Formula 2 European Championship 1970
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| European champion | |
| Driver: |
 Clay Regazzoni
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| Season dates | |
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| Number of races: | 8th |
| <1969 season | 1971 season> |
The 1970 Formula 2 European Championship was the fourth season of this 1967 established motorsport series . The championship consisted of eight races held in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Austria and Spain. The championship title went to Clay Regazzoni , who won four races as the top driver of the Tecno works team.
background
Chassis and engines
The most popular chassis of the season was the Brabham BT30, developed in 1969 . A total of 18 teams and 30 drivers competed with this model. The older Brabham BT23 , which was repeatedly reported in the C version, was also widespread . In a few cases there were chassis from the newly founded manufacturer March Engineering , as well as from BMW , Crosslé , Ferrari , Lotus , Pygmée and Tecno .
Almost all teams used the Cosworth FVA engine in the 1970 season, which produced around 230 hp. Only BMW installed its own engines, and a Ferrari six-cylinder engine appeared in one team at times.
Teams
During the season a total of 39 teams registered for championship races. Most of the time, it was customer teams that were not dependent on the plant, some of them also drivers, who competed with their own name.
Only a few design engineers started with their own factory teams. The German automobile manufacturer BMW, the Italian manufacturer Tecno and the French company Pygmée were represented by factory teams. In Great Britain it was customary for manufacturers to preferentially supply a selected private team, which was then considered a quasi-works team. Such was Malcolm Guthrie Racing , the March of factory-backed team Lotus was Jochen Rindt Racing , whose daily business of Bernie Ecclestone was passed, and in the case Brabham Sports Motor International . The Italian sports and racing car designer Alejandro De Tomaso , who took part in the 1970 Formula 1 World Championship with his own car via Frank Williams Racing Cars , registered a Formula 2 design for a championship run in Italy, but ultimately did not enter it.
driver
A total of 74 drivers registered for the championship races in 1970. Only four drivers, including the future European Champion Clay Regazzoni , contested all championship races. All the rest skipped individual races; many only competed in selected races at all, and three of the registered drivers ultimately did not appear in any races. In addition to the regular Formula 2 drivers, experienced drivers who were already established in Formula 1 also appeared at some races. They included Chris Amon , Jack Brabham , Graham Hill , Jacky Ickx , Jochen Rindt and Jackie Stewart . They were considered graded drivers and could not achieve any points in the European Championship.
run
The 1970 championship comprised eight races, one more run than the previous year. The championship races were supplemented by 13 races that did not have championship status. Three months after the last race in 1970 and two before the first in 1971 was the Colombian Formula 2 Series , which gave the customer teams and drivers the opportunity to test their material under competitive conditions.
Teams and drivers: entry list
The overview below shows the teams and drivers who registered for the championship races of the 1970 season.
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Racing calendar
Driver ranking
The awarding of points was based on the following scheme:
| Distribution of points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | ||||
| Points | 9 | 6th | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Only the best six results were counted. Then the following driving ranking resulted at the end of the season:
| space | driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Clay Regazzoni
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44 |
| 2 |
 Derek Bell
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35 (38) |
| 3 |
 Emerson Fittipaldi
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25th |
| 4th |
 Dieter Quester
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14th |
| 5 |
 Ronnie Peterson
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14th |
| 6th |
 François Cevert
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9 |
| 7th |
Robin Widdows
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9 |
| 8th |
 Tetsu Ikuzawa
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9 |
| 9 |
Peter Westbury
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7th |
| 10 |
Henri Pescarolo
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6th |
| 11 |
Alistair Walker
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5 |
| 12 |
 Tim donation
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4th |
| 13 |
Hubert Hahne
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3 |
| = |
Vittorio Brambilla
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3 |
| 15th |
 Carlos Reutemann
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3 |
| 16 |
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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2 |
| = |
 Mike Goth
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2 |
| 18th |
 Tommy Reid
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1 |
| = |
Peter Gaydon
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1 |
Race without championship status
In addition to the eight championship races, a total of 13 other races for Formula 2 cars took place in 1970 that were not part of the European championship:
- Pau Grand Prix (April 5, 1970)
- International ADAC Eifel Race (May 3, 1970)
- Grote Prijs van Limborg (May 24, 1970)
- Rhine Cup Race (June 14, 1970)
- Lotteria di Monza (June 21, 1970)
- Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts (June 28, 1970)
- Trophée de France Formule 2 (July 26, 1970)
- Prize of Germany (August 2, 1970)
- Festival Prize of the City of Salzburg (August 30, 1970)
- Mantorp Park Formula 2 Trophy (August 30, 1970)
- Players' No. 6 Trophy (September 13, 1970)
- Munich-Neubiberg Airport Race (October 25, 1970)
- Grand Prix of Israel (November 22, 1970)
literature
- David Hodges: Racing Cars from A – Z after 1945. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 , p. 116.
- Mike Lawrence: March, The Rise and Fall of a Motor Racing Legend , MRP, Orpington 2001, ISBN 1-899870-54-7
- Eberhard Reuß, Ferdi Kräling: Formula 2. The story from 1964 to 1984 , Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2014, ISBN 978-3-7688-3865-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ David Hodges: Racing cars from A – Z after 1945 , Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 , p. 38.
- ↑ Mike Lawrence: March, The Rise and Fall of a Motor Racing Legend , MRP, Orpington 2001, ISBN 1-899870-54-7 , p. 38.
- ↑ Eberhard Reuß, Ferdi Kräling: Formula 2. The story from 1964 to 1984 , Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2014, ISBN 978-3-7688-3865-8 , p. 94.