1970 USA Grand Prix

 1970 USA Grand Prix

Racing data
12th of 13 races of the 1970 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XIII United States Grand Prix
Date:	4th October 1970
Place:	Watkins Glen
Course:	Watkins Glen International
Length:	399.708 km in 108 laps of 3.701 km
Weather:	cloudy and cool
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 03.07 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 02.74 min
Podium
First:	Emerson Fittipaldi	lotus
Second:	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM
Third:	Pure Wisell	lotus

The 1970 US Grand Prix took place on October 4th at Watkins Glen International Race Track in New York State and was the twelfth race of the 1970 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

Around a month after the fatal accident of Jochen Rindt , who is still the leader in the world championship standings , Jacky Ickx was the only driver who still had a chance of winning the world championship if he had two wins in the last two races. His team Ferrari had won the past three Grands Prix and was therefore considered a favorite. The Ferrari 312B was end of the season next to the Lotus 72 as the best car in the field.

After the Lotus factory team had skipped the previous Grand Prix of Canada , they started again, on the one hand to defend first place in the constructors' world championship and, on the other hand, to posthumously secure the driver’s world championship title for Jochen Rindt. Emerson Fittipaldi became the new Lotus regular driver and John Miles , who had ended his racing career in Monza , was replaced by Reine Wisell .

In addition to the team founder and regular driver John Surtees , a second vehicle, which was driven by Derek Bell , was used for the first time at Surtees on this race weekend . With an additional P153 for Peter Westbury, BRM reported four works cars for the only time this season.

training

The fastest 24 of the total of 27 registered drivers were approved for the race. With a training best time of around 0.5 seconds faster, Jacky Ickx secured pole position ahead of Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell 001. Emerson Fittipaldi and Pedro Rodríguez shared the second row . With fifth placed Chris Amon there were five different vehicles on the first five starting positions.

run

Stewart immediately took the lead, followed by Rodríguez, Ickx and Regazzoni. Fittipaldi had dropped to eighth due to a bad start. John Surtees and Jackie Oliver , who were directly in front of him, were eliminated in the course of the first laps due to mechanical defects. On lap 16, Rodríguez, who came second, was overtaken by Ickx and a short time later by Regazzoni. As both Amon and Regazzoni had to pit to change tires, Fittipaldi moved up to fourth place without a fight.

When Ickx had to head for the pits after 56 laps due to a leaky fuel tank and thus fell back over a lap, Jochen Rindt was the first and, to date, only posthumous world champion in Formula 1 history. Stewart seemed to have the race under control by a comfortable margin when he suddenly retired on lap 83 due to an oil leak. The now leading Rodríguez was 20 seconds ahead of Fittipaldi before running out of fuel on the seventh to last lap and rolling into the pits.

Fittipaldi finally took his first Grand Prix victory ahead of Rodríguez, who had refilled, and Reine Wisell, who finished his Formula 1 debut with an impressive third place.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Tyrrell Racing Organization	1	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 001	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
	33		March 701 1
	2	François Cevert
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	3	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	F.
	4th	Clay Regazzoni
Equipe Matra Elf	6th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	G
	7th	Henri Pescarolo
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	8th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M14 A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	9	Peter Gethin
	10	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren M14 D	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8
March engineering	11	Jo Siffert	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	12	Chris Amon
Rob Walker Racing Team	14th	Graham Hill	Lotus 72 C		F.
Motor Racing Developments	15th	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT33		G
Auto Motor and Sport	16	Rolf Stommelen
Team Surtees	17th	John Surtees	Surtees TS7		F.
	18th	Derek Bell
Yardley Team BRM	19th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM P153	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	20th	Jackie Oliver
	21st	George Eaton
	32	Peter Westbury
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	23	Pure Wisell	Lotus 72 C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	24	Emerson Fittipaldi
Ecurie Bonnier	27	Jo Bonnier	McLaren M7C		G
Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc.	28	Pete Lovely	Lotus 49 B		F.
Colin Crabbe Racing	29	Ronnie Peterson	March 701		G
Frank Williams Racing Cars	30th	Tim donation	De Tomaso 505		D.
Gus Hutchison	31	Gus Hutchison	Brabham BT26 A		G

¹ Jackie Stewart only drove the March 701 with start number 33 in the first practice session and from then on used the Tyrrell 001 with start number 1.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 03.07	211.251 km / h	01
02	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 03.62	209.425 km / h	02
03	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 03.67	209.260 km / h	03
04th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1: 04.18	207.597 km / h	04th
05	Chris Amon	March-Ford	1: 04.23	207.436 km / h	05
06th	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 04.30	207.210 km / h	06th
07th	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 04.37	206.985 km / h	07th
08th	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1: 04.52	206.503 km / h	08th
09	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	1: 04.79	205.643 km / h	09
10	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 04.81	205.579 km / h	10
11	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 04.84	205.484 km / h	11
12	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	1: 05.00	204.978 km / h	12
13	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford	1: 05.00	204.978 km / h	13
14th	George Eaton	BRM	1: 05.14	204.538 km / h	14th
15th	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 05.18	204.412 km / h	15th
16	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1: 05.29	204.068 km / h	16
17th	François Cevert	March-Ford	1: 05.30	204.037 km / h	17th
18th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 05.44	203.600 km / h	18th
19th	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	1: 05.77	202.579 km / h	19th
20th	Tim donation	De Tomaso-Ford	1: 06.08	201.628 km / h	20th
21st	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	1: 06.12	201.506 km / h	21st
22nd	Gus Hutchison	Brabham-Ford	1: 06.22	201.202 km / h	22nd
23	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	1: 06.23	201.172 km / h	23
24	Jo Bonnier	McLaren-Ford	1: 06.46	200.475 km / h	24
DNQ	Peter Westbury	BRM	1: 07.20	198.268 km / h	-
DNQ	Pete Lovely	Lotus Ford	1: 07.45	197.533 km / h	-
DNQ	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	1: 12.24	184.435 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	108	0	1: 57: 32.79	03	1: 03.50
02	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	108	1	+ 36.39	04th	1: 03.66
03	Pure Wisell	Lotus Ford	108	0	+ 45.17	09	1: 03.75
04th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	107	1	+ 1 lap	01	1: 02.74
05	Chris Amon	March-Ford	107	1	+ 1 lap	05	1: 03.97
06th	Derek Bell	Surtees-Ford	107	0	+ 1 lap	13	1: 04.50
07th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	106	0	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 04.87
08th	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	105	0	+ 3 rounds	12	1: 05.50
09	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	105	1	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 05.28
10	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	105	0	+ 3 rounds	16	1: 05.21
11	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	104	0	+ 4 rounds	15th	1: 05.18
12	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	104	0	+ 4 rounds	19th	1: 05.42
13	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	101	3	+ 7 rounds	06th	1: 02.84
14th	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	100	0	+ 8 rounds	21st	1: 06.53
-	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	82	0	DNF	02	1: 03.34	Oil loss
-	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	72	0	DNF	10	1: 05.19	Clutch damage
-	François Cevert	March-Ford	62	0	DNF	17th	1: 04.59	lost rear wheel
-	Tim donation	De Tomaso-Ford	61	0	DNF	20th	1: 05.74	Suspension damage
-	Jo Bonnier	McLaren-Ford	50	0	DNF	24	1: 09.89	defective cooling water pump
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	27	0	DNF	18th	1: 06.59	Handling problems
-	Gus Hutchison	Brabham-Ford	21st	0	DNF	22nd	1: 09.29	Lack of fuel
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	14th	0	DNF	07th	1: 05.12	Engine failure
-	George Eaton	BRM	10	0	DNF	14th	1: 07.44	Engine failure
-	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	06th	0	DNF	08th	1: 07.59	defective flywheel

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jochen Rindt lotus 45 02  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 31 03  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 27 04th  Jack Brabham Brabham 25th 05  Jackie Stewart March 25th 06th  Denis Hulme McLaren 23 07th  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 22nd 08th  Chris Amon March 20th 09  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 14th 10  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 12 11  Rolf Stommelen Brabham 10 12  Henri Pescarolo Matra 8th 13  Graham Hill lotus 7th

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Bruce McLaren McLaren 6th 15th  Mario Andretti March 4th 16  Pure Wisell lotus 4th 17th  Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 3 18th  John Surtees McLaren / Surtees 3 19th  John Miles lotus 2 20th  Jackie Oliver BRM 2 21st  Johnny Servoz-Gavin March 2 22nd  Peter Gethin McLaren 1 23  François Cevert March 1 24  Dan Gurney McLaren 1 25th  Derek Bell Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 59 02  Ferrari 46 03  March 45 04th  Brabham 35

Item constructor Points 05  McLaren 31 06th  BRM 22nd 07th  Matra 21st 08th  Surtees 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 13, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed June 13, 2011)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 13, 2011)