Monza 1000 km race in 1970

Porsche 917K

Jack Brabham in the Matra MS650 before the start of the race

Porsche 908/02 long tail, driven in the Monza by Rudi Lins and Gérard Larrousse

The ninth 1000 km race in Monza , also 1000 km di Monza, Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , took place on April 25, 1970 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and was the fourth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

The collaboration between the Porsche racing department and John Wyer’s racing team began with the Daytona 24-hour race . The first time the Porsche 917 was driven by David Yorke , it was a double victory. Pedro Rodríguez , Leo Kinnunen and Brian Redman were the overall winners. The following 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 first world championship run in Europe was the 1000 km race at Brands Hatch , where the Wyer team won the second season with their Porsche 917. Pedro Rodríguez and Leo Kinnunen celebrated their second win of the season.

The race

In the weeks leading up to the race in Monza, tensions arose in the collaboration between Ferdinand Piëch and John Wyer. Before the start of the season, Wyer had assumed that it would be the only team to do the Porsche works. Louise Piëch , the mother of Ferdinand Piëch and owner of Porsche Holding in Salzburg , had already built up an independent Porsche team at the end of the 1969 season . In 1970, Porsche Salzburg, like John Wyer Automotive, also used two Porsche 917s and received extensive technical support from Porsche in Zuffenhausen . In the weeks leading up to the race in Monza, John Horsman , technical director at Wyer, had new Girling brake discs and pads tested on the cars. For such tests and changes to the car, the Wyer team management had to obtain the approval of Piëch, who also gave it in this case. Since the Girling products significantly improved the braking behavior of the two Wyer 917 chassis, they were built into the vehicles for the race in Monza. To the annoyance of the Wyer team management, the Porsche Salzburg 917 in Monza also had new Girling brake discs and pads. Another point of contention was the new 4.9-liter engine, which Piëch only offered exclusively to John Wyer, but which was also installed in both Porsche Salzburg 917s in Monza.

Wyer registered the driver pairings Pedro Rodríguez / Leo Kinnunen and Jo Siffert / Brian Redman for the two 917s. The Porsche Salzburg cars were driven by Kurt Ahrens , Vic Elford , Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood . On the grid, three further Porsche 917 were Jürgen Neuhaus and Helmut Kelleners drove one from the German Gesipa Racing Team Finnish reported 917. For Racing Team AAW went Hans Laine and Gijs van Lennep in the race. David Piper reported his 917 for himself and Tony Adamowicz .

The Scuderia Ferrari announced three Ferrari 512 . On the weekend before the 1000 km race, Ferrari number 1 driver Jacky Ickx had a serious accident at the Spanish Grand Prix . In the first round Ickx collided to a suspension damage to Ferrari 312B with the BRM P153 of Jackie Oliver . Both cars went up in flames and the light burns Jacky Ickx had suffered on his hands forced him to pause. His substitute was John Surtees . At that time, Surtees was the last Ferrari Formula 1 driver world champion to win the 1964 title for the Scuderia. After many disagreements with Enzo Ferrari and Ferrari racing directors, especially Eugenio Dragoni , he left the team in an argument in 1966. His partner on his return to Monza was Peter Schetty . The other two factory 512S were driven by Ignazio Giunti , Nino Vaccarella , Chris Amon and Arturo Merzario . There were also the Scuderia-Filipinetti -512S from Mike Parkes and Herbert Müller and the 512S from Corrado Manfredini and Giampiero Moretti .

From the start, the dispute between Porsche and Ferrari , which the experts expected, developed . In the slipstream, the two Wyer-Porsche 917s, driven by Rodríguez and Siffert, and the three works-512S with Giunti, Amon and Surtees quickly moved away from the rest of the field. In the eighth lap, Vic Elford in the Porsche-Salzburg-917 caught up with the quintet in front of him and took second place behind Jo Siffert on the tenth lap. Third was Ignazio Giunti in the best Ferrari. Jo Siffert lost the opportunity to win the race on the eleventh lap when he crashed into a guardrail while lapping a GT car in the first Lesmo bend. The front right wishbone was damaged. After a slow drive to the pits and the subsequent repairs, the car came back on the track more than ten laps behind and was behind in the overall standings without a chance.

At half time, Kurt Ahrens was leading five seconds ahead of Rodríguez's team-mate Leo Kinnunen in the Porsche 917. On lap 92, Ahrens had a puncture on the right rear of the Curva Grande. Although he was able to avoid an accident and drive slowly to the pits, the damage to the suspension was so great that the car had to be taken out of the race. Ferrari lost the possible overall victory due to a fire when refueling the 512S of Chris Amon and Arturo Merzario. The fire was extinguished, but the team lost three laps. At the finish, Pedro Rodríguez and Leo Kinnunen in their Porsche 917 had a lead of 1 minute and 25 seconds over the Ferrari of Ignazio Giunti, Nino Vaccarella and Chris Amon, who drove the last section of this car's race.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 5.0	7th	JW Automotive Engineering	Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 917K	174
2	S 5.0	3	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Ignazio Giunti Nino Vaccarella Chris Amon	Ferrari 512S Spyder	174
3	S 5.0	2	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	John Surtees Peter Schetty	Ferrari 512S	171
4th	S 5.0	1	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Arturo Merzario Chris Amon	Ferrari 512S	171
5	P 3.0	36	Matra Sports	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jack Brabham	Matra-Simca MS650	169
6th	P 3.0	37	Matra Sports	Henri Pescarolo Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra-Simca MS650	169
7th	P 3.0	38	Autodelta SpA	Nanni Galli Rolf Stommelen	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	166
8th	S 5.0	4th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Mike Parkes Herbert Mueller	Ferrari 512S	163
9	S 5.0	5	Scuderia Picchio Rosso	Corrado Manfredini Giampiero Moretti	Ferrari 512S	163
10	S 5.0	14th	Gesipa Racing Team	Jürgen Neuhaus Helmut Kelleners	Porsche 917K	162
11	S 5.0	12	Racing Team AAW	Hans Laine Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 917K	162
12	S 5.0	8th	JW Automotive Engineering	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche 917K	158
13	P 3.0	41	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Piers Courage	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	158
14th	P 3.0	50	Martini International	Gérard Larrousse Rudi Lins	Porsche 908/02 LH	157
15th	P 2.0	53	André Wicky Racing Team	André Wicky Mario Cabral	Porsche 907	144
16	S 5.0	16	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette Gustave Gosselin	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	143
17th	P 2.0	52	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Helmut Krause	Porsche 907	139
18th	P 3.0	39	Autodelta SpA	Masts Gregory Toine Hezemans	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	131
19th	S 2.0	25th	John L'Amie	John L'Amie Brian Nelson	Porsche 910	131
20th	GT 2.0	87	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Giuseppe Schenetti Sergio Zerbini	Porsche 911S	128
21st	GT 2.0	84	André Wicky Racing Team	Sylvain guarantor Mario Ilotte	Porsche 911S	127
22nd	GT + 2.0	70	Giancarlo Rondanini	Giancarlo Rondanini Ennio Bonomelli	Porsche 911S	122
Not classified
23	GT 1.6	94	Jolly Club	Luigi Cabella Paolo de Leonibus	Alfa Romeo GTA	118
24	GT 2.0	78	Fiorenzo Genta	Fiorenzo Genta "Nicky"	Porsche 911S	118
25th	S 1.6	34	Abarth Switzerland	Rolando Vaglio Silvio Vaglio	Abarth 1000 SP	115
Failed
26th	P 2.0	49	Antonio Nicodemi	Antonio Nicodemi Jonathan Williams	Porsche 907	111
27	S 1.6	33	Mario Nardari	Mario Nardari Gianfranco Palazzoli	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	107
28	S 5.0	10	Porsche Salzburg	Vic Elford Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 917K	92
29	S 2.0	23	Abarth	Johannes Ortner Mario Casoni	Abarth 2000 p	71
30th	GT 1.6	96	Citta dei Mille	Giulio Rossi Paolo Monti	Alfa Romeo GTA	71
31	P 3.0	40	Autodelta SpA	Carlo Facetti Teodoro Zeccoli	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	67
32	S 5.0	9	Porsche Salzburg	Hans Herrmann Richard Attwood	Porsche 917K	63
33	P 2.0	48	SCAR Autostrada	Guido Nicolai Spartaco Dini	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2	58
34	S 5.0	11	David Piper	Tony Adamowicz David Piper	Porsche 917K	55
35	P 3.0	44	Martini International	Gerhard Koch Hans-Dieter Dechent	Porsche 908/02	35
36	GT 1.6	95	Monzeglio	Cesare Poretti Maurizio Zanetti	Alfa Romeo GTA	26th
37	P 2.0	56	Scuderia Madunina	Giovanni Alberti Carlo Zuccoli	Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 Spyder	19th
38	GT + 2.0	73	Auto Kremer	Erwin Kremer Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 911S	17th
Not started
39	S 2.0	24	Antonio Zadra	Antonio Zadra Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Abarth 2000 p	1
40	GT + 2.0	75	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi "Mirage"	Porsche 911S	2
Not qualified
43	S 5.0	78	Gelo Racing Team	Georg Loos Franz Pesch	Ferrari 512S	3
44	S 5.0	18th	Morand Moteurs	Louis Morand Gérard Pillon	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT	4th
45	S 1.6	35	Eugenio Tinghi	Eugenio Tinghi Ildo Gonfiotti	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	5
46	P 2.0	55	Ottorino Volonterio	Ottorino Volonterio	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	6th
47	GT + 2.0	71	Dieter Fröhlich	Dieter Fröhlich	Porsche 911S	7th
48	GT + 2.0	72	Jean Égreteaud	Jean Égreteaud Marc Etchebers	Porsche 911S	8th
49	GT + 2.0	74	Hans-Dieter Weigel	Reinhardt Stenzel Hans-Dieter Weigel	Porsche 911S	9
50	GT + 2.0	76	André Wicky Racing Team	Sylvain Garant Bernard Chenevière	Porsche 911S	10
51	GT + 2.0	77	Montegrappa	Alberto Federici Giovanni Vasari	Ferrari 275 GTB / 2	11
52	GT 2.0	79	Stelio Cocconcelli	Stelio Cocconcelli Erasmo Crivellari	Porsche 911S	12
53	GT 2.0	80	Elvio Maria Zanini	Elvio Maria Zanini Piero Botalla	Porsche 911S	13
54	GT 2.0	81	Peter Kersten	Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche 911S	14th
55	GT 2.0	82	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi "Mirage"	Porsche 914/6	15th
56	GT 2.0	85	Squadra Tartaruga	Arthur Blank	Porsche 911	16
57	GT 2.0	86	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Vincenzo Carrago Salvatore Patamia	Porsche 911S	17th
58	GT 2.0	88	Franco Berruto	Franco Berruto Michele Licheri	Porsche 911S	18th
59	GT 2.0	89	Maurizio Polin	Maurizio Polin Giacomo Moioli	Porsche 911S	19th
60	GT 2.0	90	Bergamo Corse	Giampaolo Baruffi Romano Zanini	Porsche 911S	20th
61	GT 1.6	91	Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb Pierre Agostini	Alpine A110	21st
62	GT 1.6	92	Michel Vial	Jean-Louis Marnat Michel Vial	Alpine A110	22nd
63	GT 1.6	93	Renzo Ruspa	Renzo Ruspa Pier-Giorgio Pellegrin	Alfa Romeo GTA	23
64	GT 1.6	97	Luigi Rinaldi	Luigi Rinaldi Mario Radicella	Alfa Romeo GTA	24

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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
65	S 5.0	15th	Racing Team Zitro	Dominique Martin Pierre Maublanc	Porsche 917K
66	S 5.0	19th	Stefan Sklenar	Stefan Sklenar	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT
67	S 5.0	20th	Michel Martin	Michel Martin Willie Green	Ford GT40
68	S 2.0	26th	Paul Vestey	Paul Vestey William Bradley	Porsche 910
69	S 2.0	27	Bosch Vienna	Otto Stuppacher Peter Huber	Porsche 910
70	S 2.0	28	Ennio Bonomelli	Ennio Bonomelli Giorgio Pianta	Porsche 910
71	S 2.0	29	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Maurizio Roasio Mario Ilotte	Porsche 910
72	S 2.0	30th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Carlo Zuccoli Giambattista Guarnieri	Lola T210
73	S 2.0	31	Angus Clydesdale	Angus Clydesdale John Markey	Chevron B8
74	P 3.0	42	Pierre de Siebenthal	Antonio Finiguerra Pierre de Siebenthal	Ferrari
75	P 3.0	43	Alain de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet Mike Walton	Porsche 908/02
76	P 2.0	45	Abarth-Osella	Johannes Ortner Mario Casoni	Abarth 2000 SP
77	P 2.0	46	Levi's International Racing Team	Yves Deprez Julien Vernaeve	Chevron B16
78	P 2.0	51	Helmut Krause	Helmut Krause	Porsche 907
79	P 2.0	54	Monzeglio	Maurizio Zanetti Ugo Locatelli	Monzeglio
80	P 2.0	54	Leandro Terra	Leandro Terra Turillo Barbuscia	Ferrari Dino 206S
81	P 2.0	58	Francesco Cotrone	Guy Ligier Jean-Claude Andruet	Ligier JS1
82	S 2.0	83	David Weir	David Weir Mike Ogier	Porsche 911

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Jack Brabham	Matra-Simca MS650	Rank 5
P 2.0	André Wicky	Mario Cabral	Porsche 907	Rank 15
S 5.0	Pedro Rodríguez	Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 917K	Overall victory
S 2.0	John L'Amie	Brian Nelson	Porsche 910	Rank 19
S 1.6	no participant in the finish
GT + 2.0	Giancarlo Rondanini	Ennio Bonomelli	Porsche 911S	Rank 22
GT 2.0	Giuseppe Schenetti	Sergio Zerbini	Porsche 911S	Rank 20
GT 1.6	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 82
• Started: 38
• Valued: 22
• Race classes: 8
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cloudy and warm
• Route length: 5.750 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 18: 01.700 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 174
• Total distance of the winning team: 1000,500 km
• Winner's average: 232.649 km / h
• Pole position: Jo Siffert - Porsche 917K (# 8) - 1: 25.210 = 242.929 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Vic Elford - Porsche 917K (# 19) - 1: 24.800 = 244.104 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the 1970 sports car world championship
• Racing series: 2nd round of the Italian 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

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Horsman: Racing in the Rain . Bull Publishing Ltd., Phönix 2006, ISBN 1-893618-71-4 , p. 216 ff.

Previous race Brands Hatch 1000km race 1970

Sports car world championship

Succession race Targa Florio 1970