German Grand Prix 1970

 German Grand Prix 1970

Racing data
8th of 13 races of the 1970 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXXII Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	2nd August 1970
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring
Length:	339.45 km in 50 laps of 6.789 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 125,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 59.5 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	2: 00.5 min
Podium
First:	Jochen Rindt	lotus
Second:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Third:	Denis Hulme	McLaren

The 1970 German Grand Prix took place on August 2nd at the Hockenheimring and was the eighth race of the 1970 World Cup .

Reports

background

Due to safety deficiencies at the Nürburgring , which the drivers had criticized in advance, the race was not held there, but for the first time at the Hockenheimring. As a reaction to Jim Clark's fatal accident during a Formula 2 race two years earlier, this track, unlike the Nürburgring, had meanwhile been equipped with guard rails. In addition, two chicanes were added in the area of ​​the long straight forest to reduce speeds. The east curve chicane that was added later, however, did not exist at the time.

Dan Gurney had ended his Formula 1 career two weeks before the race after the British Grand Prix and was replaced by Peter Gethin at McLaren .

training

Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni confirmed with starting positions one and three the upward trend at Ferrari , which was already noticeable for several races. They framed the World Cup leader Jochen Rindt in second place. The reigning world champion Jackie Stewart had to start from a disappointing seventh place for his standards.

Hubert Hahne , who was registered for the race as a private driver in his own March 701 , failed to qualify. It was his last attempt to take part in a Grand Prix. Silvio Moser , Andrea de Adamich and Brian Redman were also not allowed to start.

run

After the start, Ickx initially kept the lead over Rindt. Together with Jo Siffert , Chris Amon and Clay Regazzoni , a leadership quintet was formed that gave each other slipstream duels. Siffert could not keep up the pace and fell behind. After Regazzoni and Amon were eliminated after about three quarters of the race distance with technical defects, there was only a duel at the top between Rindt and Ickx, which Rindt narrowly won. Third placed Denis Hulme was around 80 seconds behind the two at the finish.

For Jochen Rindt it was the fourth victory in a row and his last Grand Prix victory.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Tyrrell Racing Organization	1	Jackie Stewart	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
	23	François Cevert
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	2	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 72C		F.
	16	John Miles
	17th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus 49C
Motor Racing Developments	3	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT33		G
Auto Motor and Sport	21st	Rolf Stommelen
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	4th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M14A		G
	24	Peter Gethin
	20th	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren M14D	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8
March engineering	5	Chris Amon	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
	12	Jo Siffert
Yardley Team BRM	6th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM P153	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	18th	Jackie Oliver
Team Surtees	7th	John Surtees	Surtees TS7	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Equipe Matra Elf	8th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	G
	14th	Henri Pescarolo
Rob Walker Racing Team	9	Graham Hill	Lotus 49C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	10	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	F.
	15th	Clay Regazzoni
STP Corporation	11	Mario Andretti	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Colin Crabbe Racing	22nd	Ronnie Peterson			G
Frank Williams Racing Cars	25th	Brian Redman	De Tomaso 505		D.
Team Hubert Hahne	26th	Hubert Hahne	March 701		F.
Silvio Moser Racing Team	27	Silvio Moser	Bellasi F1 70		G

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 59.5	204.522 km / h	01
02	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 59.7	204.180 km / h	02
03	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 59.8	204.010 km / h	03
04th	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	2: 00.0	203.670 km / h	04th
05	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	2: 00.5	202.825 km / h	05
06th	Chris Amon	March-Ford	2: 00.9	202.154 km / h	06th
07th	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	2: 01.0	201.987 km / h	07th
08th	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	2: 01.1	201.820 km / h	08th
09	Mario Andretti	March-Ford	2: 01.5	201.156 km / h	09
10	John Miles	Lotus Ford	2: 01.6	200.990 km / h	10
11	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	2: 01.6	200.990 km / h	11
12	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	2: 02.0	200.331 km / h	12
13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	2: 02.0	200.331 km / h	13
14th	François Cevert	March-Ford	2: 02.1	200.167 km / h	14th
15th	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	2: 02.1	200.167 km / h	15th
16	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	2: 02.1	200.167 km / h	16
17th	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	2: 02.2	200.003 km / h	17th
18th	Jackie Oliver	BRM	2: 02.3	199.840 km / h	18th
19th	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	2: 02.4	199.676 km / h	19th
DNQ	Brian Redman	De Tomaso-Ford	2: 02.7	199.188 km / h	-
21st	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	2: 03.0	198.702 km / h	20th
DNQ	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	2: 03.0	198.702 km / h	-
23	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	2: 05.2	195.211 km / h	21st
DNQ	Silvio Moser	Bellasi-Ford	2: 06.2	193.664 km / h	-
DNQ	Hubert Hahne	March-Ford	2: 07.1	192.293 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	50	0	1: 42: 00.3	02	2: 00.6
02	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	50	0	+ 0.7	01	2: 00.5
03	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	50	0	+1: 21.8	16	2: 02.2
04th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	50	0	+1: 55.1	13	2: 02.5
05	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	49	0	+ 1 lap	11	2: 03.5
06th	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	49	0	+ 1 lap	05	2: 02.3
07th	François Cevert	March-Ford	49	0	+ 1 lap	14th	2: 04.0
08th	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	47	0	DNF	04th	2: 02.9	Engine failure
09	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	46	0	DNF	15th	2: 01.6	Engine failure
-	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	37	0	DNF	20th	2: 04.4	Engine failure
-	Chris Amon	March-Ford	34	0	DNF	06th	2: 01.0	Engine failure
-	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	30th	0	DNF	03	2: 01.7	Engine failure
-	John Miles	Lotus Ford	24	0	DNF	10	2: 03.1	Engine failure
-	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	20th	0	DNF	07th	2: 02.4	Engine failure
-	Mario Andretti	March-Ford	15th	0	DNF	09	2: 03.8	Gearbox damage
-	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	11	0	DNF	19th	2: 03.8	Engine failure
-	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	07th	0	DNF	08th	2: 02.8	Ignition defective
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	05	0	DNF	18th	2: 02.8	Engine failure
-	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	04th	0	DNF	21st	2: 05.0	Suspension damage
-	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	04th	0	DNF	12	2: 04.9	Leaking oil line
-	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	03	0	DNF	17th	2: 06.1	Throttle linkage defective

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  Jackie Stewart March 19th 05  Chris Amon March 14th 06th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 10 07th  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 10 08th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 9 09  Henri Pescarolo Matra 8th 10  Graham Hill lotus 7th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Bruce McLaren McLaren 6th 12  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 6th 13  Rolf Stommelen Brabham 4th 14th  Mario Andretti March 4th 15th  Ignazio Giunti Ferrari 3 16  Emerson Fittipaldi lotus 3 17th  John Miles lotus 2 18th  Johnny Servoz-Gavin March 2 19th  John Surtees McLaren 1 20th  Dan Gurney McLaren 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 50 02  March 33 03  Brabham 29 04th  McLaren 27

Item constructor Points 05  Matra 16 06th  Ferrari 16 07th  BRM 10

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 8, 2011)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed June 8, 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 8, 2011)