1970 South African Grand Prix

 1970 South African Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 13 races of the 1970 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	IV Grand Prix of South Africa
Date:	March 7, 1970
Place:	Midrand
Course:	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Length:	327.52 km in 80 laps of 4.094 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver:	Jackie Stewart	March
Time:	1: 19.3 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jack Brabham / John Surtees	Brabham / McLaren
Time:	1: 20.8 min
Podium
First:	Jack Brabham	Brabham
Second:	Denis Hulme	McLaren
Third:	Jackie Stewart	March

The 1970 South African Grand Prix took place on March 7th at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and was the first race of the 1970 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

One of the numerous innovations with which Formula 1 started the new season was the participation of the new manufacturer March , who had previously only had experience in Formula 3 and had now designed a Formula 1 car for the first time with the 701 model . Two of these vehicles were used as works cars and were driven by Chris Amon , who had been poached from Ferrari , and by Jo Siffert . In addition, numerous copies were sold to customer teams and private drivers during the season. One of the first customers was Ken Tyrrell , who had equipped his team with Matra vehicles in previous years .

Ferrari initially hired former Brabham driver Jacky Ickx as the only driver because the company was experiencing financial difficulties. Thanks to the takeover by Fiat SpA in the previous year, things picked up again, so that an increase to two or three works cars was to be expected for the further course of the season, which finally happened.

John Surtees started for his own team for the first time, but initially in a McLaren customer vehicle.

The Brabham team constructed a monocoque chassis for the first time , while this had been the standard construction for many competitors for several years. Jack Brabham and Rolf Stommelen together formed the works team, whereby the two cars were painted and glued differently and were always reported under different team names, Brabham's car under the name of his company "Motor Racing Developments" and Stommelen's car named after his main sponsor, the German Auto Motor und Sport magazine .

Lotus initially competed with the previous year's model Lotus 49 , while the new model Lotus 72 was being worked on in a hurry . In addition to Jochen Rindt , John Miles became the second works driver instead of Graham Hill , who switched to Rob Walker's private team and continued to drive Lotus vehicles there.

After the end of the cooperation with Tyrrell, Matra started this year as an independent works team with drivers Henri Pescarolo and Jean-Pierre Beltoise .

training

March impressed from the start with Jackie Stewart reaching pole position with his customer car and Chris Amon standing next to him in one of the two works cars with an identical training record. The first row, consisting of three vehicles, was completed by Jack Brabham. Jacky Ickx and Jochen Rindt followed behind and shared the second row.

run

After the start, Jackie Stewart took the lead, while Amon, Rindt and Brabham touched slightly in the first corner and fell back. Jacky Ickx, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Jackie Oliver and Bruce McLaren initially passed the duelists. The very strong Brabham was able to catch up quickly and had already overtaken these four drivers after six laps. At the end of lap 20 he finally passed the leading Stewart and was thus in the lead. A few laps later, Denis Hulme , who had meanwhile worked his way up to third, overtook Stewart in second place. This order remained until the finish. Only the first three and fourth-placed Beltoise were within one lap in the end.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Tyrrell Racing Organization	1	Jackie Stewart	March 701	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
	2	Johnny Servoz-Gavin
Equipe Matra Elf	3	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra MS120	Matra MS12 3.0 V12	G
	4th	Henri Pescarolo
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	5	Bruce McLaren	McLaren M14A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G
	6th	Denis Hulme
Team Surtees	7th	John Surtees	McLaren M7C		F.
STP Corporation	8th	Mario Andretti	March 701		F.
Gold Leaf Team Lotus	9	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 49C		F.
	10	John Miles
Rob Walker Racing Team	11	Graham Hill
Motor Racing Developments	12	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT33		G
Auto Motor and Sport	14th	Rolf Stommelen
March engineering	15th	Chris Amon	March 701		F.
	16	Jo Siffert
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	17th	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari 001 3.0 F12	F.
Owen Racing Organization	19th	Jackie Oliver	BRM P153	BRM P142 3.0 V12	D.
	20th	Pedro Rodríguez
	21st	George Eaton
Frank Williams Racing Cars	22nd	Piers Courage	De Tomaso 505	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	D.
Team Gunston	23	John Love	Lotus 49		D.
	24	Peter de Klerk	Brabham BT26A		G
Scuderia Scribante	25th	Dave Charlton	Lotus 49C		F.

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	1: 19.3	186.310 km / h	01
02	Chris Amon	March-Ford	1: 19.3	186.310 km / h	02
03	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	1: 19.6	185.608 km / h	03
04th	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	1: 19.9	184.911 km / h	04th
05	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	1: 20.0	184.680 km / h	05
06th	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.1	184.449 km / h	06th
07th	John Surtees	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.2	184.219 km / h	07th
08th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	1: 20.2	184.219 km / h	08th
09	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	1: 20.2	184.219 km / h	09
10	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	1: 20.3	183.990 km / h	10
11	Mario Andretti	March-Ford	1: 20.5	183.533 km / h	11
12	Jackie Oliver	BRM	1: 20.9	182.625 km / h	12
13	Dave Charlton	Lotus Ford	1: 20.9	182.625 km / h	13
14th	John Miles	Lotus Ford	1: 21.0	182.400 km / h	14th
15th	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	1: 21.2	181.951 km / h	15th
16	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	1: 21.3	181.727 km / h	16
17th	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	March-Ford	1: 21.4	181.504 km / h	17th
18th	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	1: 21.5	181.281 km / h	18th
19th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	1: 21.6	181.059 km / h	19th
20th	Piers Courage	De Tomaso-Ford	1: 22.0	180.176 km / h	20th
21st	Peter de Klerk	Brabham-Ford	1: 22.7	178.651 km / h	21st
22nd	John Love	Lotus Ford	1: 23.1	177.791 km / h	22nd
23	George Eaton	BRM	1: 24.4	175.052 km / h	23

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	80	0	1: 49: 35.4	03	1: 20.8
02	Denis Hulme	McLaren-Ford	80	0	+ 8.1	06th	1: 21.1
03	Jackie Stewart	March-Ford	80	0	+ 17.1	01	1: 21.5
04th	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra	80	0	+1: 13.1	08th	1: 21.4
05	John Miles	Lotus Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 22.6
06th	Graham Hill	Lotus Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 23.1
07th	Henri Pescarolo	Matra	78	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 22.4
08th	John Love	Lotus Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 23.5
09	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM	76	0	+ 4 rounds	16	1: 22.2
10	Jo Siffert	March-Ford	75	1	+ 5 rounds	09	1: 22.3
11	Peter de Klerk	Brabham-Ford	75	0	+ 5 rounds	21st	1: 24.0
12	Dave Charlton	Lotus Ford	73	0	DNF	13	1: 23.1	Tire damage
13	Jochen Rindt	Lotus Ford	72	0	DNF	04th	1: 22.0	Engine failure
-	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	60	0	DNF	05	1: 22.3	Oil loss
-	John Surtees	McLaren-Ford	60	0	DNF	07th	1: 20.8	Engine failure
-	George Eaton	BRM	58	0	DNF	23	1: 24.7	Engine failure
-	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	March-Ford	57	0	DNF	17th	1: 22.5	Engine failure
-	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Ford	39	0	DNF	10	1: 21.6	Engine failure
-	Piers Courage	De Tomaso-Ford	39	0	DNF	20th	1: 23.7	Suspension damage
-	Mario Andretti	March-Ford	26th	0	DNF	11	1: 22.5	Defective water cooler
-	Rolf Stommelen	Brabham-Ford	23	0	DNF	15th	1: 23.7	Engine failure
-	Jackie Oliver	BRM	22nd	0	DNF	12	1: 23.4	Gearbox damage
-	Chris Amon	March-Ford	14th	0	DNF	02	1: 22.1	Defective water cooler

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  Jack Brabham Brabham 9 02  Denis Hulme McLaren 6th 03  Jackie Stewart March 4th 04th  Jean-Pierre Beltoise Matra 3 05  John Miles lotus 2 06th  Graham Hill lotus 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Brabham 9 02  McLaren 6th 03  March 4th 04th  Matra 3 05  lotus 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Innovations" (accessed on June 13, 2011)
2. ^ "Training" ( Memento from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 13, 2011)
3. ^ "Report" (accessed June 13, 2011)
4. ^ "World Championship stands" ( Memento from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 13, 2011)