Type: | CUST |
Description: | combined Formula One/Formula 5000 race |
Details Ref: | [1] |
Country: | UK |
Grand Prix: | BRDC International Trophy |
Official Name: | XXII Daily Express BRDC International Trophy |
Location: | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire |
Date: | 26 April |
Year: | 1970 |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 2.923 |
Course Km: | 4.714 |
Distance Laps: | 2 x 26 |
Distance Mi: | 152.11 |
Distance Km: | 244.80 |
Pole Driver: | Chris Amon |
Pole Country: | New Zealand |
Pole Team: | March |
Pole Time: | 1:21.4 |
Fast Driver: | Chris Amon |
Fast Team: | March |
Fast Time: | 1:22.1 (1st heat) |
Fast Country: | New Zealand |
First Driver: | Chris Amon |
First Country: | New Zealand |
First Team: | March-Cosworth |
Second Driver: | Jackie Stewart |
Second Country: | UK |
Second Team: | March-Cosworth |
Third Driver: | Piers Courage |
Third Country: | UK |
Third Team: | De Tomaso-Cosworth |
The 22nd BRDC International Trophy was a motor race held at Silverstone on 26 April 1970 for Formula One and Formula 5000 cars.
The race was run over 2 heats of 26 laps each, the final results being an aggregate of the two. Chris Amon, driving a F1 March-Cosworth, qualified in pole position and set fastest overall lap. Amon won heat one, and Jackie Stewart, also in a March, won heat two, with Amon winning on aggregate results. Mike Hailwood, driving a Lola-Chevrolet, was the best-placed F5000 driver, finishing seventh overall.
Note: the classification was the sum of the times obtained in the two heats; a blue background indicates a Formula 5000 entrant.
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Ret. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chris Amon | March-Cosworth | 52 | 1:13:32.2 | |
2 | Jackie Stewart | March-Cosworth | 52 | + 10.0 | |
3 | Piers Courage | De Tomaso-Cosworth | 52 | + 1:03.1 | |
4 | Bruce McLaren | McLaren-Cosworth | 52 | + 1:44.1 | |
5 | Reine Wisell | McLaren-Cosworth | 51 | + 1 Lap | |
6 | Denny Hulme | McLaren-Cosworth | 50 | + 2 Laps | |
7 | Mike Hailwood | Lola-Chevrolet | 50 | + 2 Laps | |
8 | Frank Gardner | Lola-Chevrolet | 50 | + 2 Laps | |
9 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Cosworth | 50 | + 2 Laps | |
10 | Mike Walker | McLaren-Chevrolet | 50 | + 2 Laps | |
11 | Davie Powell | Lola-Chevrolet | 48 | + 4 Laps | |
12 | Trevor Taylor | Surtees-Chevrolet | 47 | + 5 laps | |
13 | Pete Lovely | Lotus-Cosworth | 46 | + 6 Laps | |
14 | Gordon Spice | Kitchener-Ford | 43 | + 9 Laps | |
15 | Kaye Griffiths | Lola-Chevrolet | 43 | + 9 Laps | |
16 | Peter Gethin | McLaren-Chevrolet | 40 | + 12 Laps | |
17 | John Miles | Lotus-Cosworth | 37 | + 15 laps | |
Ret | Jochen Rindt | Lotus-Cosworth | 33 | Engine | |
Ret | Howden Ganley | McLaren-Chevrolet | 24 | Mechanical | |
Ret | Jack Brabham | Brabham-Cosworth | 22 | Engine | |
Ret | Fred Saunders | Crosslé-Rover | 17 | ||
Ret | Graham McRae | McLaren-Chevrolet | 16 | ||
Ret | David Hobbs | Surtees-Chevrolet | 9 | ||
Ret | David Prophet | McLaren-Chevrolet | 1 | ||