Grand Prix of Austria 1970

 Grand Prix of Austria 1970

Racing data
9th of 13 races in the 1970 World Motor Show
Surname:	VIII Grand Prix of Austria
Date:	August 16, 1970
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Österreichring
Length:	354.66 km in 60 laps of 5.911 km
Weather:	cloudy and warm
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jochen Rindt	lotus
Time:	1: 39.23 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 40.39 min
Podium
First:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Second:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Third:	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham

The 1970 Austrian Grand Prix took place on August 16 and was the ninth race of the 1970 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

The Austrian Grand Prix was held for the second time in 1970 after six years of abstinence. After an airfield course in Zeltweg had served as the venue for the premiere in 1964 , the Österreichring , not far from it, was now used , which was built and opened in 1969. The original route variant without chicane at the end of the start / finish straight was used.

In the private team of Frank Williams was Brian Redman by Tim Give replaced. Ferrari registered Ignazio Giunti for the race as the third driver in addition to the regular line-up Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni . In addition to Lotus , BRM and McLaren, there was a fourth works team with three drivers each. Graham Hill and Ronnie Peterson , who each had participated as drivers for customer teams in most of the remaining races of the season, did not participate in the race.

training

The world championship leader Jochen Rindt secured pole position in front of the home crowd in front of the two Ferraris of Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx.

run

The large number of spectators who traveled to the race saw a Ferrari double victory after local hero Jochen Rindt in a Lotus was eliminated in fourth place after only a third of the race distance due to an engine failure. Rolf Stommelen finished third, about one and a half minutes behind, and achieved the only podium of his Formula 1 career. Jean-Pierre Beltoise had previously occupied third place for many laps, but fell back to sixth place behind the two BRM drivers Pedro Rodríguez and Jackie Oliver in the final phase of the race due to problems with the fuel supply .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Tyrrell Racing Organization	1	Jackie Stewart	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
	2	François Cevert
March engineering	3	Jo Siffert			F.
	4th	Chris Amon
STP Corporation	5	Mario Andretti
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	6th	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 72C		F.
	7th	John Miles
	8th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 49C
Motor Racing Developments	10	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT33		G
Auto Motor and Sport	11	Rolf Stommelen
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	12	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	F.
	14th	Ignazio Giunti
	27	Clay Regazzoni
Team Surtees	15th	John Surtees	Surtees TS7	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Yardley Team BRM	16	Jackie Oliver	BRM P153	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	17th	Pedro Rodríguez
	18th	George Eaton
Equipe Matra Elf	19th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	G
	20th	Henri Pescarolo
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	21st	Denis Hulme	McLaren M14A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	23	Peter Gethin
	22nd	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren M14D	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8
Silvio Moser Racing Team	24	Silvio Moser	Bellasi F1 70	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Frank Williams Racing Cars	26th	Tim donation	De Tomaso 505		D.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 39.23	214.447 km / h	01
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 39.70	213.436 km / h	02
03	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 39.86	213.094 km / h	03
04th	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	1: 40.15	212.477 km / h	04th
05	Ignazio Giunti	Ferrari	1: 40.21	212.350 km / h	05
06th	Chris Amon	March-Ford	1: 40.60	211.527 km / h	06th
07th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 40.81	211.086 km / h	07th
08th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1: 40.81	211.086 km / h	08th
09	François Cevert	March-Ford	1: 40.89	210.919 km / h	09
10	John Miles	Lotus Ford	1: 41.46	209.734 km / h	10
11	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 41.49	209.672 km / h	11
12	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1: 41.49	209.672 km / h	12
13	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	1: 41.70	209.239 km / h	13
14th	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 41.73	209.177 km / h	14th
15th	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	1: 41.82	208.992 km / h	15th
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 41.86	208.910 km / h	16
17th	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	1: 42.09	208.440 km / h	17th
18th	Mario Andretti	March-Ford	1: 42.28	208.052 km / h	18th
19th	Tim donation	De Tomaso-Ford	1: 42.41	207.788 km / h	19th
20th	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	1: 42.56	207.484 km / h	20th
21st	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	1: 42.79	207.020 km / h	21st
22nd	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1: 43.19	206.218 km / h	22nd
23	George Eaton	BRM	1: 45.00	202.663 km / h	23
24	Silvio Moser	Bellasi-Ford	1: 45.64	201.435 km / h	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	60	0	1: 42: 17.3	03	1: 40.42
02	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	60	0	+ 0.61	02	1: 40.39
03	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	60	0	+1: 27.88	17th	1: 41.98
04th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	59	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 42.13
05	Jackie Oliver	BRM	59	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 42.16
06th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	59	1	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 41.64
07th	Ignazio Giunti	Ferrari	59	1	+ 1 lap	05	1: 40.95
08th	Chris Amon	March-Ford	59	0	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 42.29
09	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	59	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 43.13
10	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	59	0	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 42.42
11	George Eaton	BRM	58	0	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 44.76
12	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	57	0	+ 3 rounds	15th	1: 45.88
13	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	56	1	+ 4 rounds	08th	1: 42.00
14th	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	56	0	+ 4 rounds	13	1: 42.16
15th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	55	0	+ 5 rounds	16	1: 45.04
-	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	30th	0	DNF	11	1: 42.67	Engine failure
-	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	27	0	DNF	12	1: 42.70	Engine failure
-	Tim donation	De Tomaso-Ford	25th	0	DNF	19th	1: 44.82	Engine failure
-	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	21st	0	DNF	01	1: 41.88	Engine failure
-	Mario Andretti	March-Ford	13	0	DNF	18th	1: 44.08	accident
-	Silvio Moser	Bellasi-Ford	13	0	DNF	24	1: 47.19	defective cooler
-	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	07th	0	DNF	04th	1: 43.35	defective fuel pump
-	John Miles	Lotus Ford	04th	0	DNF	10	1: 47.21	Brake defect
-	François Cevert	March-Ford	00	0	DNF	09	-	Engine failure

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  Jack Brabham Brabham 25th 03  Denis Hulme McLaren 20th 04th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 19th 05  Jackie Stewart March 19th 06th  Chris Amon March 14th 07th  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 13 08th  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 12 09  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 10 10  Rolf Stommelen Brabham 8th 11  Henri Pescarolo Matra 8th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Graham Hill lotus 7th 13  Bruce McLaren McLaren 6th 14th  Mario Andretti March 4th 15th  Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 3 16  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 3 17th  Johnny Servoz-Gavin March 2 18th  Jackie Oliver BRM 2 19th  John Miles lotus 2 20th  John Surtees Surtees 1 21st  Dan Gurney McLaren 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 50 02  March 33 03  Brabham 33 04th  McLaren 27

Item constructor Points 05  Ferrari 25th 06th  Matra 17th 07th  BRM 13

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original dated 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 10, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed June 10, 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 10, 2011)