1970 International Gold Cup

The 1970 International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race held at Oulton Park on 22 August 1970. The race was open to Formula One and Formula 5000 cars. It was run in two heats of 20 laps, with the winner decided on aggregate times. The starting grid for Heat 1 was decided by a qualifying session, in which John Surtees won pole position. The grid for Heat 2 was decided by the finishing order of Heat 1. John Surtees won Heat 1 and overall, narrowly beating Heat 2 winner Jochen Rindt, with Howden Ganley posting the best aggregate result of the Formula 5000 entrants. Jackie Stewart, debuting the brand-new Tyrrell 001, set fastest lap.

1970 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1970 Formula One season
Race details
Date 22 August 1970
Official name XVII International Gold Cup
Location Oulton Park, Cheshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.4434 km (2.761 mi)
Distance 40 laps, 177.749 km ( mi)
Pole position
Driver
Surtees-Cosworth
Time 1:36.2
Fastest lap
Driver Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth
Time 1:26.6
Podium
First
Surtees-Cosworth
Second
Lotus-Cosworth
Third
BRM

Qualifying

Blue background denotes F5000 entrants.

Pos.No.DriverConstructorCarTimeGap
14 John SurteesSurtees-CosworthSurtees TS71:36.2
25 Jackie OliverBRMBRM P1531:39.2+3.0
330 Frank GardnerLola-ChevroletLola T1901:42.0+2.8
421 David ProphetMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M10B1:42.0+0.0
51 Jackie StewartTyrrell-CosworthTyrrell 0011:43.81+1.8
677 Trevor TaylorLola-ChevroletLola T1901:44.0+0.2
742 Graham McRaeMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M10B1:45.2+1.2
841 Reine WisellMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M10B1:45.4+0.2
912 Howden GanleyMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M10B1:46.8+1.4
102 Jochen RindtLotus-CosworthLotus 721:46.8+0.0
1143 Mike HailwoodLola-ChevroletLola T1901:50.0+3.2
123 Graham HillLotus-CosworthLotus 721:52.8+2.8
1347 Tony LanfranchiLola-ChevroletLola T1901:53.4+0.6
1466 Fred SaundersCrosslé-RoverCrosslé 15F1:54.2+0.8
1523 John MyerscoughBrabham-OldsmobileBrabham BT111:56.6+2.4
1688 Chris SummersLola-ChevroletLola T1421:58.6+2.0
1770 Allan RollinsonSurtees-ChevroletSurtees TS5A1:59.0+0.4
1831 Lingard GouldingBeattie-ChevroletBeattie P11001:59.8+0.8
1998 Bob MillerDulon-FordDulon LD82:02.8+3.0
2010 Kaye GriffithsLola-ChevroletLola T1422:04.4+1.6
2163 Ray CalcuttLola-ChevroletLola T1422:06.4+2.0
2216 "Ippocastano"Cooper-ChevroletCooper T86B2:23.8+17.4
DNA6 Andrea de AdamichMcLaren-Alfa RomeoMcLaren M14D
DNA7 Tim SchenkenDe Tomaso-CosworthDe Tomaso 505-38
DNA9 Willie ForbesLola-ChevroletLola T142
DNA11 Roy PikeLeda-ChevroletLeda LT20
DNA44 Mike WalkerMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M10B
DNA45 Jock RussellLotus-ChevroletLotus 70
DNA48 Robin DarlingtonMcLaren-ChevroletMcLaren M10A
DNA49 David BerryBrabham-OldsmobileBrabham BT16
DNA78 David PowellLola-ChevroletLola T142

1Stewart started from the back of the grid

Classification

Blue background denotes F5000 entrants.

Heat 1
Pos.No.DriverConstructorTimeGrid
14 John SurteesSurtees-Cosworth29:58.21
25 Jackie OliverBRM+6.62
32 Jochen RindtLotus-Cosworth+12.810
443 Mike HailwoodLola-Chevrolet+33.811
512 Howden GanleyMcLaren-Chevrolet+1:24.89
677 Trevor TaylorLola-Chevrolet19 laps6
71 Jackie StewartTyrrell-Cosworth19 laps5
821 David ProphetMcLaren-Chevrolet19 laps4
966 Fred SaundersCrosslé-Rover18 laps14
1010 Kaye GriffithsLola-Chevrolet18 laps20
NC98 Bob MillerDulon-Ford17 laps19
NC88 Chris SummersLola-Chevrolet17 laps16
NC31 Lingard GouldingBeattie-Chevrolet17 laps18
Ret41 Reine WisellMcLaren-Chevrolet16 laps, gearbox8
Ret30 Frank GardnerLola-Chevrolet13 laps, suspension3
Ret3 Graham HillLotus-Cosworth3 laps, oil pressure12
Ret70 Allan RollinsonSurtees-Chevrolet3 laps, head gasket17
Ret23 John MyerscoughBrabham-Oldsmobile0 laps, engine15
DNS42 Graham McRaeMcLaren-Chevroletpractice accident7
DNS47 Tony LanfranchiLola-Chevroletpractice accident13
DNS63 Ray CalcuttLola-Chevroletradiator21
DNS16 "Ippocastano"Cooper-Chevroletnot competitive22

Heat 2
Pos.No.DriverConstructorTimeGrid
12 Jochen RindtLotus-Cosworth29:40.63
24 John SurteesSurtees-Cosworth+9.41
35 Jackie OliverBRM+23.02
430 Frank GardnerLola-Chevrolet+39.213
512 Howden GanleyMcLaren-Chevrolet+1:27.64
677 Trevor TaylorLola-Chevrolet19 laps15
766 Fred SaundersCrosslé-Rover18 laps7
810 Kaye GriffithsLola-Chevrolet18 laps8
988 Chris SummersLola-Chevrolet18 laps10
NC63 Ray CalcuttLola-Chevrolet17 laps14
NC98 Bob MillerDulon-Ford17 laps9
NC31 Lingard GouldingBeattie-Chevrolet17 laps11
NC21 David ProphetMcLaren-Chevrolet17 laps6
Ret41 Reine WisellMcLaren-Chevrolet2 laps, gearbox12
DNS43 Mike HailwoodLola-Chevroletoil filter
DNS1 Jackie StewartTyrrell-Cosworthpiston

1Taylor stopped 1 lap early in error

Aggregate
Pos.No.DriverConstructorTime
14 John SurteesSurtees-Cosworth59:48.2
22 Jochen RindtLotus-Cosworth+3.4
35 Jackie OliverBRM40 laps
412 Howden GanleyMcLaren-Chevrolet40 laps
577 Trevor TaylorLola-Chevrolet38 laps
666 Fred SaundersCrosslé-Rover36 laps
721 David ProphetMcLaren-Chevrolet36 laps
810 Kaye GriffithsLola-Chevrolet36 laps
NC30 Frank GardnerLola-Chevrolet35 laps
NC88 Chris SummersLola-Chevrolet35 laps
NC98 Bob MillerDulon-Ford34 laps
NC31 Lingard GouldingBeattie-Chevrolet34 laps
NC43 Mike HailwoodLola-Chevrolet20 laps
NC41 Reine WisellMcLaren-Chevrolet19 laps
NC63 Ray CalcuttLola-Chevrolet17 laps

References
  • "www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1970/1970.html#igc".
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