porsche 908/02	227
5	S 5.0	2	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Chris Amon Arturo Merzario	Ferrari 512S Spyder	225
6th	P 3.0	56	Martini International Racing Team	Gérard Larrousse Gerhard Koch	Porsche 908/02	217
7th	S 5.0	5	Ecurie Bonnier	Jo Bonnier Reine Wisell	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	217
8th	S 5.0	1	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver	Ferrari 512S Spyder	213
9	S 2.0	28	John L'Amie	John L'Amie Tommy Reid	Porsche 910	211
10	S 2.0	25th	Central Garage Mirfield Ltd.	John Lepp George Silverwood	Chevron B8	211
11	S 2.0	27	Nick Gold	Mike Beuttler Nick Gold	Porsche 910	201
12	P 3.0	51	Equipe Matra Simca	Jack Brabham Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra-Simca MS650	201
13	S 5.0	3	Scuderia Filipinetti	Herbert Müller Mike Parkes	Ferrari 512S	197
14th	S 2.0	23	Intertech Steering Wheels	Mike Franey Angus Clydesdale	Chevron B8	197
15th	P 2.0	81	AM Graphic Racing Organization	Gerry Birrell Andrew Mylius	Gropa CMC	195
16	P 2.0	79	Roger Nathan Racing	Roger Nathan Mike Beckwith	Astra RNR2	193
17th	P 2.0	74	Chevron Racing Team	John Bridges Peter Lawson	Chevron B16	189
Failed
18th	P 2.0	72	Mark Konig	Tony Lanfranchi Mark Konig	Nomad Mk.2	185
19th	P 3.0	58	Ecurie Evergreen	Alain de Cadenet Jorge Omar Del Rio	Porsche 908/02	179
20th	S 5.0	9	JW Automotive Engineering	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche 917K	176
21st	P 3.0	52	Equipe Matra Simca	Henri Pescarolo Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra-Simca MS650	161
22nd	S 2.0	21st	Worcestershire Racing Association	John Bamford Peter Creasey James Tangye	Chevron B8	112
23	S 2.0	77	Worcestershire Racing Association	Mike Walker John Burton	Chevron B16	101
24	S 2.0	24	Lec refridgeration	David Purley Chris Skeaping	Chevron B8	88
25th	S 2.0	22nd	Paul Watson Race Organization	Trevor Twaites Peter Smith	Chevron B8	73
26th	S 2.0	26th	Road & Racing Accessories Holborn Ltd.	Paul Vestey Roy Pike	Porsche 910	73
27	P 2.0	76	Digby Martland	Charles Lucas Digby Martland	Chevron B16	69
28	P 2.0	71	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Ernst Kraus	Porsche 907	56
29	P 3.0	60	Autodelta SpA	Piers Courage Andrea de Adamich	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	54
30th	S 5.0	7th	Grand Bahama Racing Team	Mike De Udy Frank Gardner	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	26th
31	P 3.0	59	Ecurie Evergreen	Chris Craft Trevor Taylor	McLaren M8C	25th
32	P 2.0	82	Daren Cars Ltd.	Jeremy Richardson Peter Brown	Daren Mk.2	12
33	P 2.0	75	Chevron Racing Team	John Hine Ian Skailes	Chevron B16	9
34	S 5.0	6th	Sid Taylor Racing	Barrie Smith Howden Ganley	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	1
Not started
35	S 5.0	4th	Gelo Racing Team	Georg Loos Jonathan Williams	Ferrari 512S	1
36	S 5.0	14th	David Piper	David Piper David Hobbs	Porsche 917K	2
37	P 3.0	53	ARJ Max Wilson	Max Wilson Mac Daghorn	Lola T70P	3
38	P 3.0	55	Martini International Racing Team	Tony Dean Hans-Dieter Dechent	Porsche 908/02	4th
39	S 5.0	T	JW Automotive Engineering	Leo Kinnunen David Hobbs	Porsche 917K	5
40	S 2.0	T	Tony Goodwin	Tony Goodwin Peter Taggart	Chevron B6	6th
41	S 2.0	22T	Paul Watson Race Organization	Trevor Twaites Peter Smith	Chevron B8	7th
Not qualified
42	P 2.0	78	Brian Robinson	Brian Robinson Barrie Maskell	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	A&J Motors Chadwell Heath Ltd.	Derek Bell Terry Croker	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT
44	P 3.0	54	Paul Watson Race Organization	Alistair Cowin John Wilson	Chevron B12
45	P 2.0	73	Levi's International Racing	Yves Deprez Julien Vernaeve	Chevron B16
46	P 2.0	80	Guy Edwards	Guy Edwards Mike Franey Roger Enever	Astra RNR2
47	P 2.0	83	Taydec Cars TR Clapham	Malcolm Payne Geoff Breakell	Taydec Mk.II

Class winner

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

• Race report at Motorsport Magazine
• Race results

Previous race of the Sebring 12-hour race in 1970

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km Monza race in 1970