1970 Italian Grand Prix

 1970 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
10th of 13 races of the 1970 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XLI Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 6, 1970
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Length:	391 km in 68 laps of 5.75 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
Time:	1: 24.14 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Time:	1: 25.2 min
Podium
First:	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari
Second:	Jackie Stewart	March
Third:	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra

The 1970 Italian Grand Prix took place in Monza on September 6th and was the tenth race of the 1970 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

After Team Tyrrell had always competed as a March customer team in previous races of the season , the first use of the in-house construction Tyrrell 001 was eagerly awaited at a world championship run after the vehicle had been in the non-World Championship race in Oulton Park two weeks earlier had achieved promising results. The team registered one of the new cars for Jackie Stewart . After a few mechanical problems in the first training session, however, it was switched back to the fully developed March 701 for the following training units and for the race .

Since the top speed was more important than the cornering speeds on the high-speed track at Monza, at least in practice some drivers drove without the usual front and rear wings on their vehicles, including Jackie Stewart , Jochen Rindt and Denis Hulme .

training

Ferrari confirmed the excellent result of the Austrian GP in the first practice session , with Jacky Ickx setting the fastest time. During his first deployment in the Lotus 72, Emerson Fittipaldi came off the track at high speed in the Parabolica area , slid over an earth wall and came to a stop between trees on the edge of the track. Fortunately, since he didn't touch any of the trees, he was unharmed.

The following day, Jochen Rindt, who was the leader in the World Championship, came off the track at an almost identical point during the final training session. After a brake shaft had probably broken in the braking zone, his car pulled abruptly to the left, hit the crash barriers there and was badly damaged. Rindt was rescued by the marshals and taken away in an ambulance, but succumbed to his serious injuries on the way to the hospital. Lotus then withdrew the three remaining cars from the race weekend. After Bruce McLaren and Piers Courage , Rindt was the third regular driver of the 1970 season to die that year.

The training continued, but Jacky Ickx's best time was no longer undercut, so Ickx shared the front row with his teammate Clay Regazzoni and BRM driver Pedro Rodríguez .

run

First, Jacky Ickx was able to use his pole position to take the lead. However, he was overtaken by both Rodríguez and Stewart on the fourth lap. Regazzoni was also part of the leading group and was finally able to take the top position for the first time in lap 10. Due to slipstream duels on the long straights, which at that time were not interrupted by chicanes, there was a change at the top almost every lap. During the entire race, the lead changed a total of 28 times between initially six different drivers, but in the second half of the race only between Regazzoni and Stewart, as the field had been severely decimated by mostly technical defects. In the end, Regazzoni saved a narrow lead over Stewart at the finish and thus came to his first Grand Prix victory.

The race was gripping and dramatic, but of course it was overshadowed by the tragic events of the previous day. The victory celebrations on the part of the Ferrari team were accordingly subdued.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	2	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	F.
	4th	Clay Regazzoni
	6th	Ignazio Giunti
Yardley Team BRM	8th	Jackie Oliver	BRM P153	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	10	Pedro Rodríguez
	12	George Eaton
Team Surtees	14th	John Surtees	Surtees TS7	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	F.
Tyrrell Racing Organization	16	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell 001 1		D.
	18th		March 701
	20th	François Cevert
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	22nd	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 72C		F.
	24	John Miles
	26th	Emerson Fittipaldi
Rob Walker Racing Team	28	Graham Hill
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	30th	Denis Hulme	McLaren M14A		G
	32	Peter Gethin
	34	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren M14D	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8
	36	Nanni Galli	McLaren M7D
Ecurie Bonnier	38	Jo Bonnier	McLaren M7C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Equipe Matra Elf	40	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	G
	42	Henri Pescarolo
Motor Racing Developments	44	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT33	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
Auto Motor and Sport	46	Rolf Stommelen
March engineering	48	Chris Amon	March 701		F.
	50	Jo Siffert
Colin Crabbe Racing	52	Ronnie Peterson			G
Frank Williams Racing Cars	54	Tim donation	De Tomaso 505		D.
Silvio Moser Racing Team	56	Silvio Moser	Bellasi F1 70		G

¹ Jackie Stewart only drove the Tyrrell 001 with starting number 16 on the first day of training and from then on used the March 701 with starting number 18

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 24.14	246.019 km / h	01
02	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1: 24.36	245.377 km / h	02
03	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	1: 24.39	245.290 km / h	03
04th	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	1: 24.73	244.305 km / h	04th
05	Ignazio Giunti	Ferrari	1: 24.74	244.277 km / h	05
06th	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 24.77	244.190 km / h	06th
07th	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	1: 25.09	243.272 km / h	07th
08th	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1: 25.39	242.417 km / h	08th
09	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 25.47	242.190 km / h	09
10	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	1: 25.56	241.935 km / h	10
11	François Cevert	March-Ford	1: 25.56	241.935 km / h	11
12	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 25.71	241.512 km / h	DNS
13	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	1: 25.91	240.950 km / h	12
14th	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	1: 25.93	240.894 km / h	13
15th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 26.01	240.670 km / h	14th
16	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	1: 26.04	240.586 km / h	15th
17th	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	1: 26.19	240.167 km / h	16
18th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 26.38	239.639 km / h	DNS
19th	John Miles	Lotus Ford	1: 26.51	239.279 km / h	DNS
20th	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	1: 26.60	239.030 km / h	17th
21st	Chris Amon	March-Ford	1: 26.67	238.837 km / h	18th
22nd	Tim donation	De Tomaso-Ford	1: 26.67	238.837 km / h	19th
23	George Eaton	BRM	1: 27.15	237.522 km / h	20th
DNQ	Jo Bonnier	McLaren-Ford	1: 28.07	235.040 km / h	-
25th	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus Ford	1: 28.39	234.189 km / h	DNS
DNQ	Nanni Galli	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	1: 28.59	233.661 km / h	-
DNQ	Silvio Moser	Bellasi-Ford	1: 28.61	233.608 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	68	0	1: 39: 07.1	03	1: 25.2
02	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	68	0	+ 5.73	04th	1: 25.9
03	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	68	0	+ 5.8	14th	1: 25.7
04th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	68	0	+ 6.15	09	1: 25.5
05	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	68	0	+ 6.41	17th	1: 26.0
06th	François Cevert	March-Ford	68	0	+1: 03.46	11	1: 26.5
07th	Chris Amon	March-Ford	67	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 26.0
08th	Andrea de Adamich	McLaren-Alfa Romeo	61	0	+ 7 rounds	12	1: 28.3
-	Peter Gethin	McLaren-Ford	60	0	NC	16	1: 27.7	Unrated
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	36	0	DNF	06th	1: 27.0	Engine failure
-	Ronnie Peterson	March-Ford	35	0	DNF	13	1: 27.8	Engine failure
-	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	31	0	DNF	08th	1: 26.9	Driving error
-	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	25th	0	DNF	01	1: 26.7	Clutch damage
-	George Eaton	BRM	21st	0	DNF	20th	1: 28.0	Defective water cooler
-	Tim donation	De Tomaso-Ford	17th	0	DNF	19th	1: 28.0	Engine failure
-	Ignazio Giunti	Ferrari	14th	0	DNF	15th	1: 27.1	Injection pump defective
-	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	14th	0	DNF	05	1: 26.5	Valve damage
-	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	12	0	DNF	02	1: 27.3	Engine failure
-	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	03	0	DNF	07th	1: 30.3	Engine failure
-	John Surtees	Surtees-Ford	00	0	DNF	10	-	Electrical defect

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  Jackie Stewart March 25th 04th  Denis Hulme McLaren 23 05  Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 21st 06th  Jacky Ickx Ferrari 19th 07th  Chris Amon March 14th 08th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 14th 09  Pedro Rodríguez BRM 13 10  Rolf Stommelen Brabham 10 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  John Miles lotus 2 19th  Jackie Oliver BRM 2 20th  John Surtees McLaren / Surtees 1 21st  François Cevert March 1 22nd  Dan Gurney McLaren 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  lotus 50 02  March 39 03  Brabham 35 04th  Ferrari 34

Item constructor Points 05  McLaren 30th 06th  Matra 21st 07th  BRM 13

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 5, 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)