1970 Dutch Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 13 in the 1970 Formula One season | |||
 Zandvoort original layout | |||
| Date | June 21, 1970 | ||
| Official name | XVIII Grote Prijs van Nederland | ||
| Location | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.193 km (2.605 mi) | ||
| Distance | 90 laps, 377.370 km (234.487 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:18.5 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
.svg.png){kind=small} Jacky Ickx | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:19.23 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second | March-Ford | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1970 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on June 21, 1970. It was the fifth race of the 1970 Formula One season.[1]
The race was won by Lotus-Ford driver Jochen Rindt in his new monocoque-chassis Type 72, which had only raced twice before (but in a different spec); and this came 3 years after the 72's predecessor; DFV-debutant Type 49 in 1967 won first time out at exactly the same track with Jim Clark driving. The race however was marred by the fatal accident of British driver Piers Courage driving the Frank Williams-entered De Tomaso-Ford.[1]
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |  Jochen Rindt |
Lotus-Ford | 80 | 1:50:43.41 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 |  Jackie Stewart |
March-Ford | 80 | + 30.00 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 25 | Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari | 79 | + 1 Lap | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 26 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 79 | + 1 Lap | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 23 |  Jean-Pierre Beltoise |
Matra | 79 | + 1 Lap | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | John Surtees |
McLaren-Ford | 79 | + 1 Lap | 14 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | John Miles |
Lotus-Ford | 78 | + 2 Laps | 8 | |
| 8 | 24 | Henri Pescarolo |
Matra | 78 | + 2 Laps | 13 | |
| 9 | 22 |  Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford | 78 | + 2 Laps | 16 | |
| 10 | 1 |  Pedro Rodríguez |
BRM | 77 | + 3 Laps | 7 | |
| 11 | 18 |  Jack Brabham |
Brabham-Ford | 76 | + 4 laps | 12 | |
| NC | 15 | Graham Hill |
Lotus-Ford | 71 | Not Classified | 20 | |
| Ret | 6 | François Cevert |
March-Ford | 31 | Engine | 15 | |
| Ret | 3 |  George Eaton |
BRM | 26 | Oil Leak | 18 | |
| Ret | 2 | Jackie Oliver |
BRM | 23 | Engine | 5 | |
| Ret | 4 | Piers Courage |
De Tomaso-Ford | 22 | Fatal Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jo Siffert |
March-Ford | 22 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | 20 | Peter Gethin |
McLaren-Ford | 18 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 32 |  Dan Gurney |
McLaren-Ford | 2 | Engine | 19 | |
| Ret | 8 |  Chris Amon |
March-Ford | 1 | Clutch | 4 | |
| DNQ | 21 |  Andrea de Adamich |
McLaren-Alfa Romeo | ||||
| DNQ | 19 |  Rolf Stommelen |
Brabham-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 31 | Pete Lovely |
Lotus-Ford | ||||
| DNQ | 29 | Silvio Moser |
Bellasi-Ford | ||||
Source:[2] | |||||||
Notes
This was the first race for future-grand prix winners Clay Regazzoni and François Cevert.
Piers Courage was killed in a violent accident on lap 22, at Tunnel Oost, when his car's suspension was damaged after hitting a curb, and the car went straight up a grass embankment. It then somersaulted and exploded, and Courage had died instantly on impact. The flames were so intense, that trees surrounding the accident site, were lit up as a result. A similar accident occurred at the 1973 race, which claimed the life of Roger Williamson.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- 1 2 "The Dutch Grand Prix". Motor Sport: 44. August 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
- ↑ "1970 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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