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1970 Race of Champions

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1970 Race of Champions
Non-championship race in the 1970 Formula One season
Race details[1]
Date 22 March 1970
Official name V Race of Champions
Location Brands Hatch
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.265 km (2.65 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 213.25 km (132.5 miles)
Pole position
Driver March-Cosworth
Time 1:25.8
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Cosworth
Time 1:25.8
Podium
First March-Cosworth
Second Lotus-Cosworth
Third McLaren-Cosworth

The 5th Race of Champions was a non-Championship Formula One motor race held on 22 March 1970 at Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jackie Stewart in a March 701; Stewart having qualified in pole position. Jochen Rindt was second in a Lotus 49C and Denny Hulme third in a McLaren M14A. Jack Brabham set fastest lap in his Brabham BT33, finishing fourth.

Classification

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Pos. No. Driver Entrant Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell Racing Organisation March-Cosworth 50 1:12:51.800 1
2 8 Austria Jochen Rindt Team Lotus Ltd Lotus-Cosworth 50 +36.200 4
3 5 New Zealand Denny Hulme Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd McLaren-Cosworth 50 +1:22.400 5
4 16 Australia Jack Brabham Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham-Cosworth 49 +1 lap 2
5 9 United Kingdom Graham Hill Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus-Cosworth 49 +1 lap 8
6 6 United Kingdom Peter Gethin Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd McLaren-Cosworth 49 +1 lap 9
Ret 12 Canada George Eaton BRM Ltd BRM 23 Electrical 11
Ret 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd McLaren-Cosworth 21 Accident 6
Ret 11 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM Ltd BRM 12 Rear hub shaft 3
Ret 10 United States Pete Lovely Pete Lovely Volkswagen Inc. Lotus-Cosworth 11 Accident 12
Ret 3 New Zealand Chris Amon March Engineering Ltd March-Cosworth 10 Camshaft 7
Ret 7 United Kingdom John Surtees Team Surtees Ltd McLaren-Cosworth 10 Throttle 10
DNS 14 France Jean-Pierre Beltoise Equipe Matra Matra Practice accident
DNS 15 United Kingdom Derek Bell Tom Wheatcroft Racing Brabham-Cosworth Practice accident
Sources:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "1970 Race of Champions". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. ^ "1970 Race of Champions". Motor Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. ^ "1970 Race of Champions – Classification". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 28 February 2024.


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