1970 International Gold Cup

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Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1970 Formula One season
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 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth
Time 1:26.6
Podium
First Surtees-Cosworth
Second Lotus-Cosworth
Third BRM

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.

Qualifying

Blue background denotes F5000 entrants.

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Car Time Gap
1 4 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth Surtees TS7 1:36.2
2 5 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM BRM P153 1:39.2 +3.0
3 30 Australia Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:42.0 +2.8
4 21 United Kingdom David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:42.0 +0.0
5 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth Tyrrell 001 1:43.81 +1.8
6 77 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:44.0 +0.2
7 42 New Zealand Graham McRae McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:45.2 +1.2
8 41 Sweden Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:45.4 +0.2
9 12 New Zealand Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B 1:46.8 +1.4
10 2 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 72 1:46.8 +0.0
11 43 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:50.0 +3.2
12 3 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth Lotus 72 1:52.8 +2.8
13 47 United Kingdom Tony Lanfranchi Lola-Chevrolet Lola T190 1:53.4 +0.6
14 66 United Kingdom Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover Crosslé 15F 1:54.2 +0.8
15 23 United Kingdom John Myerscough Brabham-Oldsmobile Brabham BT11 1:56.6 +2.4
16 88 United Kingdom Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 1:58.6 +2.0
17 70 United Kingdom Allan Rollinson Surtees-Chevrolet Surtees TS5A 1:59.0 +0.4
18 31 Republic of Ireland Lingard Goulding Beattie-Chevrolet Beattie P1100 1:59.8 +0.8
19 98 United Kingdom Bob Miller Dulon-Ford Dulon LD8 2:02.8 +3.0
20 10 United Kingdom Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 2:04.4 +1.6
21 63 United Kingdom Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142 2:06.4 +2.0
22 16 United Kingdom "Ippocastano" Cooper-Chevrolet Cooper T86B 2:23.8 +17.4
DNA 6 Italy Andrea de Adamich McLaren-Alfa Romeo McLaren M14D
DNA 7 Australia Tim Schenken De Tomaso-Cosworth De Tomaso 505-38
DNA 9 United Kingdom Willie Forbes Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142
DNA 11 United States Roy Pike Leda-Chevrolet Leda LT20
DNA 44 United Kingdom Mike Walker McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10B
DNA 45 United Kingdom Jock Russell Lotus-Chevrolet Lotus 70
DNA 48 United Kingdom Robin Darlington McLaren-Chevrolet McLaren M10A
DNA 49 United Kingdom David Berry Brabham-Oldsmobile Brabham BT16
DNA 78 United Kingdom David Powell Lola-Chevrolet Lola T142

1Stewart started from the back of the grid

Classification

Blue background denotes F5000 entrants.

Heat 1

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Grid
1 4 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 29:58.2 1
2 5 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM +6.6 2
3 2 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth +12.8 10
4 43 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet +33.8 11
5 12 New Zealand Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet +1:24.8 9
6 77 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet 19 laps 6
7 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth 19 laps 5
8 21 United Kingdom David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 19 laps 4
9 66 United Kingdom Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 18 laps 14
10 10 United Kingdom Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 18 laps 20
NC 98 United Kingdom Bob Miller Dulon-Ford 17 laps 19
NC 88 United Kingdom Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet 17 laps 16
NC 31 Republic of Ireland Lingard Goulding Beattie-Chevrolet 17 laps 18
Ret 41 Sweden Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet 16 laps, gearbox 8
Ret 30 Australia Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 13 laps, suspension 3
Ret 3 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Cosworth 3 laps, oil pressure 12
Ret 70 United Kingdom Allan Rollinson Surtees-Chevrolet 3 laps, head gasket 17
Ret 23 United Kingdom John Myerscough Brabham-Oldsmobile 0 laps, engine 15
DNS 42 New Zealand Graham McRae McLaren-Chevrolet practice accident 7
DNS 47 United Kingdom Tony Lanfranchi Lola-Chevrolet practice accident 13
DNS 63 United Kingdom Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet radiator 21
DNS 16 United Kingdom "Ippocastano" Cooper-Chevrolet not competitive 22

Heat 2

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Grid
1 2 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth 29:40.6 3
2 4 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth +9.4 1
3 5 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM +23.0 2
4 30 Australia Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet +39.2 13
5 12 New Zealand Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet +1:27.6 4
6 77 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet 19 laps1 5
7 66 United Kingdom Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 18 laps 7
8 10 United Kingdom Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 18 laps 8
9 88 United Kingdom Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet 18 laps 10
NC 63 United Kingdom Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet 17 laps 14
NC 98 United Kingdom Bob Miller Dulon-Ford 17 laps 9
NC 31 Republic of Ireland Lingard Goulding Beattie-Chevrolet 17 laps 11
NC 21 United Kingdom David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 17 laps 6
Ret 41 Sweden Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet 2 laps, gearbox 12
DNS 43 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet oil filter
DNS 1 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Cosworth piston

1Taylor stopped 1 lap early in error

Aggregate

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time
1 4 United Kingdom John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth 59:48.2
2 2 Austria Jochen Rindt Lotus-Cosworth +3.4
3 5 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver BRM 40 laps
4 12 New Zealand Howden Ganley McLaren-Chevrolet 40 laps
5 77 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Lola-Chevrolet 38 laps
6 66 United Kingdom Fred Saunders Crosslé-Rover 36 laps
7 21 United Kingdom David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 36 laps
8 10 United Kingdom Kaye Griffiths Lola-Chevrolet 36 laps
NC 30 Australia Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 35 laps
NC 88 United Kingdom Chris Summers Lola-Chevrolet 35 laps
NC 98 United Kingdom Bob Miller Dulon-Ford 34 laps
NC 31 Republic of Ireland Lingard Goulding Beattie-Chevrolet 34 laps
NC 43 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Lola-Chevrolet 20 laps
NC 41 Sweden Reine Wisell McLaren-Chevrolet 19 laps
NC 63 United Kingdom Ray Calcutt Lola-Chevrolet 17 laps

References

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